Winter Tires and Wheels

HankL · 12-17-2011, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by TreeSemdyZee

You'll love 'em. I'm on my third winter with the same setup. Of course, you'll probably get a lot more use out of them in Minnesota. We had around a ten inch snow last winter and I tried to get them to lose traction and they didn't really want to let go. Its real nice having that kind of sure-footing.

Word of warning to anyone with these wheels (and probably others). The little spring clips that hold in the hub rings like to come off when you're swapping tires. Mine actually came slightly loose when I put them on last winter. When I put my summer wheels back on, people kept telling me that my wheel was wobbling. I'd tighten the lugs down and still had people stopping me. I ended up pulling the wheel back off and found that the spring had actually gotten embedded (from torqueing the lugs) in the hub. Now I have a groove in my hub.

Hey Nate23 and Tree, thanks for the positive comments. I'm glad you found it useful. It is for sure a fairly big investment to screw up.

By the way, I did install 25mm Eibach Pro-spacers on the rear. I didn't like the look with the rear track more narrow than the front (I didn't measure, just by the look). As it turns out, and I could be nuts, I am sure I feel the increased stability of the wider track and looks a lot better as well. If I did the math correctly, the wheels are approx. 4.6 mm further apart (at the outside) than with the summer tires. I went strictly by the width and offset of the wheels.

Rays - 10" or 254mm with +30 offset (hub toward the front of the wheel)
F10 - 8" or 203.2 mm with 0 offset.

The Rays are 25.4mm wider each side of the centerline but sit 30mm further back with the offset.

I have been meaning to post some pics, I will do that.

Nate23 · 12-17-2011, 12:33 PM

I forgot to mention that in my post as well, but I bought spacers as well for the rear. I have Ichiba 25mm Type 2 wheel spacers. The rear looks normal with them installed so I'm glad I got them since the rear would be in way too far to look good without.

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12-17-2011, 12:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
Nate23 Base Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Minnesota Age: 39 Posts: 18 Drives: 2011 370z Coupe Rep Power: 14	I forgot to mention that in my post as well, but I bought spacers as well for the rear. I have Ichiba 25mm Type 2 wheel spacers. The rear looks normal with them installed so I'm glad I got them since the rear would be in way too far to look good without.