Winter tires

GHST-RDR

New member
Hey there, so I am looking to get winter tires for my 09 WRX. I am not sure which to run, I was wondering what everyone on here runs in the winter time. Thanks for your input.

 
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Meyagi

I'm a hack
you cant go wrong w the general altimax arctic. same tread pattern as the gislaved nord frost 3, which are the best snow tires ive ever used.

 

MikeD

N/A All The Way!!
I bought some Michelin x-ice snows from Garrett last winter...amazing tire!

 

Pedro

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Hankooks are always a good bet. I know TyTy runs them on the Jeep with great results.

I have run the Pirelli Winter Carving and love them. The General altimax arctic are decent, but pretty squishy. the wintersport M3 are probably going to be the sportiest tire you can run other than a yoko or Xice with tubes.

 

Matt

Well-known member
i was thinking about grabbing some artic claws via the vip....employee discount for 62 a piece

 

Nate

Founding Father
Another vote for the M3`s for performance subies and Blizacks for the rest.
They don't make those anymore... Its been replaced with the 3D.

I think you just need to find something that in your price range. ANYTHING, and I repeat ANYTHING will be better then not having them at all. I think overall they all basically perform the same.

 
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Imprezah

New member
I run general altimax arctic, great tire for a great price.

I have used the VIP snow tires in the past and they are okay... especially at $62 a piece!

 

Nigel Prodrive

Dirt surfer
winter tire size is also an important consideration. stick with stock size or one size narrower. narrow tires bite down thru snow/slush and offer better traction. so what if they aren't quite as grippy on dry pavement, you aren't autoxing in February anyway.

unlike tarmac performance tires where 'wider is better' snows mean 'wider slips and slides and skates on the slush and it's straight into the Ditch 4 U Bucko"

 

Nigel Prodrive

Dirt surfer
General Grabbers.
umm, not really. Grabbers are marginal to OK at best for winter duty, and are NOT rated for severe snow use. yes they have a blocky tread pattern, but the compound is a bit hard for cold weather, and there are def not enough sipes in the tread.

even el cheapo VIP or Hankook snows will outperform Grabbers in snow ice slush and assorted winter crud.

think of Grabbers as "off pavement all ski-sons, I mean all-seasons"

 

MAINIAC XV

The Eco Man
They don't make those anymore... Its been replaced with the 3D.

I think you just need to find something that in your price range. ANYTHING, and I repeat ANYTHING will be better then not having them at all. I think overall they all basically perform the same.
They still make the M3`s. You can get them from TireRack.

 

i-wagon

Well-known member
i run firestone winterforces. cheap enough on tirerack.com but they handle like dog turd. depending on what you need, and how you'll drive, you may want either really agressive snows, or performance snows. not going out in the middle of a blizzard? wait till the roads are mostly clear? performance snows. like me and are the poor guy who has to plow the roads? get agressive ones

 

Matt

Well-known member
there actually 87.00 a piece right now but after discount ill get them for 64.00 or something, looking on tire rack i can get blizzaks for 87.00,before shipping... 109.00 through vip.

 

inski

New member
i run firestone winterforces. cheap enough on tirerack.com but they handle like dog turd. depending on what you need, and how you'll drive, you may want either really agressive snows, or performance snows. not going out in the middle of a blizzard? wait till the roads are mostly clear? performance snows. like me and are the poor guy who has to plow the roads? get agressive ones
Same opinion here. Matt and I got winterforces last year. They have horrible side walls, lots-0-roll/flex. Wicked wonderful tread, excellent going and stopping traction. Not so good at turning. You have to wait for weight shift and sidewall roll, then you can turn.

 

2010wrx

New member
I just put on some General altimax arctics on my 2010 sedan...did a lot of research and the pattern is very similar to the best quality high priced tires out there, I have not used them in snow yet but read amazing reviews, and I think they will be nasty. You can get all four put on for about 500 bucks.

 

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