So do I, but snow tires for my stock wheels were like $200+ ea. Plus, I would have to pay to have them mounted and balanced, and demounted twice per year. This cost me about $500 for wheels and tires already mounted and balanced. Took me 10 minutes to swap with the stocks. Come spring, 10 minutes to put the stockers back on. But yeah, it does look and handle like ass now.
Talk about two extremes. Wide 18' summer performance to narrow 15' Q speed soft compound snowies.
I understand your cost delima, but for the X-runner, how much more were 16's with a 'perfromance' snow tires ? (H, V speed rating, not as soft, and still good dry handling).
You have a perfect setup for the north country, I see your in Missouri. While you'll be rocking when you get snow, just watch these soft snow tires when its warm. They get noodley above 50 degrees.
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Talk about two extremes. Wide 18' summer performance to narrow 15' Q speed soft compound snowies.
I understand your cost delima, but for the X-runner, how much more were 16's with a 'perfromance' snow tires ? (H, V speed rating, not as soft, and still good dry handling).
You have a perfect setup for the north country, I see your in Missouri. While you'll be rocking when you get snow, just watch these soft snow tires when its warm. They get noodley above 50 degrees.
Honestly, I never gave performance much thought. I figured most snow tires were similar, and I didn't want to be speeding around on snow anyway. Boy was I in for a shock when I drove into the first turn at a good clip. Talk about noodley! Man, I've never had a tire feel like it was going to roll over onto itself. Also, they shipped at 50+ psi. That seems like a lot of air pressure. If I let some air out, won't these tires become even more noodley?
haha! I was thinking about doing what you did, with the snow tires. But I went with performance all seasons. But then again, I don't get that much snow here in Oregon
Onineagle24, 50 psi sounds very high. The tread is soft no matter the air pressure. So I'd put at recommended pressure or slightly higher.
For others w/ an x-runner or those buying tires for a performance car, and you don't need a severe snow tire, may want to look into a 'perfromance' snow tire like the Dunlop M3, Blizzak LM-25, or Continental TS810, they handle pretty good in the dry, and can still provide decent traction in snow.
Today I mounted snow tires on our Mazda 3 sport. It has high performance 17's. Due to our heavy snows, I'm running 16' Dunlop Gaspics. They are true severe snow tires, like my truck's Blizzaks. They grip like hell on snow and ice but give up alot in dry handling. Driving them today in a light snow (but not covering road) it feels like a riding a marshmallow. But after a few miles you just get used to driving more conservative. Dont notice the change in my truck much, but in a higher performance ride, very different.
Once its snows though, tables turn big time. You safely rip around while others are white knuckle with thier chins resting on the steering wheel.
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Onineagle24, 50 psi sounds very high. The tread is soft no matter the air pressure. So I'd put at recommended pressure or slightly higher.
For others w/ an x-runner or those buying tires for a performance car, and you don't need a severe snow tire, may want to look into a 'perfromance' snow tire like the Dunlop M3, Blizzak LM-25, or Continental TS810, they handle pretty good in the dry, and can still provide decent traction in snow.
Today I mounted snow tires on our Mazda 3 sport. It has high performance 17's. Due to our heavy snows, I'm running 16' Dunlop Gaspics. They are true severe snow tires, like my truck's Blizzaks. They grip like hell on snow and ice but give up alot in dry handling. Driving them today in a light snow (but not covering road) it feels like a riding a marshmallow. But after a few miles you just get used to driving more conservative. Dont notice the change in my truck much, but in a higher performance ride, very different.
Once its snows though, tables turn big time. You safely rip around while others are white knuckle with thier chins resting on the steering wheel.
I lowered the psi to 36 all around. The ride is fine around town. However, as soon as I get on the freeway it gets very loose. Also, on bumps it kinda jumps a bit and the steering wheel shudders or vibrates a bit. Wish I had given my selection more thought. Can't wait for spring now to put my good tires back on.
while those wheels look like crap, some all black 17" rims wouldnt look to bad... especially with the dark windows on your truck. thats my opinion...
You're correct. These wheels do look like crap. In fact, I hate black wheels on red trucks. Although, some black wheels look ok if they have a touch of chrome too. I really don't care how they look because I'm going for safe not style. No way I'd get some killer good looking rims just to trash in the winter weather.
I lowered the psi to 36 all around. The ride is fine around town. However, as soon as I get on the freeway it gets very loose. Also, on bumps it kinda jumps a bit and the steering wheel shudders or vibrates a bit. Wish I had given my selection more thought. Can't wait for spring now to put my good tires back on.
I got some 15" steelies and some winterforce tires. I saw in the owners manual that they have the tire presures for diferent size tires. I think it was 29 in the front and 32 in the back for 215/70 R15's. I put 30 all the way around.
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