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Zook@SimplyTire · 09-21-2013, 04:50 PM

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wparsons · 09-21-2013, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suberman

Pirelli Sottozeros going on mine: 225/45x17. I'm looking for bare road winter performance. With that Torsen any winter tire will be enough for traction. I want good braking and cornering on bare road.

Put them on today so as to scuff them in before the end of the month.

As expected they are amazing in warm weather, for a snow tire.

I'm switching my summers to 225/45x17. That 215/45x17 tire just looks too skinny for this car. Never thought I'd buy a tire for looks but really, 215?

Having driven through a winter with mine already, you might want to re-think your choice. The dry grip difference between a ice/snow tire vs a performance snow is quite minimal, but the grip difference in actual snow is much bigger. You'll also want a narrower tire for snows, too wide of a tire will just float on top of snow and not give you any real bite.

As for the Torsen diff, that's not going to magically give you a ton of traction, I had a couple days where I could barely get up a small incline with ice/snow tires when the snow was really wet and packed down into almost ice easily.

At the end of the day these are light RWD cars that don't have a ton of weight on the back tires, they need good ice/snow tires if you plan to drive it on anything but dry/wet pavement.

roddy · 09-21-2013, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chanomatik

They're having a sale for WS60's for $500 (closeout) in 225/40R18...

That is a good price. I ran the WS-60s (although in a smaller 205/55/16 size) on my FR-S last year, and they worked great. We got a lot of snow and I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of it this car can handle.

Taro · 09-22-2013, 01:29 PM

How many people are going steelies? I hate the look of them, but I'll admit they're more practical.

FLYFISHR · 09-22-2013, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Taro

How many people are going steelies? I hate the look of them, but I'll admit they're more practical.

I went with alloys from PMC Tire they cost about a hundred bucks each with free shipping to the GTA area. With the cost of steelies and then the hub caps it was only ten twenty bucks more for a lot better option IMO. I got 16" RTX Fuji's, Yokohama IceGuard's mounted, balanced all taxes in for $1160. There are deals out there if you want to avoid steelies.

FLYFISHR · 09-22-2013, 03:07 PM

Also check out this deal

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47334

headlikeahole · 09-23-2013, 06:15 AM

I'm going 16x6.5 steelies with 195/55/16 Toyo observe Garit KX. They should be 205 but I couldnt pass up on a great deal and the change in diameter will only be 5mm or so.

Paid 420 dollars for wheels/tires.

Ash_frs · 09-23-2013, 01:51 PM

I picked up a set of subaru imprezza wagen alloy wheels with 205/55R16 blizzaks LM-22 for $350 used for a season. at least no ugly steel wheels for the firestorm this winter!

Greg_Di · 09-23-2013, 02:02 PM

Im going to pick up the new Hankook W419 Ipikes this winter, I had the W409's on my previous vehicle and they were great

rip curl · 09-23-2013, 11:59 PM

I'm going to get the Michelin X-Ice Xi3 on WRX 16" rims. Did a lot of research and those seem like the best bang for the buck.

brzr · 09-24-2013, 12:34 PM

i got hankook w409 ipike with these pretty 16'' rims

can't wait to get them on

never had hankook tires, but the reviews were high on the site i got them from (1010tires)

PMPB · 09-24-2013, 02:50 PM

I'm going with Primacy PA3's (carry over from my last car) 205/55/16 on steelies. I think they're from 2009 era. I'm in Niagara Region, so most day's the roads are dry, but cold, or about 1cm of snow from the occasional snow fall. Last winter was the worst so far for me having been in the region for 5 years now.

tinma · 09-24-2013, 04:56 PM

Im on the hunt for winter tires to put onto my stock rims. Right now im stuck between the two choices... Either Bridgestone Blizzak or Goodyear Ultra Grip. The place that I am planning on buying my tires from say that they basically have the same stats, but im mainly paying for the name with the blizzak. Anyone have experience with the Ultra Grip? Ive been a lot of reviews with the blizzak's on this thread, but nothing with Ultra Grip

Zook@SimplyTire · 09-24-2013, 05:15 PM

Our Group Buy is all set-up http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47334

We ship across Canada for $70-90 Set 15" or 16" Package

feel free to email me

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