I'm about to buy snow tires and I'm wondering if I HAVE to buy new wheels as well? Or can I put them on my stock wheels and then come spring switch back to my summer tires.. Sorry if this is a terrible noob question but just wanted to make sure.

 

You can put em on stock wheels, or you can buy new ones. Your choice.

 

And I won't hurt my summer tires by taking them off and putting them back on later?

 

No, it will not.

 

No, but it may hurt your wheels if the techs aren't careful.

When I got my new wheels I had fairly new tires on my stockers so I had them removed and put on the new wheels. I called around and most tire places will do it for around $100. If you are buying the tires the shop will probably do this for free, but come spring you'll have to pay to get the summer tires back on. So after just a couple of years, a set of cheap wheels will pay for themselves. Plus you can go with 17" wheels and tires which are cheaper.

 

Perfect! Your a huge help... You just saved me $400+ dollars.

 

damn, that's a good point. Haha well now I'm stuck again.