winter tires or rims and tires

2lo · 11-09-2010, 09:33 AM

Hey all,

Looking for some opinions on this.
Currently i have a set of front blizzaaks that i can use that came off the rears of my g37s. I was originally going to buy a cheap set of 18" rims and winter tires, mainly because im thinkokg that whomever changes my 19s with the blizzaaks will end up scratching them. I dont know if my thinking is wrong or logical.

Now im thinking about Just buying a set of rear blizaaks to match the fronts i have in the garage and try to find a tire shop that wont scratch the wheels.

What do you guys think?

toxik · 11-09-2010, 10:08 AM

I had the same dilemma as you, the thing is a set of blizzaks for 19s will cost you about the same as what you would be paying for a new set of 18's rims and tires combined. The benefit of having the 18s is that you have a seperate set of winter only wheels, and that won't require changing tires + re balancing every season. Also will be a lot cheaper to replace the 18'' tires vs. the 19s.

Get a set of 18s and sell the rear blizzaks you have, they're quite easy to sell right before winter.

kenchan · 11-09-2010, 11:52 AM

yah, not to forget the mounting marks your tireshop can potentially put on due to stupidity.

wilsonp · 11-09-2010, 06:12 PM

Don't forget you either have to ignore TPMS alert, buy new TPMS and reset at dealer, or migrate TPMS (is this possible?).

11-09-2010, 09:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
2lo Base Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: ny Posts: 19 Drives: 40th Anniversary Z Rep Power: 15	winter tires or rims and tires Hey all, Looking for some opinions on this. Currently i have a set of front blizzaaks that i can use that came off the rears of my g37s. I was originally going to buy a cheap set of 18" rims and winter tires, mainly because im thinkokg that whomever changes my 19s with the blizzaaks will end up scratching them. I dont know if my thinking is wrong or logical. Now im thinking about Just buying a set of rear blizaaks to match the fronts i have in the garage and try to find a tire shop that wont scratch the wheels. What do you guys think?

11-09-2010, 06:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
wilsonp A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,134 Drives: 2009 Touring Sp Nav Rep Power: 17	Don't forget you either have to ignore TPMS alert, buy new TPMS and reset at dealer, or migrate TPMS (is this possible?). __________________ 2014 Cayman S PDK Sport Chrono White/Black Was 2009 370Z Touring Sport+Nav 7AT Metallic Black/Persimmon Was 1991 NSX Auto Black/Black

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11-09-2010, 11:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	yah, not to forget the mounting marks your tireshop can potentially put on due to stupidity.