18" winter setup... yay or nay?

[audidood]

is it feasible to get 18" snow tires? Turns out i might be getting my hands on a set of 18s and am wondering if this is advisable at all, or am i just asking for trouble? please advise. thanks!

[Oscar@tirerack]

You can use a 235/40-18 snows with out any issues. But for snow, it would be better to use a 205/60-16.

[audidood]

just as i suspected... thanks Oscar! guess it's time to look for some stockers ....

[piaadoll]

g! you just won brownie points with me cuz you're not afraid to drive your car to the snow! let's caravan to tahoe ...several times...this upcoming season!

[audidood]

[:D][:D][:D]
only problem is, i need some a/s or winter wheels to bring me safely up and down the mountain.... my stocks are RS4's with summer tires. [:(]

[piaadoll]

get rid of those summer tires and get all season sumitomo htr+s...i got my set cheap!


you dont really need snow tires per say. [:D]

[dbtong]

Originally posted by audidood
[:D][:D][:D]
only problem is, i need some a/s or winter wheels to bring me safely up and down the mountain.... my stocks are RS4's with summer tires. [:(]

Even swap? Your 18" RS4's w/summer tires for my 17" Lola's w/Pirelli PZeroNero M&S tires.

If so, can I get a ride with you or Dawn up to Tahoe?

Ha ha ha. [:D]

[audidood]

hmm... [;)]

[piaadoll]

dave: anytime! if i ask you 3 times and you flake all 3, you're off my list.... like audimus ed! ahahahha

nah for reals though...welcome to come up with me anytime - as long as there is space in mycar. which is quite often. [:D]

[audidood]

heheh

[Hutash]

For the occasional Tahoe run M+S rated tires on 18"s should be adequate. If you are in the snow all winter like all the poor saps out east and north I would use 16"s. I use conti extreme contacts on 18" rims for my TT on Mammoth trips. In California the amount of time we acctually drive on snow is very limited. In 25 days of skiing last year, I only drove on snow three times, and two of those were in Colorado.

[audidood]

cool. and of those 2 times driving in snow, how did your 18s hold up? was it just like driving on a rainy day, or was it worse?

[flynn]

hah my 18's are my winter tires! i can only afford race rubber for my 17s....

[audidood]

haha.. u running pirelli pzero nero?

[Hutash]

Originally posted by audidood
cool. and of those 2 times driving in snow, how did your 18s hold up? was it just like driving on a rainy day, or was it worse?

The three times were not in the TT. Every time I went up in the TT the road were pretty clear. It did fine in the few patches of snow here and there.

[2K4 Arctic]

question, do S4 Brakes on a B6 clear the stock 16s?