Ice Build Up In Wheel Wells

[Deleted member 1634]

'Druther snow than magma

or hurricanes, or earthquakes, or tsunamis

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[Kataphrakt]

Every vehicle i've driven (way too many fusions...) has had ice buildup in the wheel wells during winter. Rangers is probably the best vehicle for this that i've driven. The plastic bits inside the wheel well make it easier to knock the ice off than the felt that many other vehicles use.

 

[Hounddog409]

Ahh, one of those types of deals. One of my buddies families in HS was like that too. They would buy old broken vehicles for cheap, then fix them up for cheap because they knew how, then drive them for a year or two until they broke down for good, and just restarted the process. I always admired them for doing that. I just don't have the skill or the time to do it.

Money was tight. Wife, 2 kids. Wife had the nice realiable car, so learned how to fix the crap cars to get my ass to work.

Also have had a few "fun" cars as hobbies.

Currenty have a 1949 Ford F1 pickup that i picked up last year. Gonna start on that this summer.

 

[Hounddog409]

All I can say to this fellas is a saying we have here in Paradise:

"Lucky you live Hawaii"

.........with all due respect. You suck. Lol.

 

[Zappy]

...If I don't knock the snow off the rims and park overnight it's like adding wheel wights to one side of the tire and you will shake loose a few fillings when get up to hwy speed.

I had that issue a month ago after taking my Ranger for a little test drive through snow drifts (it does well) and wondered if anyone else ever had that happen. The next day as I was driving down the highway I had just figured out why the truck was shaking when that ice chunk let loose. Made a loud bang but no damage.

 

[Deleted member 1634]

I had that issue a month ago after taking my Ranger for a little test drive through snow drifts (it does well) and wondered if anyone else ever had that happen. The next day as I was driving down the highway I had just figured out why the truck was shaking when that ice chunk let loose. Made a loud bang but no damage.

The upgraded 18" wheels are horrible at getting snow stuck in them. Just too many spokes and the opening between is just barely big enough to get my snowbrush in, but not big enough for me to wiggle it around enough. So basically I end up waiting until the snow chunks dislodge on their own or it gets warm enough for them to loosen and fly out. Another reason I don't like these wheels.

 

[Motorpsychology]

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