It has been brought up here a couple times over the past months about proper sizing for winter wheels/tires. My 05 had the sport tuned suspension with factory 19's. This is the setup I went with to keep the overall diameters the same. So far I have had no issues with VDC and everything seems copesetic. Only down sid is the WS60's are directional and I had to stay with staggered to keep VDC from going off. All of this means that I can not rotate this setup which I can live with.

Wheels are American Racing Rogue Muscle 17". I have a tire rack wholesale account and the wheels and tires set me back about $1150 with shipping.

Hopefully this will help some of you looking for a winter setup.

 

nice winter set up. i have (or more like had now) 17" TSW Nogoro rims with Dunlop tires.

 

My next question is what to do about weight. Im sure the dedicated snow tires will help immensely but I think I need to weight down the rear end as well. What have some of you folks done in the past?

 

I actually had no problem with weight as being an issue. Just common sense and being careful with the G is good enough IMO in the winter. It also depends how bad the winter is in your area. I live in Chicago, so it was moderate IMHO

 

just throw a couple sand bags in the trunk

oem 18s painted gloss black with blizzak lm-22s


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My winter setup.