When will you put winter tires on? - Page 2 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Deslock · 10-27-2013, 11:17 AM

Depends on the weather forecast and my schedule... usually mid-late November.

I once got caught in an unexpected dusting driving my '99 Miata with Summer tires (and no VSC, TRAC, or ABS). Even feathering the throttle would make the back end kick out, but I drove home especially carefully and was fine. Still, I wouldn't recommend it

rba · 10-27-2013, 09:54 PM

Anyone have any recommendations for a place near Somerville for winter tires? I'm thinking of Bilzzaks.

AznBRZer · 10-27-2013, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by rba

Anyone have any recommendations for a place near Somerville for winter tires? I'm thinking of Bilzzaks.

Town Fair Tire in Woburn is where I'm going. I'm split between Blizzaks and X-Ice 3's. Too bad you didn't get them a couple weeks ago when Bridgestone was running a $60 rebate on tires.

Are you just swapping rubber or getting steelies? Maybe if there are enough of us, we can work out a group rate at a tire shop that'll be better than them price matching tirerack.

Right now wheels, tires, and tpms run at about $1-1.1k. I asked around and no shop is willing to throw them on without tpms.

Young_makaveli · 10-27-2013, 11:42 PM

I think I'll put winter tires on mid-november but I have to buy my tires first lol

Anyone have any suggestions for really good tires?

AznBRZer · 10-28-2013, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Young_makaveli

I think I'll put winter tires on mid-november but I have to buy my tires first lol

Anyone have any suggestions for really good tires?

Bridgestone Blizzaks are the tried and true winter/snow tires that every one recommends. You can't go wrong with those.

rba · 10-28-2013, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by AznBRZer

Town Fair Tire in Woburn is where I'm going. I'm split between Blizzaks and X-Ice 3's. Too bad you didn't get them a couple weeks ago when Bridgestone was running a $60 rebate on tires.

Are you just swapping rubber or getting steelies? Maybe if there are enough of us, we can work out a group rate at a tire shop that'll be better than them price matching tirerack.

Right now wheels, tires, and tpms run at about $1-1.1k. I asked around and no shop is willing to throw them on without tpms.

I'm thinking of getting steelies.

FRiSson · 10-30-2013, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by rba

Anyone have any recommendations for a place near Somerville for winter tires? I'm thinking of Bilzzaks.

I would seriously consider the Michelin PA4. They are performance winter tires, which the X-ice are not.

AG3NT_5CARFAC3 · 10-30-2013, 09:05 PM

I just put my winter set on 3 days ago
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Pooverdam · 10-30-2013, 09:23 PM

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I just put my winter set on 3 days ago
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chrisl · 10-30-2013, 09:25 PM

Probably in 2 or 3 weeks, depending on weather. Usually sometime around thanksgiving.

Diode Dynamics · 10-31-2013, 11:18 AM

I've heard good things about Nitto Motivo's + they have respectable performance for an all-season tire

Nick C.

NateKthx · 11-05-2013, 08:36 PM

Just stocked up on a set. I'll probably put them on at the last possible minute haha...

shaunsweeney · 11-19-2013, 08:41 PM

Thanks to tirerack mine are sitting in the basement waiting for snow. Way cheaper than town fair tire and no worries about them messing something up.

AznBRZer · 11-20-2013, 11:39 AM

Bought my OEM TPMS on ebay for $86 shipped. Should be getting them by Friday. Town Fair isn't so bad by me, so I'll probably hit them up. The difference between ordering from TireRack and Town Fair is maybe $50 because of tax, so I figure I'll save myself the hassle of having to move things around. Hopefully I'll have the snows on this Sat.

10-27-2013, 11:17 AM	#15
Deslock Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Drives: 2013 DZE/01 (sold for MX5 ND1) Location: western MA Posts: 871 Thanks: 265 Thanked 269 Times in 133 Posts Mentioned: 15 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Depends on the weather forecast and my schedule... usually mid-late November. I once got caught in an unexpected dusting driving my '99 Miata with Summer tires (and no VSC, TRAC, or ABS). Even feathering the throttle would make the back end kick out, but I drove home especially carefully and was fine. Still, I wouldn't recommend it __________________ Life's too short for understeer

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