winter is coming and i'm just wondering to use winter tire. i found hankook winter tire at ebay, the price is very cheap. a set of 245x45x18 is around $500. is that tire that bad? why the price are so cheap? any body have eer used that tire. thanks for comment.

 

245/45/18 is too wide, for winter you want as thin of a tire as you can get that still has a load rating to support the weight of the car. Look for a 225/45/18 size, and stagger the setup to keep VDC happy

 

I have the Hankook Ice Bear 300's 225/50/17 front and 225/55/17 rear. No problems with the VDC at all. The tires are V rated so they can handle the speed (not that you would ever want to test the limit in the winter). I have found the sidewalls to be soft compared to the OEM 245/45/18 Michelin Pilots. That means the G will not be as sharp or firm in hard cornering and the overall handling is a bit mushy. But this is winter driving so you probably won't be pushing the G all the much. I never got stuck or lost control so they are very capable in the snow, slush and ice. I would buy them again. I wouldn't recommend going beyond 225 since a wider winter tire does not perform as well in deep snow. I am in southern Ontario Canada and we have a pretty good amount of snow here - sometimes a few feet in one snowfall.
Hope this helps.

 

The Ice Bears are very good tires. We have them on our Z and they outperform the much more expensive Dunlop M3s by a wide margin.

If I had to do it over again, I would either go with the setup that you mentioned or get them in 225s or 235s.

 

i just got my icebears put on...225/55/17 the ride feels a little different...but hey they are winter tires...cant wait for the canadian winter to roll in...

 

I've had the Ice Bears on for three winter seasons with no problem. These snow rated tires make very little road noise and treadwear is good so you can be rolling on these for awhile unless you're doing burnouts. For the price of these tires, you can't go wrong. I mounted a set on my 18" stock rims keeping the original tire size. Located in Southern Ontario with trips to snow heavy Montreal.

 

so there is not bad comment at all for that hankook ? 245 is too wide? i had better use 225 for front and rear? how much the cost for mounted the tire?

 

and 1 more, i can't find hankook 225x45x18, there is only 225x40x18. thanks for helping.