That fender doesn’t have much left ?. Yes I can see how heavy chain use could do some damage. I used them to get through un plowed areas not for any long trips.
She's all go and no show
Ha! This reminds me of a story my dad used to tell. Years ago he had a convertible Fiat. He was returning from a ski trip from up north with a friend. They were traveling the Taconic in a snowstorm. He switched driving because he was tired from skiing that day. Woke up as the car was hurtling over the snow bank into the median because his friend had fallen asleep too. The car slowly rolled and came to a rest upside down. They were able to kick out the rear vinyl window. Crawled out and saw that the skis on the rear rack had kept the car off the ground enough to make an escape. Scrambled up the bank and waited until they flagged down a snowplow. He said the long skis on the trunk rack totally saved them. Without them no one would have even known they went off the road.
A little P-tex and they should be good to go again.
With the summer tires, someone needs to walk in front of my Miata with a broom to swipe every last snowflake from the road, but it's pretty good with the winter tires, way better than my Mom's Country Squire with retread snows on the back only.
Keeping your skis on an exterior rack is a sure way to kill them!
