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Old 12-01-2010, 03:59 PM
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Winter tires for '08 SS

Well, after driving in to work today, I realize I need some winter tires. I have a '08 SS without the Brembo brakes, and am not sure what to get. Any suggestions? Would I be better off buying some different, smaller wheels? Thanks!
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Old 12-01-2010, 04:11 PM
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I bought a set of 16" steel wheels and winter tires from Tire Rack last year. They were $600 shipped, and I don't have to mess around with mounting and unmounting tires every year.
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I have goodyear eagle F1's all season, they are great. I live up in Northern ohio so i believe i am a credible source.
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Old 12-01-2010, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by rgraboske
I bought a set of 16" steel wheels and winter tires from Tire Rack last year. They were $600 shipped, and I don't have to mess around with mounting and unmounting tires every year.
Any links? What tires did you end up with?
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I bought a barely used set of stock 16's for the winter from the classified section last year
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Originally Posted by stephenm
I bought a barely used set of stock 16's for the winter from the classified section last year
I'd like to do the same, but it doesn't seem that there are any available right now.
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I have F1's also corner awesome exellent in wet even deep stuff believe me it rains alot here
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Old 12-02-2010, 09:17 AM
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This are the tires and wheels I went with:

http://www.tirerack.com/snow/WinterW...el#results_top

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....04&sortSize=16

I know people will call me crazy, but I really ejoy driving this thing on the snow tires. It's a lot more, shall I say, lively
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Back when I lived in snow country I used Goodyear Eagle Ultra Grips, they are used by quite a few state police departments in the winter. I've always used what the cops run because they run in all the nasty stuff, like the average winter in Erie PA.
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Originally Posted by jgoldwood
Well, after driving in to work today, I realize I need some winter tires. I have a '08 SS without the Brembo brakes, and am not sure what to get. Any suggestions? Would I be better off buying some different, smaller wheels? Thanks!
I think the best idea, if you want good winter traction, is to get a second set of wheels, 16s or 17s, and put a set of Bridgestone Blizzaks on them. While I've written on this site in other threads about Goodyear tires that I test, if I wanted some true winter tires, for frequent use in snow-covered and icy roads, the Blizzak is the way I'd go.
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