I am considering purchasing a 15" replica of the 5<br>spoke OEM A4 wheel to mount snows on. I remember a post <br>last winter about someone having trouble with the snow<br>collecting inbetween the spokes and have the wheel thrown<br>out of ballence due to the excess weight of the frozen snow.<br>Was this an isolated incedent or have others had this trouble<br>too? I don't want to buy these then discover they were a poor choice for<br> snow. I live in Souther CT and snow is sporratic.<br>We just had 6" of powder followed by 12hrs of rain.<br>I do however drive to VT and NH to ski.<br>Any help would be appriecated.<br>mark

I live in Toronto and recently we had a huge dump. I found that there was a noticable imbalance in the five spoke OEM caused by snow buildup. What I noticed was a vibration in the steering wheel which was annoying.<p>Phil H<br>97 1.8QMS

I live in Norwalk, CTand have 5 spoke OEM wheels.....never had a problem.<br>-S

The problem occurs with all mags as there is a wider flat area inside the wheel<br>ie as compared to a steel wheel where the bolt pattern is equadistant between the inside and outside of the wheel and/or the metal is sloped. The problem occurs most after leaving the car sit for few hours after deep snow--heat from car and salt causes partial melting-- then re-freeze at the bottom. The 5 spoke is easier to knock out ice than my passat syncro or bmw. It's happened to all.