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Old 08-17-2017, 10:32 PM   #15
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Michelin X-Ice Xi3 have great cold weather, dry road handling and great braking on ice. Blizzaks have very soft compound in the cold and bad handling on cold dry road but will stop for you. The tire seems to roll over onto itself during turns and fast ramps. However, they are excellent choice for our cars for areas with lots of snow since the tread pattern is chunky. Probably the best tires if you never want to get stuck in snow (blizzaks).

With regards to tires for area with little to no snow all winter. I would go for Michelin X-Ice Xi3 and take off max performance summers or stocks when weather is below 7degC.

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By 50 deg you should already be swapping over to the performance tires. At 20 deg, the performance tires will equally handle like garbage, so to make having two sets of tires be useful means you need to actually do the work and swap them when you're supposed to.
Unfortunately it is pretty normal in Minnesota to have a 50 degree day sandwiched between two 10 degree days. I have learned to just keep the snows on a little longer than I'd like to prevent getting caught in an april snowstorm with summers on.

In my All season recommendation I was still assuming it was a second tire set. Summer tires in summer and all seasons on during the mild winter.
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Not really commenting on the Altimax Arctic 12 but had some questions regarding winter tires. I live in the Northwest which hardly sees any snow. Our winters are fairly mild with rain and temps ranging from 20*F to 50*F. Should I just get all-seasons or would it be worth investing in winter tires? Snow is almost a non-factor. We see snow only once or twice a year.
You should consider running a performance oriented all-season tire in winter and dedicated summer tire for the warmer weather.
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Going to put this out here. I'm not trolling by posting this.






I currently daily my widebody boosted 86. I've gone thru two winters being just on stock body without many hiccups running blizzaks.




Question is now that I'm on a widebody set up, do I treat it the same way as I would normally? just get wider tires to compliment the new set up?




I read somewhere that you generally want to go down a size on the rim size and width? can anyone confirm?
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Well, do you want it to look good or perform well? If you're after good winter weather performance, bolt on a set of 205/55-16 winter diggers. They'll look weird in a widebody, but I'd rather get some odd looks than slide into a tree in slush/snow.


I suppose you could get spacers to push the skinny wheels/tires out a bit under the flares...
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Pitty there is only one 15" listed with confirmed fittment for ours in wheel directory. Imho 15" would be THE wheel/tire to go for winter :/
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Pitty there is only one 15" listed with confirmed fittment for ours in wheel directory. Imho 15" would be THE wheel/tire to go for winter :/
I run 185/65-15 Arctics on 15" Enkei RCG4's in winter on my Forester XT. It's glorious.
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Pitty there is only one 15" listed with confirmed fittment for ours in wheel directory. Imho 15" would be THE wheel/tire to go for winter :/
There's a fella up in Canada who runs 15x6.5 ET40 Dodge Neon wheels for ice racing, he's also got a set of 15" Toms wheels he uses in the winter too. Can't remember his username on here, and not gonna post his real name, but this is his car:



I'd love to find a set of those and use them in the winter too.
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Running Nokians never gave me any issues. Sure, it's the only tires I've used on the car in the winter, but they're definitely one of the best brands for winter tires. Might be a bit more expensive up front than cheaper brands, but road hazard can come in handy if you get unlucky.

It's also good to know that if you fuck up, it wasn't the tires. Getting into an accident due to cheap tires can easily cost you more than the difference between the tires.

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There's a fella up in Canada who runs 15x6.5 ET40 Dodge Neon wheels for ice racing, he's also got a set of 15" Toms wheels he uses in the winter too. Can't remember his username on here, and not gonna post his real name, but this is his car:


I'd love to find a set of those and use them in the winter too.
And people complain about the stock wheel gap...
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Well, do you want it to look good or perform well? If you're after good winter weather performance, bolt on a set of 205/55-16 winter diggers. They'll look weird in a widebody, but I'd rather get some odd looks than slide into a tree in slush/snow.


I suppose you could get spacers to push the skinny wheels/tires out a bit under the flares...


I do have a set of 16s on steelies I can use...




what's the rule of thumb? Winter sets should be not as wide as stock right?
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I do have a set of 16s on steelies I can use...




what's the rule of thumb? Winter sets should be not as wide as stock right?
Drop down one width, and up one sidewall.
Give or take ish.

Meanwhile I have no regard for the speedo, and pick the tire I want...

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Drop down one width, and up one sidewall.
Give or take ish.

Meanwhile I have no regard for the speedo, and pick the tire I want...

brb 185/65-15
so I should be running like 17x9 fronts and 17x10 rears XDXDXD
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Soloside: i highly advise not to run staggered especially in winter. Imho on low grip situations such as on ice/snow that understeer will show through even more ugly :/.
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@JazzleSAURUS & @Shark_Bait88 - what i'm complaining about - that there is no such info in wheel directory. I'm sure there are other 15" that will fit over stock brakes too .. but that info cannot be found easily in this forum, even while might be of interest for many (for winter driving)
Shark_Bait88: if/when you'll meet him, would be nice to get offset and such also for those Tom's wheels you mentioned. The more confirmed/known, the better.
JazzleSAURUS: can you try those Enkei-s RCG4 from Forester also on twins? Just to check clearance (and if fit, what width/what offset)?
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