follow ft86club on our blog, twitter or facebook.
FT86CLUB
Ft86Club
Delicious Tuning
Register Garage Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Go Back   Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community - FT86CLUB > 1st Gens: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 / Subaru BRZ > Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum

Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum The place to start for the Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 | GT86


User Tag List

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 03-11-2015, 01:53 PM   #15
Pkush
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Drives: 2015 BRZ Series.Blue CWP
Location: Chicago Northwest Suburbs
Posts: 474
Thanks: 358
Thanked 218 Times in 130 Posts
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Garage
You're on blizzaks and you can't get traction? Something doesn't add up. It's probably the ride height.
Pkush is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-11-2015, 01:59 PM   #16
Demandred7
Senior Member
 
Demandred7's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2012
Drives: 2018 Camry XSE V6
Location: Breslau, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,094
Thanks: 1,041
Thanked 367 Times in 228 Posts
Mentioned: 4 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tcoat View Post
Like Berg said except you that you have to watch for them at stock height anyway so lowered just means you have to watch for even smaller chunks. I did take a nasty hit on the side of my bumper from an ice chunk frozen to the ground and hidden by fresh snow. Would have had the same thing happen if at stock height though it just would have been an inch lower on the bumper.
I am lowered more than an inch and had zero driving issues all winter even with a couple of falls of 14 inches or so. This is with 2 trips a week from London to Windsor on the 401.
Just make sure you have good snows on it and play snow plow!
Worth it just to see the look and people face when you blast by the AWD with all seasons on it that is stuck in the deep snow!!!!


Hard to tell from the pics, but, are those alloys or hubcabs on steelies? Either way, I like the look.
Demandred7 is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Demandred7 For This Useful Post:
Tcoat (03-11-2015)
Old 03-11-2015, 02:00 PM   #17
adamg
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2014
Drives: brz
Location: United States
Posts: 780
Thanks: 194
Thanked 405 Times in 212 Posts
Mentioned: 5 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pkush View Post
You're on blizzaks and you can't get traction? Something doesn't add up. It's probably the ride height.
ride height has nothing to do with traction. unless theres 6"+ of snow on the ground. than nothing but suv's and trucks are moving
adamg is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-11-2015, 02:00 PM   #18
Pkush
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Drives: 2015 BRZ Series.Blue CWP
Location: Chicago Northwest Suburbs
Posts: 474
Thanks: 358
Thanked 218 Times in 130 Posts
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Garage
Quote:
Originally Posted by Demandred7 View Post
Hard to tell from the pics, but, are those alloys or hubcabs on steelies? Either way, I like the look.
hubcaps on steelies. Tcoat likes to show off his winter setup since winter is 11 months a year where he lives
Pkush is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Pkush For This Useful Post:
Tcoat (03-11-2015)
Old 03-11-2015, 02:04 PM   #19
Tcoat
Senior Member
 
Tcoat's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Drives: 2020 Hakone
Location: London, Ont
Posts: 69,845
Thanks: 61,656
Thanked 108,283 Times in 46,456 Posts
Mentioned: 2494 Post(s)
Tagged: 50 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pkush View Post
You're on blizzaks and you can't get traction? Something doesn't add up. It's probably the ride height.
I am at 1.3" lowered (usually just round off to the 1/2 inch though) and have plowed through snow at every depth up to 14 inches without even a pause so ride height doesn't account for it.
I also have the cheapest snows known to man on it (long story) which gives me zero performance abilities but absolutely rock in deep snow and on ice.
__________________
Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.
Tcoat is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Tcoat For This Useful Post:
Bergen23 (03-12-2015)
Old 03-11-2015, 02:06 PM   #20
Tcoat
Senior Member
 
Tcoat's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Drives: 2020 Hakone
Location: London, Ont
Posts: 69,845
Thanks: 61,656
Thanked 108,283 Times in 46,456 Posts
Mentioned: 2494 Post(s)
Tagged: 50 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pkush View Post
hubcaps on steelies. Tcoat likes to show off his winter setup since winter is 11 months a year where he lives
Ya since I got it in August and the snows went on in October I don't even really know what the summer tires are like any more!
And the hub caps were a Christmas present from the wife so I am not near brave enough to say I am not using them!
__________________
Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.
Tcoat is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-11-2015, 02:07 PM   #21
Demandred7
Senior Member
 
Demandred7's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2012
Drives: 2018 Camry XSE V6
Location: Breslau, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,094
Thanks: 1,041
Thanked 367 Times in 228 Posts
Mentioned: 4 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pkush View Post
hubcaps on steelies. Tcoat likes to show off his winter setup since winter is 11 months a year where he lives





LOL, I'm not that far away (Breslau is about an hour away near Kitchener/Waterloo/Guelph/ Cambridge), I'm on steelies as well and was curious where he got them.
Demandred7 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-11-2015, 02:09 PM   #22
Demandred7
Senior Member
 
Demandred7's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2012
Drives: 2018 Camry XSE V6
Location: Breslau, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,094
Thanks: 1,041
Thanked 367 Times in 228 Posts
Mentioned: 4 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tcoat View Post
Ya since I got it in August and the snows went on in October I don't even really know what the summer tires are like any more!
And the hub caps were a Christmas present from the wife so I am not near brave enough to say I am not using them!

They actually don't look bad - better than bare steel.


I wish that I could get my wife to buy car parts. I guess she would figure that she is an enabler then.
Demandred7 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-11-2015, 02:09 PM   #23
Tcoat
Senior Member
 
Tcoat's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Drives: 2020 Hakone
Location: London, Ont
Posts: 69,845
Thanks: 61,656
Thanked 108,283 Times in 46,456 Posts
Mentioned: 2494 Post(s)
Tagged: 50 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Demandred7 View Post
Hard to tell from the pics, but, are those alloys or hubcabs on steelies? Either way, I like the look.
Cheap Canadian Tire caps. They actually sort of grew on me and don't look tooooo horrid when they are clean. Must admit I have considered having them all "stolen" while at work a few times but wife would just surprise me with new ones so why bother.
Attached Images
 
__________________
Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.
Tcoat is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Tcoat For This Useful Post:
Bergen23 (03-12-2015), Demandred7 (03-11-2015)
Old 03-11-2015, 02:14 PM   #24
Demandred7
Senior Member
 
Demandred7's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2012
Drives: 2018 Camry XSE V6
Location: Breslau, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,094
Thanks: 1,041
Thanked 367 Times in 228 Posts
Mentioned: 4 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tcoat View Post
Cheap Canadian Tire caps. They actually sort of grew on me and don't look tooooo horrid when they are clean. Must admit I have considered having them all "stolen" while at work a few times but wife would just surprise me with new ones so why bother.


Maybe someday both of us will get summer upgrades and then turn the OEM wheels into the winter rims.
Demandred7 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-11-2015, 02:18 PM   #25
Tcoat
Senior Member
 
Tcoat's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Drives: 2020 Hakone
Location: London, Ont
Posts: 69,845
Thanks: 61,656
Thanked 108,283 Times in 46,456 Posts
Mentioned: 2494 Post(s)
Tagged: 50 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Demandred7 View Post
Maybe someday both of us will get summer upgrades and then turn the OEM wheels into the winter rims.
Nah. I am running 16 inch to give a little more sidewall. Know it isn't a lot of difference but I have never had a single problem so not going to mess with the set up.
Had more then one of my twice a week trips to Windsor on the 401 that it was just me and the transports (and not even all of them made it) that were still moving. I could almost hear the AWD guys with their "all seasons" stuck on the side of the highway cursing me as I motored on past them.
__________________
Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.
Tcoat is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Tcoat For This Useful Post:
Demandred7 (03-11-2015)
Old 03-11-2015, 02:23 PM   #26
Demandred7
Senior Member
 
Demandred7's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2012
Drives: 2018 Camry XSE V6
Location: Breslau, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,094
Thanks: 1,041
Thanked 367 Times in 228 Posts
Mentioned: 4 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tcoat View Post
Nah. I am running 16 inch to give a little more sidewall. Know it isn't a lot of difference but I have never had a single problem so not going to mess with the set up.
Had more then one of my twice a week trips to Windsor on the 401 that it was just me and the transports (and not even all of them made it) that were still moving. I could almost hear the AWD guys with their "all seasons" stuck on the side of the highway cursing me as I motored on past them.


Running 16" as well for winter for the same reason, but, I keep thinking that I might upgrade to 18 inchers for the summer and then at least make use of the OEM rims. The only limiting factor is $$$$, so, it really isn't an option for the foreseeable future.
Demandred7 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-11-2015, 02:31 PM   #27
Tcoat
Senior Member
 
Tcoat's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Drives: 2020 Hakone
Location: London, Ont
Posts: 69,845
Thanks: 61,656
Thanked 108,283 Times in 46,456 Posts
Mentioned: 2494 Post(s)
Tagged: 50 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Demandred7 View Post
Running 16" as well for winter for the same reason, but, I keep thinking that I might upgrade to 18 inchers for the summer and then at least make use of the OEM rims. The only limiting factor is $$$$, so, it really isn't an option for the foreseeable future.
I have changed my mind on rims so many times that I just know that as soon as I get some I will see different ones I like better.
So... I am just going to stick to stock and maybe just plastidip them to get rid of the silver. I really don't mind them on the lowered car and a set of spacers to bring them out a bit should make me happy enough.
__________________
Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.
Tcoat is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-11-2015, 02:34 PM   #28
Pkush
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Drives: 2015 BRZ Series.Blue CWP
Location: Chicago Northwest Suburbs
Posts: 474
Thanks: 358
Thanked 218 Times in 130 Posts
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Garage
Quote:
Originally Posted by adamg View Post
ride height has nothing to do with traction. unless theres 6"+ of snow on the ground. than nothing but suv's and trucks are moving
I'm well aware. But I do not see any other reason for why he wouldn't be able to pull out of his driveway on blizzaks. I got some cheap dunlop winters and I've plowed through 6'+ of snow
Pkush is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Driving your FRS/BRZ in Winter nmctacticz Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 46 03-09-2015 07:56 AM
Winter Driving? project d CANADA 383 01-28-2014 07:52 PM
Why winter driving is so much fun in this car Suberman CANADA 5 01-25-2014 12:48 PM
winter driving jmaryt Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 88 11-11-2013 11:15 AM
Winter Driving Tip. NOHOME Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 22 03-06-2013 05:38 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:29 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
User Alert System provided by Advanced User Tagging v3.3.0 (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.

Garage vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.