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What winter tires? - Jake - 26-11-2012
Planning to get some new rubber for the winter wheels.
Anyone recommend me some?
Never bought winter specific tires before, ran proxys last year and was quite interesting when the ice came.
Going on 16" nimrods (ouragans(sp?)) same thing anyway. Plan to run them through until about march April then will be putting the fondmetals with spec-2s back on.
RE: What winter tires? - Ricky - 26-11-2012
I ran Michelin alpin's last year and they were very good, be expensive in 16" though. I think they were £90 each in 15".
What winter tires? - Jonny b - 26-11-2012
Prada spec 2's ha ha, tis what ill be on
What winter tires? - Jake - 26-11-2012
(26-11-2012, 06:06 AM)Jonny b Wrote: Prada spec 2's ha ha, tis what ill be on
Yeah that's what I have on my other wheels.. Can see myself being In a hedge running them in the snow!
RE: What winter tires? - CJ_Derv - 26-11-2012
Parada Spec 2 arriving in 2 days for me lol, in 15" place on ebay are unbeaten in macclesfield 48hr carrier i just paid 89 for 2 in 15"
RE: What winter tires? - Toms306 - 26-11-2012
I'll be on the Toyo T1Rs again this year!
Was nice having Goodyears in the snow last year...they were shite on a damp road but fine in the snow...the Toyos are the opposite of that lol.
RE: What winter tires? - kernow_joe - 26-11-2012
in real snow last year (living in austria) and ran goodyear ultra grip 8 they where awesome, driving through near foot deep fresh snow at times, only time I got stuck was my own fault and not clearing the car park, ended up wheels both in the air and car resting on its belly in the snow....
maybe not needed in this country though, definitely not in cornwall.
previously ran khumo ecsta (I think) in the mountains, not so great, bordering on very f*cking scary at times
RE: What winter tires? - cwspellowe - 26-11-2012
I dunno i've never had proper winter tyres, but the rainsport 2's i had on the cyclones were great in the snow, enough grip to keep you moving anyway.
RE: What winter tires? - Jonny81191 - 26-11-2012
Drove in some serious snow in Scotland last year on proxies, didn't have an issue. IMHO, 90% of it is down to the driver.
This year I'll just run my eagle F1's, and I doubt that it'll be the tyres that are the issue.
RE: What winter tires? - Toms306 - 26-11-2012
Its not actually snow thats the problem tbh, as long as you have some clutch control you should be alright. Its the solid compacted re-frozen icy mess that is left a few days after snow thats the problem! And you can barely walk on it with thick soled steel toe caps so theres not much hope for tyres and a tonne of car lol.
RE: What winter tires? - CJ_Derv - 26-11-2012
or get some knoblys on a smaller rim for a laugh
RE: What winter tires? - Rippthrough - 28-11-2012
Knobblies are shit in anything less than about 2 ft of snow.