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12-07-2017, 09:55 AM | #15 |
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FWIW, Tire Rack gives 16" steelies as a Winter wheel/tire option only for non-PP '17 BRZ. For Performance Package it only gives 17" and 18" options.
https://www.tirerack.com/snow/Winter...odClar=Limited I'm 90% about to buy a '17 PP BRZ, if I do probably get 17x7 wheels and 205/50-17 Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3s for it. Last edited by ZDan; 12-07-2017 at 10:07 AM. |
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I'm running 17x6.5+50 steelies with Altimax Artic tires. They sit in the fender a little far for my tastes so i run them with 25mm spacers.
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I think it can be somewhat entertaining, depending on how you look at it. The car behaves much the same as with higher grip tires, just at a far lower threshold. Can make driving closer to the speed limit a little more fun...lol. It's kind of like hopping into an older sportscar from the 60's/70's with tall, skinny tires.
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The arctics dig better, the Xice3 does better in nasty icy stuff, and they both cost less. My top three winter tires right now are the new Altimax Arctic 12's, Nokian Hakka R2, or Michelin XIce3, in that order from most dig-happy tire, to best balance, to best ice tire. (Sans studs.)
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I'm just trying to stay alive in winter lol
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To be able to drive on plowed roads in RI/Mass through the Winter, while maintaining some handling precision. I was only looking at the "Performance Winter/Snow" category tires.
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Jordanwolf: you can get slight/some of that stiffness back with extra air pressure, lowering sidewall, slight stretching .. but don't. Imho 2/3rds of that squirming/moving around is from tire's rubber type/thread pattern. So you won't get much out of your tries, except compromising grip, pricier tires, worse bad roads compliance. Just grit the teeths and get as given that (good) winter tires will feel different . Also imho ability to drive with ease on iced/unplown snow roads/steep driveways/uphills, overtaking crawling with spinning tires and out of control AWD SUVs (simply because they are still on summers or on some worse all seasons) is fun in itself. So is some drift fun on ice/snow. Just give up and live with that for 4-3 months till spring. Tries to get back specific feel will compromise what's more important.
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Will any 16 inch wheels fit over the PP brakes? I was of the impression they require 17 inch at least...
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If you're going for plowed roads and aren't worried about going out if it's bad, the XIce3 is a champ.
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