Can I get away with running my blizzaks until the end of the week with it being low to mid 50 F? Is there any safety issues? The only thing I can think of is it hurting the tread, but I don't know a lot about tires.
Can I get away with running my blizzaks until the end of the week with it being low to mid 50 F? Is there any safety issues? The only thing I can think of is it hurting the tread, but I don't know a lot about tires.
You will be fine I know some folks that run snow tires year round up here so a few days won't be too terrible just get them off before it gets really warm or they may wear quicker then normal..
You will be fine I know some folks that run snow tires year round up here so a few days won't be too terrible just get them off before it gets really warm or they may wear quicker then normal..
Dropped mine off at the dealership for the tire swap back to stock wheels and summer tires this morning. I might be one of the most northerly members on the site - I hope I'm not jumping the gun.
Dropped mine off at the dealership for the tire swap back to stock wheels and summer tires this morning. I might be one of the most northerly members on the site - I hope I'm not jumping the gun.
I just did mine on Monday and fear it was too soon as well. It is going to be 74 Saturday and then 42 Monday, this winter will never end but I had to stop driving on my snow setup.
How much of a difference would 185/60-15 snow tires over the 205/40-17 with snow tires?? Is it really worth switching to 15" for the winter will the 17" be ok. It only likes $200-300 difference(more) to run the 15".
How much of a difference would 185/60-15 snow tires over the 205/40-17 with snow tires?? Is it really worth switching to 15" for the winter will the 17" be ok. It only likes $200-300 difference(more) to run the 15".
Purchased a set of winter wheels/tires yesterday from Tire Rack. After some back and forth on the SVT hotline, I went with the recommended size from the ST supplement (195/45 16). Unfortunately, the only winter tire in this size is the Pirelli Snow Control II - a performance snow tire. The ice traction isn't as good as say, a Blizzak, but the snow is pretty sporadic here, it's mostly the temperature (20 and below) that necessitates snow tires. Mounted on a set of 16x7 Sparco's.
I won't have a chance to put them on until this weekend (need to pickup a torque wrench and set aside a couple hours), but they look nice:
Purchased a set of winter wheels/tires yesterday from Tire Rack. After some back and forth on the SVT hotline, I went with the recommended size from the ST supplement (195/45 16). Unfortunately, the only winter tire in this size is the Pirelli Snow Control II - a performance snow tire. The ice traction isn't as good as say, a Blizzak, but the snow is pretty sporadic here, it's mostly the temperature (20 and below) that necessitates snow tires. Mounted on a set of 16x7 Sparco's.
I won't have a chance to put them on until this weekend (need to pickup a torque wrench and set aside a couple hours), but they look nice:
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