All season performance tires.
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94NDTA;175138 wrote:
I'm looking for a set of 4 tires that will handle well in the winter/snow/ice and in the rain, but perform very well, have good traction, and are performance oriented...Suggestions? They will be on a wrong wheel drive vehical too if that helps.
what are these going on?
i am kinda dumb and cannot remember what you have.any other recomendations for tires as 94NDTA stated.
i am sure i will need new ones by winter.
i am sure we are both looking for a GM W-body.Monty
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so what tire are you thinking Wes?
personally i would give on all weather for a nice summer tire. then have another setup for winter. either swapping tires or a totally different wheel/tire combo. this tire would be aimed more at winter.
this is all new to me so i am all ears. before i just picked a tire when i needed them.
Monty
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it really makes sense here to have 2x wheels and tires. Get some steel wheels for winter and put good winter rubber on there, and then run super aggressive summer tires
In winter i've used Blizzak WS-50s and they're fantastic.. but very soft and gummy if it gets much above 40 degrees. I bought a set of "Green Diamond Icelanders" which are a much harder rubber but have bits of carbide embedded into them.. .kind of like studs but not really.... snow and ice grip is as good as the blizzaks.. but not a real studded tire. Unlike blizzaks and studs, you can run them year round if you want.. and they have VERY stiff sidewalls so they do much better at speed in dry conditions.
For a cheap summer tire i like the Kuhmo 712, for a bit more, the Potenza Re750 is nice. I stopped running 750s because i'd tear them up too quickly at the track.. but the 712s in a 225/50/16 are like $75 or something... not bad for the amount of grip you get.
Note that either of these choices is totally unusable in the winter... i had to move the car with ice on the ground... i put the car in 4th gear and tried to slip the clutch.. motor simply idling... and the rear tires started to spin and the end wiggled
Spinning the tires idling from a stop in 4th gear is a bit ridiculous A tire that's going to be good in winter won't be any good in summer.. and vice versa. Trying to get 1 tire that does it all means you're giving up performance at both extremes. Besides, you want different tire/wheel geometries for winter/summer anyway...thin tires with tall sidewalls in winter, low profiles for summer...
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you read my mind.
thanx for all that info too.
Monty
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94NDTA;175635 wrote:
Allright, how about a performance tire that does well in the rain?Most summer tires do well in the rain. Rain performance is governed primarily by tread depth and tread design. Obviously shaved R comps don't do well in standing water
tirerack.com has extensive tire comparison data.
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