Winter Tires for my 1989 Corolla SR5

[chicojuan10]

Hey I am thinking about these Winter Saxon Tires that I saw, 175/70/r13. What do you guys think I should be spending for a full set (4) of these winter tires? I hear they are amazing and work just as good if not better than high quality tires.. any info especially a price would be greatly appreciated

Thanks!!

[Flashmn]

never heard of the brand, I'll stick to known brands, such as michelin, kleber, nokia, gislaved, etc.

[eage8]

I have firestone winterforces for my subaru. They're decent for snow, but great for rallycross



I would stick to blizzaks or nokias if you can find them. last winter when I had all-season's my ex's miata with blizzaks and without an LSD was better in the snow than my awd subaru with 2 lsds....

[rdyzz]

i have winterforce also. i was able to drive my paseo in 6" of snow when everyone around simply couldnt make it out of their driveway.. the winterforce cost me $220 for a set of 185/60/14.

[chicojuan10]

Ya I agree with ya Flashmn, this car had Saxon Snowblazer tires before hand though and they were great, I just didn't put them on my car last, it was already there when I bought my car. So I'm trying to stick to this brand and find out how much I should be spending on a full set (4)..

[REN69]

Originally Posted by Flashmn

never heard of the brand, I'll stick to known brands, such as michelin, kleber, nokia, gislaved, etc.

Never heard of kleber

You should always buy winter tires in sets of 4, you can't have 2 winters up front and 2 all-seasons in the rear or viceversa, it defeats the purpose of having winters at all.

I myself had a few sets of Nexen and a few sets of Wintermarks and they're great in snow, but not on icy conditions, then again not much is great in icy roads unless they're worth quite a bit.

[plyr503]

or live somewhere that it only snows once a year if yer lucky, then the whole city shuts down and you stay home and wait for it to melt!

[kcwa]

I run a pair on Hankook Winter iPike w409 (studded) on just the front of my '90 SR5 coupe. I gave them a serious test a couple winters ago making a 300 mile dash over the mountain pass over to Eastern Washington on snow, ice and even plowing through virgin snow up to the bumper. These tires made me a believer...

The Hankook Winter iPike w409 are nearly identical to the Nokian Hakkapeliitta snow tire from Finland. The tread designs actually looks identical to me... I can not tell the difference. Do an online search and compare the Hankook and Nokian, I found the Hankook very reasonably priced.