Can someone recommend me snow tyres please?

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Beancounter1980

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Hi,

Do i only need them for the rears? Should they be studded?

Got stuck three times now and I've had enough...So, can anyone recommend me them. I'm hoping the guys will also come out and fit them onto the Z4!

Money is tight as always! :headbang:
 
Studded tyres are for ice really, you just need some winter tyres - on all 4 corners preferably - which work well in all conditions from 5ºC to about -20ºC so no need to remove them for cleared roads or until March.

Studded tyres should only be used when you know you're going to be on ice for the majority of the time as they will not work very well on anything other than ice/packed snow and will not be much good on cleared roads.

There are lots available, from £100 ones to £300 ones, although even the £100 ones will be better than summer tyres.

I know mytres used to do winter wheels & tyres as a set - for example a set of 16" steelies with winter tyres (in a 195-215/55-50r16 config) go from £400 for Nankang ones - including delivery.

17s and 18s will be more expensive of course, and so will wider tyres - although they won't necessarily match the skinny steel wheels.
 
How about a set of Snow Chains? Probably cost about as much as a tyre changeover and then you just put them on/off as you please :)
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=snow+chains&_sacat=See-All-Categories
 
I have bought the Avon ones at £100 a corner. The Vredestein I wanted was not available anymore (sold out), and that was £80 a corner.

I bought a set of alloys for £100 (including summer tyres). THis was for my X5 remember.
 
EdButler said:
How about a set of Snow Chains? Probably cost about as much as a tyre changeover and then you just put them on/off as you please :)
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=snow+chains&_sacat=See-All-Categories
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But you've got to take them off every time you reach a bit of road without snow (and I'd prefer not to have to pull over to remove & refit every 10 minutes), and you're speed limited while they're on.

The tyres are only limited to whatever speed rating you buy.
 
I do agree Tony, however having used chains before, in my experience they are far more effective in the snow than non studded snow tyres, i guess it just depends on how many miles you 'need' to do. For the sake of £400+Wheels vs £30 per axle, id definitely spend 5 minutes applying the chains just for when i need it (usually when the car is de-icing to get off nasty local roads). Especially in this country where the winters are completely random!
 
EdButler said:
I do agree Tony, however having used chains before, in my experience they are far more effective in the snow than non studded snow tyres, i guess it just depends on how many miles you 'need' to do. For the sake of £400+Wheels vs £30 per axle, id definitely spend 5 minutes applying the chains just for when i need it (usually when the car is de-icing to get off nasty local roads). Especially in this country where the winters are completely random!
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My thinking was for the amount of miles I do over the November-March period (2,000 a month), it's probably worth getting a second set of wheels & winter tyres as I can't be arsed putting the chains on for say 10 miles of a trip, only to take them off once I'm past the worst of it, to put them back on again.

Most of my routes are rural followed by urban & motorway, then back to rural and once again to urban & motorway. Can't use the chains on the motorway (unless it's snow-bound of course), and each time I change will take 20-30 minutes, plus the chains would only help rear-end grip anyway.
 
Snow socks are cheap (£50 a pair). But I have not tried them personally. Does anyone have them fitted?
 
Chains or socks are a pain in the as*. Kneeling down and crawling around in the snow , slush, filth. I've done it too many times.
How about good all seasons?

I'm looking for rims and tires, probably Blizzaks so obviously I think that's the way to go.. :wink:
 
There are no good all seasons, they are never great in either extreme. In your area I would suggest just a spare set of rims and tyres. The cost does not really matter as whilst you are driving on winter rubber, you save the summer rubber so the tyres last twice as long making it almost cost neutral.
 
pvr said:
There are no good all seasons, they are never great in either extreme. In your area I would suggest just a spare set of rims and tyres. The cost does not really matter as whilst you are driving on winter rubber, you save the summer rubber so the tyres last twice as long making it almost cost neutral.
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I agree and using cheap rims for the winter will save your good rims as you are more likely to damage them with winter driving.
 
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