Snow tire Question

[EclipticalGS]

Well, winter is coming here, usually i dont drive my eclipse in the winter but now I need to. Since I am sort of a pack for parts, I have my summer set of 18's with 225-40z-r18's that fit flawlessly with my 1.75" drop. Question is, I ahve 2 more sets of 18" rims here all with about 6/32's tread (50%), so what im thinking about doing is putting winter tires on one of the sets of 18's. Well, on craigslist, there is a 350z owner with 4 Dunlop Wintersports snow tires with 10/32's on them. Problem is, the tire size is 245-50-r18. I know that the width (245) will fit, but what about the profile?? I already notice how giant the 40-18's are on my car, should I try these out?! Thanks

BTW, he wants $175 for the tires

 

[blackGSX2g]

Good deal for tires, but that's too wide and too much sidewall for a good fitment. Plus, you want winter tires as narrow as you can.

Depending on your brake set-up, I'd get a set of steelies and some 16" narrow snow tires. Plus, the smaller they are, the cheaper they are.

 

[falcon8r]

I run the stock 16" wheels for the winter rims. I then use a 215/55/ tire. The car currently has Michelin Artic Alpine tires . The Michelin X-Ice also a great tire. The talon has gone thru 7 winters in this setup and we get winter in Montana. The car is AWD and it kicks ass in the snow. It has been into places and people are just amazed that car would go there. I tell them it's AWD and they really look confused.AWD dsm's are a winter car. It will eat our A-4 audi alive. Tres.....

 

[housegsx]

I have a set of brand new Firestone Winterforce tires ready to be mounted for winter. I'm just getting another set of 16's to mount them on. Those tires in 16's were under $300 shipped from tirerack and I'll probably get the wheels for free.

245/50/18 is WAY too tall and WAY too wide. I think my snows are 215/55/16. That or 215/50/16, I can't remember.