Winter is coming and I'm trying to find some snow tires for my 2006 6MT sedan. The tires on it now are 235/45-18. The cheapest I could find were $209.00 per tire. Which, in my opinion, is kind of pricey.

I found some tires on ebay, actually www.tireshack.net that were a decent price ($590 for four) but they are a slightly different size. They are 235/40-18. I'm not sure what all the numbers mean. But I believe it's width/height-diameter. Please correct me if I'm wrong. If I'm right, the only difference in these tires is the height, meaning they should fit on my stock rims.

I don't know much about tires, so I'm looking for some help. Will these tires fit? Anything I should know? Also, they are Hankook Icebar tires, a brand I've never heard of. Does anyone know anything about them?

If this isn't going to work, or if the Icebar tires are junk, can someone please point me in the direction of a place that sells good snow tires, at a good price?

 

All I can tell you is that they will fit, they just have a slightly smaller profile/height... which actually looks better.

 

I need to look for snow tires too
I hate Utah

 

They're a slightly smaller circumference, so your speedo will read about 3.5% fast (60mph indicated = 57.9 actual).

 

What is the formula you used to calculate that?

How does an 11% reduction in circumference result in a 3.5% reduction in speed?

 

Try this size calculator - put your stock size on the left, and any size you want to compare on the right:

http://www.canadiandriver.com/tools/...c/tirecalc.htm

I'm not sure where you're getting 11% from. It's a 3.5% reduction in circumference.

 

I hope you intend on having a dedicated set of winter rims as well? If not you'll have to pull the tires in spring and summer, paying for balancing and mounting each time (extra $80-$100 each year), while chewing up your rim/tires.

I would suggest going with a 215-55-17 Dunlop M3 on 17x7 rim (like 03 stocker) as this is almost identical to your overall size. The cost through Tire Rack for these tires is $548 (before $50 rebate), rims can be as cheap as $100-$150 each. This should then be cheaper and narrow tires are usually better in snow anyhow.

You also can look on ebay or the marketplace here for an old set of stock rims (17 or 18), perhaps even with winter tires already on.

Think about it.