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Gregger
Thu Dec 4th, 2008, 05:18 PM
Anyone have the hookup on snow tires? I need some 245 series 18's... Long story.. :(
Matty
Thu Dec 4th, 2008, 06:52 PM
blah blah blah!!!
wankel7
Thu Dec 4th, 2008, 11:55 PM
Anyone have the hookup on snow tires? I need some 245 series 18's... Long story.. :(

Yikes, with snow tires you can always minus size down. So get snow tires in the 16" but make the sidewall height tall enough and the tire narrow enough to have the same diameter as your 245/18. But you have to get a smaller rim.
Gregger
Fri Dec 5th, 2008, 12:51 AM
Cant go smaller than 17 cause of the brakes.
Ceez
Fri Dec 5th, 2008, 08:11 AM
You can call my boy Ronnie over at Coys, let him know you are a friend of Cesar...see what he can do for you.
Canuck
Fri Dec 5th, 2008, 08:28 AM
Subie nut swingers don't deserve snow shoes (j/k).

As i type this, Leisel is getting a set of Goodyear Ultragrip Performance 225/40/18 for $577 installed.
Sortarican
Fri Dec 5th, 2008, 08:35 AM
Hankooks FTW! They are the shit!
Same basic performance as Bizzaks but at half the price.

They suck on dry though, but nothing you can't live with.
And you can get 2 seasons + if you pull them off in the summer.
Performance Tire carry them at pretty good prices.
bulldog
Fri Dec 5th, 2008, 10:10 AM
Get a set of Nokian HAKKAPELIITTA. Best snow tire made; yes better than Blizzaks. Many rally cars actually use them and cop cars. I found mine on Craigslist for $200....

http://www.nokiantires.com/

Speaking of them, Matty did you get these over the Blizzaks like I have been telling you to do????
Sortarican
Fri Dec 5th, 2008, 10:28 AM
Get a set of Nokian HAKKAPELIITTA. Best snow tire made; yes better than Blizzaks...... I found mine on Craigslist for $200....

$200 for a set?!?!
That was one hell of a deal cause they're about $200 a peice in the size he's looking for.
Canuck
Fri Dec 5th, 2008, 10:35 AM
More like $300-$400 a piece. Scandinavian Winter tyres FTW!
Scandinavian winter tyer prices Epic Fail. And they are loud on dry pavement.
bulldog
Fri Dec 5th, 2008, 10:42 AM
Yeah the person I bought them from had no idea what they were; told me they were some weird name brand. lol For studed tires (which the studs can be removed) they are not loud. My Hankooks were way loader and weren't as good on dry pavement.

Oh yeah mine are only 17's though...
Matty
Fri Dec 5th, 2008, 10:45 AM
Speaking of them, Matty did you get these over the Blizzaks like I have been telling you to do????nope... went with the Blizzaks in a 245/40/18 .... and i love them.... the 6 inches of snow A-Basin got yesterday was no match for my car and tires. Drove perfect on the ice and in the snow. Does really well on dry roads, and they're pretty quite. they are also run-flats.
Devaclis
Fri Dec 5th, 2008, 10:51 AM
Hankooks. We had them on a rear wheel drive supercharged Mercedes and they ran like studded tires on the ice and snow Went to performance tire on Broadway and Dartmouth.
*GSXR~SNAIL*
Fri Dec 5th, 2008, 02:29 PM
Yoke W.Drive...this is the one I've been researching.

http://www.wheels.ca/article/254328

Found at Discount: http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/findTireDetail.do?tc=YOKSV2&c=1&rcz=80015&pc=44362&ar=45&rf=true&cf=false&rd=18&sw=false&rc=CODINT&cs=245
puckstr
Fri Dec 5th, 2008, 02:33 PM
Hankooks FTW! They are the shit!
Same basic performance as Bizzaks but at half the price.

They suck on dry though, but nothing you can't live with.
And you can get 2 seasons + if you pull them off in the summer.
Performance Tire carry them at pretty good prices.


I run Hankooks on the Saturn (kick ass grip)

Dawn runs Michelin Aplins on her Audi TT (great grip but $$$$:shocked:)
Nick_Ninja
Fri Dec 5th, 2008, 04:13 PM
My new shoes:

Stick like glue and are reported to get 150,000 miles. I'll believe that when and if I see it.

MICHELIN® LTX® A/T2

http://www.michelinman.com/images/pic/tires/full/ltx-at2.jpg
TheStig
Fri Dec 5th, 2008, 04:39 PM
Tire rack has some blizzaks on closeout right now...just fyi.
Wyck
Fri Dec 5th, 2008, 05:31 PM
Ugh...I need to get some too. Especially after that 4 hour drive from the Springs to Denver last weekend. I was sliding all over. :banghead:
Gregger
Fri Dec 5th, 2008, 05:32 PM
Subie nut swingers don't deserve snow shoes (j/k).

As i type this, Leisel is getting a set of Goodyear Ultragrip Performance 225/40/18 for $577 installed.


Where would that be? Thanks for all the input guys... I'm finally getting over the first blemish on my 08.. :(

The Blizzaks on Tirerack are 220 a piece... Not much of a sale.. lol