Snow vs All Season

[sniperelite]

Anyone got any feedback on these tires? I would be using them for winter only and have another set of wheels an tires for summer driving. I am currently riding on about 8 year old tires and one temp because my front right tire was down to the steel braiding on the inner lip . So if anyone has any experience with these tires please let me know how they are. I was searching on discount tire direct and these were the only winter tires coming up for my rims (17x7 with 225/45/17 wheels on it now). If anyone has any other suggestions for winter tires for this size please let me know. I've looked thru some of the other posts on winter tires already but haven't seen many with the same size wheels that I have.

 

[Matrixhunter]

I've installed these on my my Mazda 3 gt , previously had blizzaks lm-20 and these perform just as good.

 

[SBR Joe]

Anyone got any feedback on these tires? I would be using them for winter only and have another set of wheels an tires for summer driving. I am currently riding on about 8 year old tires and one temp because my front right tire was down to the steel braiding on the inner lip . So if anyone has any experience with these tires please let me know how they are. I was searching on discount tire direct and these were the only winter tires coming up for my rims (17x7 with 225/45/17 wheels on it now). If anyone has any other suggestions for winter tires for this size please let me know. I've looked thru some of the other posts on winter tires already but haven't seen many with the same size wheels that I have.

I had these on my 1g AWD in the winter....they would climb Everest without slipping.



Joe

 

[sniperelite]

I was about to order a set of 4 Hankook Icebear w300 snow tires to use on my current set of rims. They were going to cost me about 500 dollars for the four out the door. I was going to get snow tires for this set of rims because I am supposed to get a set of 17" Team Loco 134 rims and a bunch of other parts from the original owner of my car and get some nice Summer performance tires on them. I am thinking now though of just getting some all season tires for the current rims I have and use the other money to fix the fuel leak I think I am having? Do you guys think it would be better to stick to my original plan of a set of winter wheels and a set of summer wheels? Or just save my money for now and get some all seasons? Only reason I am asking is because I'm sure there have been many other people in my position and I'm just wondering what worked out good for them. Thanks

 

[Icarus]

I live Seattle but I travel over a couple mountain passes on a regular enough basis that I believe in having 2 sets of wheels and tires. I have also done this on previous cars. An AWD properly equipped is a pretty fearsome winter vehicle.

Winter snow tires is the compound they use is designed to remain supple when temps dip below freezing. An all-season will get hard when temps drop making them pretty ineffective. The down side is that winter tires get too soft when temps go up and the softer sidewalls, designed to soak up the irregular surface of compact snow and ice, will roll quite easily.

If you can afford it do it. I would get that fuel leak checked out ASAP.

 

[CrazyM]

Winter tires are made out of a much softer compound, and have a lot more siping in them (the squiggly lines). Thus making them much better than All Seasons on Snow and Ice.

For safety, I would get the winter tires.

 

[kronus]

Two sets for sure. This is my second season for my dedicated snow tire/wheel combo, and after this I would never EVER switch back.

 

[rrussell]

IMO I would strongly advise going with a good quality type snow tire if you drive it all winter.

I lost control of my car last year on all seasons and almost went through a fence.

The other thing where I live is the stuff they put down on the roads is very corrosive and eats at everything.

 

[Burnett03]

I run the hankook ice bear on my 97 gsx because i spend alot of time in the mountains boarding and let me tell you the car is like a snowmobile with them. It goes through deep snow, ice, and stops damn good.. Got mine for 400$ shipped off ebay from discount tire direct.. I would say yes, get some snow tires. But if you are just going to do driving around town and it doesnt snow alot then all seasons would probably be fine for in town since u have awd.

 

[rb25det510]

I was about to order a set of 4 Hankook Icebear w300 snow tires to use on my current set of rims. They were going to cost me about 500 dollars for the four out the door. I was going to get snow tires for this set of rims because I am supposed to get a set of 17" Team Loco 134 rims and a bunch of other parts from the original owner of my car and get some nice Summer performance tires on them. I am thinking now though of just getting some all season tires for the current rims I have and use the other money to fix the fuel leak I think I am having? Do you guys think it would be better to stick to my original plan of a set of winter wheels and a set of summer wheels? Or just save my money for now and get some all seasons? Only reason I am asking is because I'm sure there have been many other people in my position and I'm just wondering what worked out good for them. Thanks

you have a fuel leak you think??? well take my advice spend the money on figuring out whether or not you have a fuel leak, ive been driving for 3 winter seasons on the worst tires ever (really hard compound and this season dry rotted) all i do is just drive a lil more cautiously i have yet to crash.

 

[sniperelite]

Ya well I think I'm going to get a set of those Icebear w300's for my current rims and just use them until about March or so and by that time I will have enough money for the second set of tires for the other rims I am getting. I personally really want to go with snow tires because just a few weeks ago I was coming out of the parking lot at my work and we had an ice storm that I didn't know about. Well it turns out that i slid for about 20 feet sideways at like 5 mph and slammed into a pole there and messed up my rear bumper and quarterpanel and gas tank opening. So I know what can go wrong in winter driving. That is why I'm going to get a set of those Icebear's and hopefully nothing like that will happen again.

 

[rb25det510]

Ya well I think I'm going to get a set of those Icebear w300's for my current rims and just use them until about March or so and by that time I will have enough money for the second set of tires for the other rims I am getting. I personally really want to go with snow tires because just a few weeks ago I was coming out of the parking lot at my work and we had an ice storm that I didn't know about. Well it turns out that i slid for about 20 feet sideways at like 5 mph and slammed into a pole there and messed up my rear bumper and quarterpanel and gas tank opening. So I know what can go wrong in winter driving. That is why I'm going to get a set of those Icebear's and hopefully nothing like that will happen again.

oh ive had close calls like that also... just i didn't hit anything. if you feel you absoulutely have to get the tires do so but seriuosly atleast find out whether or not you have a fuel leak.

 

[sniperelite]

O ya I forgot to put that in my last response. I believe it is a fuel leak the reason being is number one whenever I floor it I can smell a lot of gas. Number two I am getting horrible mpg and I figure that a fuel leak would be the major cause of this. And number three is when I floor it I can only get to about 4K in second gear and on and then I believe it is fuel cutting. So I am just relaxing for now for a little because I had to be at work this morning at 7 am for a damn meeting. Then soon I am going out to replace my front pads and in the meantime try to look and see if I can find a fuel leak anywhere. Anyone got any pointers for me ### I don't usually have to find a fuel leak.

 

[rb25det510]

O ya I forgot to put that in my last response. I believe it is a fuel leak the reason being is number one whenever I floor it I can smell a lot of gas. Number two I am getting horrible mpg and I figure that a fuel leak would be the major cause of this. And number three is when I floor it I can only get to about 4K in second gear and on and then I believe it is fuel cutting. So I am just relaxing for now for a little because I had to be at work this morning at 7 am for a damn meeting. Then soon I am going out to replace my front pads and in the meantime try to look and see if I can find a fuel leak anywhere. Anyone got any pointers for me ### I don't usually have to find a fuel leak.

check all your lines and fitings both by the rail and the fuel filter. check to see if fuel is squirting out of the rail by the top of the injectors and make sure you have all your lower injector seals. follow the pressure line back to the tank and see if thers anything leaking back ther.

 

[sniperelite]

OOO I think a few weeks ago when I was trying to see if there was something wrong with my injectors I noticed that one of those fittings was missing. I will check it out now and hopefully that will be it. Does anyone know where I can get those from?

 

[rb25det510]

if you want you can get them from a mitsu dealer or you can go to ams since ther now in south chicago. that is if you live exactly in chicago.

 

[asexton6969]

Like other people have said, if you can afford it buy some winter tires. HOWEVER, get an alignment after doing so. (so these tires last as long as they are supposed to) and remember snow tires lose their advantage at approximately 6/32 for most snow tires