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Originally Posted by jlimNW

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.

It is worth going to Arctics. I am hugely impressed with General tires. I run the Artics on my BRZ and they rock both in snow of all types, even had a few surprise blizzards in white out conditions before roads were treated, and in slightly warmer conditions. Just pump up the pressure to 40 psi and they work great as all season tires. With the slight caveat that I do love sliding around, and in the dry upwards of 50 + degrees they are not anywhere near summer tires. I ran them last year in NC where the winter weather is much better and they were awesome. I also run General's all season on my Yaris, and they are awesome in the dry and wet.

Originally Posted by JazzleSAURUS

Well this is really interesting! I was planning on a fresh set of Arctics for my BRZ this year as well. I ran my old Forester size Arctics on 16" RS wheels the first year, and it was fantastic. Sadly, they were leftovers and didn't have a ton of tread. I was not impressed by the leftover tread taken from my wifes Impreza sized continental extreme winter contacts, so those got roasted as dorifto tires.

Time for a fresh set this year, I'll be looking into the Arctic 12 as well as the old school arctic for a suitable replacement! I'd like to go with the Forester size if they are available as well, I like the tall sidewalls and dash of clearance!

I've had two sets of Generals, a set of Arctic for my brz and a set of all season for my Yaris, and they are both awesome for what I use them for. I'd trust the new Arctic 12 to be just as good.

Originally Posted by Soloside

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?

That is the old rule of thumb but you really don't need to do that anymore. Tire tech is so much better now than it use to be, and the reasons they use to do that was thinner tires cut through snow to bite the ground better, but with new winter tires that can handle snow, ice, and ground just as well it really is not necessary.

Originally Posted by Shark_Bait88

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.

Over the stock brakes? Beg him to add those to the wheel directory, I'd be all over 15's if I knew they'd fit. The smaller the wheels the cheaper the tires.

Originally Posted by churchx

@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)?

this exactly. I'd be so tempted to find wheel places that would just try wheels to see if they fit. I'd love a cheap light set of 15's.

Originally Posted by kneercirl

In your opinion, which tire is better for deep snow/slush? The Blizzak or Scorpion. I plan on mounting one of these two on my stock 20" wheels next month

General. Why on earth would you run 20's in the winter?