[sworks335i]

Being in VA with all this snow and driving the 335i around is causing snow to get caked in the wheel wells and rubbing on the tires and making all sorts of noises. I sure the added stress is not good for the hubs and so on...

Anyone have any solution to minimizing this? I was thinking of spraying a light amount of WD-40 or using some surf board wax?

I now realize why the XI's sit higher than normal I's.

TIA

[sworks335i]

Just realized I posted this in completely the wrong part of the forum. Any admin care to move it for me?

[stratplaya06]

We use silicone spray on our snow shovels and snowblowers. Works great. Try it!

[DrGP]

Originally Posted by stratplaya06

We use silicone spray on our snow shovels and snowblowers. Works great. Try it!

Wouldn't recommend silicone spray on the tires but it might help on the wheel wells? BYW, this lastest snow was a bear to remove. My 12hp snow thrower had all it could handle just to try to initially get through the snow. Very heavy and wet. Packs like magic.

[bavarian19]

How about parking it inside?

[Marcadelic]

Originally Posted by bavarian19

How about parking it inside?

Do u try to start arguments in all your posts or just the ones in the gd section?

[///Mik3]

Originally Posted by bavarian19

How about parking it inside?

Not much snow collects on the inside of a wheel well while the car is parked, whether it's indoors or out

He's talking about snow collecting from driving.

[ElRedOne]

Not much one can do about this except get rid of it periodically. I've had snow pack between the wheel spokes and cause an unbalanced wheel. Carry a broom and use it as necessary.

[cfabluenose]

If you lived in an area where there is snow 4-5 months of the year, it's not a big deal. The noise may be annoying but I doubt that it is doing any damage to the hubs, etc.

[Nikolas]

I would not spray silicone in the wheel well. That is the last stuff you want on you tires or brakes.

I live with this all the time. Just thaw it out once in awhile. If you don't have a garage, bring it to the car wash and spray all the wheel wells.

[serg1282]

Originally Posted by sworks335i

Being in VA with all this snow and driving the 335i around is causing snow to get caked in the wheel wells and rubbing on the tires and making all sorts of noises. I sure the added stress is not good for the hubs and so on...

Anyone have any solution to minimizing this? I was thinking of spraying a light amount of WD-40 or using some surf board wax?

I now realize why the XI's sit higher than normal I's.

TIA

Originally Posted by bavarian19

How about parking it inside?

lol

[JerzeySux]

Every person has a bit of OCD and this indeed does bother me alot. What i do is EVERY where i park for a bit to go deli or watever it is i kick it with my foot and take it ALL off manually.Yea i got OCD maan. LOL
If you leave it alone for days and days frozen you'll have bad brake noise when it melts off.

[Verbiage]

Originally Posted by bavarian19

How about parking it inside?

Yeah. That'd help a bunch. SMFH

[Cosmop]

Anyone have any solution to minimizing this?

Move to the South

[Jeff@TopGearSolutions]

Get a 2nd car... Sorry just was adding in to all the useless remarks. I just clean it out when I park the car though.

[Xiaofeng]

Apologies if this seems completely obvious, but why not just keep one of these things in the trunk and scrape it off when it accumulates....


$1.99 @ Checker Auto Parts

I don't know if spraying anything into the wheel well would be a very good idea, since it might melt the felt liner. Plus if you accidentally get it on the clear coat, it'll eat your paint.

[Verbiage]

Originally Posted by Xiaofeng

Apologies if this seems completely obvious, but why not just keep one of these things in the trunk and scrape it off when it accumulates....


$1.99 @ Checker Auto Parts

I don't know if spraying anything into the wheel well would be a very good idea, since it might melt the felt liner. Plus if you accidentally get it on the clear coat, it'll eat your paint.

Love the sig man, I'm totally with you on that one. Shit irks me every time I get a text like that

And LOL at the ice scraper. Its just a TAD bit obvious

[cotmfk]

Originally Posted by Cosmop

Move to the South

I am starting to think about this, seeing all the nice pics of people in Florida right now. (welll maybe not RIGHT now, since they might get snow this weekend, lol, but generally during the winter, Florida is nice).

I echo the sentiments of others: just manually take it off every now and then.

[doggiedog]

Originally Posted by Cosmop

Move to the South

Like that will help

[fdriller9]

Originally Posted by ElRedOne

Not much one can do about this except get rid of it periodically. I've had snow pack between the wheel spokes and cause an unbalanced wheel. Carry a broom and use it as necessary.

+1 The snow melted and froze in my garage one night after driving in the snow and when I drove it the next morning I thought I must have unknowingly hit a curb or something and messed something up with the alignment.

To the OP, there's nothing you can really do about it unless you want to spend money making a stupid, custom wheel well heater. No but seriously just carry around something to poke the snow with.

[BK]

Originally Posted by JerzeySux

Every person has a bit of OCD and this indeed does bother me alot. What i do is EVERY where i park for a bit to go deli or watever it is i kick it with my foot and take it ALL off manually.Yea i got OCD maan. LOL
If you leave it alone for days and days frozen you'll have bad brake noise when it melts off.

Yeah, you aren't the only one. I do the same.

[boymonkey]

Originally Posted by Xiaofeng

Apologies if this seems completely obvious, but why not just keep one of these things in the trunk and scrape it off when it accumulates....

I found that to be the best way as well. It's best to do that often (at least at the end of each day) otherwise it will turn into ice and become hard to remove. If it's pretty fresh, it will fall off as soon as you push at it.