Winter Tires

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Originally Posted by WolfWings

With stock ride height I can sneak away with 0.25" extra radius to run Goodyear TripleTred tires, but that scraped on the inside wheelwell at full lock even then. Lowered I'd be extra paranoid about scraping tires on your wheelwell sheetmetal then.

Get a seperate set of 14" steel rims, mount some 175/65-14's on them to be safe if you can afford it. Remember, winter tires should only go on once you get first snowfall/slush, and go away if there's no snow/ice on the ground for more than a day or two. Yes, you might put them on and off if winter has a month of nasty, two weeks of nice, and another month of nasty. If you do that those winter tires will last 2 or 3 years before even starting to really wear out. Otherwise they'll only last 1, or maybe 2 if you're lucky.

i ran one set of snow tires for almost 5 seasons on nov 1st off march 31st with no problems, so i am arguing the point... also, i would not recommend taking them off again until you are sure that no more snow should fall, because you never know if you are gonna have a big drop on the next snowfall...