Tread wear rating on those eagle ones seem to be a lot better, anyone have an idea how many miles one can expect to get out of those? Also please tell me they're cheaper!

Oh and for those of you ready to get new tires, how many miles did you get out of your stock sport tires?

 

Where are you guys getting your winter wheels and rims from ?
Im gonna prepare early and im looking for set now.
Thanks

 

So far have 8,500, expecting to have to replace at 10k (have the new ones sitting in my garage). BUT, a track day is included on these tires, and am guessing that burned at least 1 or 2k worth of miles from the tires. There have been a few minor oversteer situations that may have also worn the tires...

 

My winter rims have two bolt patterns on them, and the pin fits perfectly in one of the other holes so they don't need to remove it, but yeah. otherwise, it comes right off.

I really wish there were more options than just the RE050A and a set of all season tires. In MN there's no way I'd drive the G in the winter with all season tires, and the RE050As are nice, but it'd be nice to have a few choices in the stock size.

 

And I was all set to go to 17" rims and get the 225/55/17 winter Dunlop M3s. Hmmm. . . Now what?

Can I get away with "all seasons" in NYC metro area winters?

The last Goodyears I had were the Eagle Aquatreads on my '84 Camry to reduce hydroplaning. The Goodyears did the job, as I remember.

Thanks st1sj for the informative links. The motortrend link sounded promising; tirerack was admittedly non commital pending survey responses, but encouraging.

 

I've mentioned this in other threads, but if you search the Tire Rack site by tire size for a 235/50-18 and a 255/45-18, about a half-dozen possibilities will show up. True, in general they are about 1.5% larger in rolling radius (RR), but this is within acceptable limits for size variation. They also maintain the same front/back stagger and also the same slight RR difference from front to back, so the VDC and ABS will not be upset. In addition, the front and rear rim widths are within specs for all the tire types I checked.

Just something to think about.......

 

Why go with wider tires in winter? I always assumed that the wider the tires the more difficult a time in snow. Am I wrong here?

 

The difference in offset should be there only to compensate for the difference in wheel width. i.e. If a wider wheel had the same offset as a narrower wheel, it would stick out more from the side of the car.

The non-sport has identical wheels on all four corners.

 

No, you are absolutely correct, all other things being equal. However, in this case, the extra 10 mm of width will make almost no difference compared to a summer-only versus an all-season tread. Also, bear in mind that the "225" or "245" is the maximum section width, not the tread width. It is entirely possible that a 235 all-season would have a narrower tread than the summer-only Bridgestone 225.

Up until the Eagle all-season in a 225/50-18 that started this thread appeared, there did not seem to be any all-seasons available in the truly correct size. So I suggested the wider tires only as an alternative for those considering an all-season for year-round use.

 

Yeah, bk, I remember reading your posts on the remedyfor the lack of all seasons for the sport when I was researching the G a few months ago. Your comments were hopeful and helpful.

I suppose being up in Bahston and all, you have a more significant dose of winter than we do here in New Yawk. So if you get through the winter with all seasons, I can forgo the whole new winter wheel and purchase. Yes?

 

Personally, for the last 25 years I have run snows in wintah (not "winter"....but then we'll say "Honder", so go figure.....oops, thats "figyah") , so I have no real experience to speak from. But then, I live in the suburbs where snow removal may be slower and there is no public transportation to fall back on. However, many many drivers here get through the Bahstin wintahs on all-seasons.

I have a set of 17 X 7 1/2 SSR GTs that I used on my '04 TSX, and I've already confirmed that they fit the G35S. So I plan to get a set of 225/55-17 snows this fall, and live with the TPM warning light thru the winter.

If I didn't already have the wheels, I would probably pull the RE050s, mount a set of 18" all-seasons and run 'em year-round, then pop the Bridgestones back on at lease end or trade/sell time.

 

Thanks for the clarification, bk. So I'll give the all seasons a try. And if I run into snow trouble, I'll go with the 225/55/17 Dunlop M3s on 17" rims.

 

Naaaa... I'm running them on my 05' sedan, mt6 sport. They look and handle great.