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Swapping tires on and off rims each season isn't great for your tires and the labor cost will quickly eat up savings of not buying wheels. If I were going to run winter tires I'd pick up a set of used OEM steelies that someone upgraded to aftermarket.
As mentioned by @BEM-S4, not a good idea to take the tires on and off - you should have dedicated rims for your winter tires - swap the whole wheel out. I have the steelies for the main part of the year and Black Rhino alloys for the winter. Personally, I prefer a winter wheel that will not cake so much. I thought the steelies got a lot of snow and ice buildup, before I switched to dedicated winter wheels (with coaching from this Forum). Maybe like the AO HD’s. Or maybe Method 703’s or 701’s - just something that has open space on the face. I also have the Owl bracket relocator for the spare, since in winter, I go face out (the spare storage box doesn’t fit in the back face of my black Rhino’s). I believe Discount Tire also sells Black Rhino alloys- and they can reset the TPMS sensors for you when they swap the wheels. The whole process is really simple, and they store the wheels you’re not using in a climate controlled warehouse.
Thank you for rubbing that in right as we head into winter. “In Colorado, we have 30 lb trout that leap into our nets, our driveways never accumulate ice and our flatulence is a rainbow that smells like a fresh spring meadow.”
