My first winter approaching, need some winter tires.

[drewbot]

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[Xinshadow]

I use a set of Michelin X-ice 3 tires for winter. Third year with them and the traction is still amazing. I'd also recommend going down to a 205 width, it'll help if the snow is deeper.

I got a set of the X-ices and some cheap alloys from tire rack for 1100 mounted, balanced and shipped.

After using proper high quality snow tires, I'd honestly rather drive my little rwd than a 4wd SUV with all seasons. I live on a gravel road too, its funny to crawl up the ice slope my street becomes in the winter while my neighbors with 6824712.5 liter diesel trucks have to go the long way around.

Spend the money, do it right and be safe, you won't regret it 😀

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[ARTBRZ]

I also have the x-ice3. It was $162 per tire at discount tire. I drive this car all year long and it did well last year when there was that storm in Indy. $895 with all the warrantee/free replacement/free tire rotation and rebalance.

[Jfheisenberg]

I been looking around for a wheel and tire package and found this on tirerack :



Questions:
1- Anybody heard or used focal X wheels ? can't find reviews about them, they look nice but would not like to bend on me during middle of winter..

2-I won't be buying new tpms sensors, can use my existing sensors and make it work with this set up?

3- Any other things that need to be consider with this set up?

Thanks guys..

[Jfheisenberg]

I had to make a move to get this stuff sooner to i just bought some 16x7 MOTEGI RACING wheels and some blizzaks ws80 for my winter set up from tire rack

I'll post some pics when i get them to show you guys what they look like.

[why?]

any specific reason you chose 17" wheels and tires? The 16's will fit just fine, and the tires will be a tad bit less expensive. For Tire Rack you need to tell it you have an FRS and you can see the 16" wheels and tires. They seem to be having specials on Sparco wheels for $99 a piece in 16x7.

[Jfheisenberg]

Originally Posted by why?

any specific reason you chose 17" wheels and tires? The 16's will fit just fine, and the tires will be a tad bit less expensive. For Tire Rack you need to tell it you have an FRS and you can see the 16" wheels and tires. They seem to be having specials on Sparco wheels for $99 a piece in 16x7.

yes i got the 16x7, and yes i saw the sparco wheels but they were green and pink. i got motegi wheels in black and some red touches,

[Jfheisenberg]

I received the wheels and tires. Wheels are Motegi MR116 16inch x 7, and tires are blizzak s80 16 inch.

I'll be putting them next mid november.

[BRZSteve]

So you ordered the tires from tire rack and the wheels from Motegi and brought them to a shop for mounting and balancing? I'm looking to do this too.

[rainmonkey]

Instead of making a new thread, I figure I'd ask here.

I want to put some ws80 on my OEM wheels. I'm considering either just going with the default tire size of 214/45/17.

The reason I'm skipping 205/55/17 is because I think it'll make my tire too tall and it might rub on the fenders during turns since 205 * 0.55 = 112.75 whereas my current setup of 245/40/17 is 245 * 0.40 = 98. The difference is 14.75 which seems to be pretty big hence the worry of rubbing. Car is lowered, by how much I'm not entirely sure... there's maybe a finger width or finger and a half clearance between tire and fender.

215/45/17 will be 96.75
Any other suggestions?

[ARTBRZ]

Originally Posted by rainmonkey

Instead of making a new thread, I figure I'd ask here.

I want to put some ws80 on my OEM wheels. I'm considering either just going with the default tire size of 214/45/17.

The reason I'm skipping 205/55/17 is because I think it'll make my tire too tall and it might rub on the fenders during turns since 205 * 0.55 = 112.75 whereas my current setup of 245/40/17 is 245 * 0.40 = 98. The difference is 14.75 which seems to be pretty big hence the worry of rubbing. Car is lowered, by how much I'm not entirely sure... there's maybe a finger width or finger and a half clearance between tire and fender.

215/45/17 will be 96.75
Any other suggestions?

Is there a reason why you were considering 205/55? If you're not having rubbing issues with your current setup I would go with the 215/45 since it's a lower profile than your current setup.

[kpamir]

I got my car last year and went with Continental Extreme Winter Contacts.

They have served me well so far. This year seems to be a wash but still glad I got them, the peace of mind goes a long way.

[churchx]

ARTBRZ: reasons? As thread is about winter tires, it's very common to use winter ones of narrower width then summer ones, to increase pressure per contact patch.
+higher diameter will add ground clearance to get over some deeper snow without bumper acting as buldoser or bottom scraping ground/ice, when going over some road with deep iced tracks in road.
Still, if it will rub, especially if on lowered car, then of course too much may be too much.

[ARTBRZ]

My point is, if we don't know the actual measurement (how much it's lowered) go with the size that you know will fit. It's better to just adjust the height if he's on coilovers if clearance is an issue during the winter. Thinner tires are better for snow but from experience 215/45 works just fine. I drove when there was a terrible snow storm in Indy last year. Plenty of grip and great control.