Winter Setups

kenchan

yah, LM60's are very good. i tried it on my G a few yrs back in deep snow.

since they come in stock 19 sizes, i'd just use the sport wheels and stock sizes. at least the car looks good in the winter too.

for me, i just hibernate my RWD cars though.

TreeSemdyZee

I bought rims and Blizzaks (model now discontinued) at 225/50-18.
Handles the snow big time. No issues at all.

FlyByGTI

Yeah I would have enjoyed having a secondary car for the winter but it just didn't work that way. I would ideally like to have a second set of wheels/tires so I don't have to worry about unmounting and mounting multiple times a year. I figured that running a smaller diameter would actually be better than keeping with the 19's

I saw that the blizzaks were on blowout specials which worried me (I wonder what they will be replaced with). The way I read your post, it sounds like you are running a square setup.

I am not worried about looks for the winter because everything in the winter just needs to get me from point A to B safely

kenchan

actually not so much the diameter but the width. narrower is better in the snow. so i suppose if you want to go the cheaper route, get the base 18" wheels and run their stock sizes which are like 225/245 or something.

FlyByGTI

Right that was more of what I was trying to convey. I think the one person I saw was running the stock Sport Rays on Blizzaks and I didn't necessarily think that was the best option. I'm trying to start this process early so I can make sure I have them before the cold weather starts

TreeSemdyZee

Square is a pretty good bet for snow tires. I bought Blizzak LM25s 4 years ago and they are great. They were discontinued because they came out with the LM60s. They have tons of tread left. I have had a couple of flats in them, but they were both my fault. I'm probably the first human being ever to get a nail in their tire when they weren't on the car. Picked one up in my storage shed when the tires/wheels were off of the car.

I'd definitely recommend getting wheels. It takes me an hour or so to swap mine out and you don't have to pay a tire store every time you swap. I paid $1255 for wheels, tires and lugs in January 2010 from TireRack. Well worth the money.