whats the best winter tire for 20" rims

[Steve Kaufman]

Hello all, I have my 20" Rims and want to use them during the winter, what is the best tire I can put on them for the winter, or am I making a big mistake. Right now i have street tires on them. The reason behind this is that I need to replace the tires i have on the stock rims and hate wasting the 20" rims.

 

[EddieS'04]

IMO, I wouldnt ruin my customs in the salted, sanded winter roads. I would buy some tires for the 16" stockers. A narrower tire will get better traction. More pounds of wieght per square inch of tire surface, The other is if the winter tires are stored out of the sunlight and ozones. They will last many years.



Icant give you an idea of tire type. I live in east texas.

 

[Steve Kaufman]

I wasn't really planning on using the 20's in the winter when i bought them, but they have been sitting in my parents house for a year and a half and feel that they are wasting away. so i figure I might as well us them

 

[Robert Caffyn]

Steve, I tend to agree with Eddie. I just took off my chrome 20's and put the stock aluminum 18's on for the winter. As for tires, YOU CAN'T BEAT Bridgestone Blizzaks in the snow and ice. I can swear by that as we went up to Vermont a couple times last winter. I got them in stock size, 235/65-18 The cost was really low. It included mount/balance and free rotations every 5K miles. Oh, and Nitrogen filled. They reset the TPMS sensors and gave me a cup of coffee. Southern hospitality(south Jersey, that is). JMO, Bob

 

[William Kramer]

Along the same topic...what about the best "winter" rims..ie something that you could just mount and leave your winter tires on and then swap them around yearly?



I'm thinking a steel wheel of some sort? 15", 16"???

 

[Jeremiah Morgan]

Winter only tires!! Blizzaks!! Can't be beat! I work for Bridgestone and can't keep them in stock!

 

[Mark K 2]

I'm here in Wisconsin and I've never met anyone who spends the money or puts up with the hassle of changing tires in the winter since I bought a pair of wheels and snow tires for my Pinto in 1980. Call it what you will, but I've rarely met anyone here who's been stuck and blamed their all-season tires.

 

[Bill Koonce]

Ditto about using 16" rims and high aspect ratio tires in the snow. Narrow tires make smaller contact patches, which exert more PSI and displace more snow. And that means you're more likely to be touching pavement vs. skating on the snow and ice.



I strongly disagree about Blizzaks, though. They were the first major brand snow/ice tires, and have the best brand recognition, but they're no longer the best. Look at the Michelin Latitude X-Ice Xi2. X-Ice had the best numbers when I was shopping two years ago. The improved Xi2 version is as good or better from what I've heard. Worth every penny of $500/set of 4.

 

[Jeremiah Morgan]

I will put Blizzak DMV1's against anything there is!!