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Winter tires
- Thread starter Artysta
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Hi there,
New to the GTI world, doing a little research on winter tires for my new 2011 GTI with 18" summer tires on it. I'm a fan of Hankook Winter i-Pikes. Has anyone installed these on the GTI? Cold, icy Canadian conditions here.
Is the 205/55/R16 quoted above the dealer suggested size for this car?
Thanks.
roastpuff
Go Kart Champion
Hankook iPikes are great, have a couple of friends who swear by them. The W300 Icebears might be a better tire, as they are the performance tire version and will retain the GTI's liveliness. That is, if you're not facing deep, deep snow.
surrealchemist
Ready to race!
I'm thinking I might get the 16" MSW type 16 (ones with the red stripe around the edge)
Though if you get a cheap set of steel wheels you could paint em crazy colors or something and if you don't like it they were cheap anyway.
Though if you get a cheap set of steel wheels you could paint em crazy colors or something and if you don't like it they were cheap anyway.
I think those would look pretty sweet, definitely better than a cheap steelie.
So, if I'm running the 18's for summer, I should drop two sizes to a 16? Just for clarification...
Has anyone had experience with DUNLOP SP WINTER SPORT M3. I have a line on a gently used set at a good price. I don't know much about them...
Thanks.
The way it was explained to me:
Imagine you have a stick of butter (metaphor for snow) and a butter knife (your wheel/tire). If you take the butter knife and turn it on it's side and try to press it into the butter (width-ways), it's difficult. If you push the butter knife in normally, it slices the butter really easy.
Thus, in snow, wide wheels = bad. :thumbsup:
Dee1
Passed Driver's Ed
205/50/17 sizing also give a 25" diameter, which is why I'm considering that 17"-wheel sizing for winter tires.
mrghost
Passed Driver's Ed
I always think of it as: wide tire = snow plow, skinny tire = snow knife...