TraviS2K

I'm picking up an 07 S2000 on Tuesday,
live on vancouver island, what would you suggest for winter
tires?

Do you use oem rims? Or Steel?

Thanks

wowowox

Hi,
I use dunlop winter sport M3 on my car and it works great and i use steel rims.

kenny_son

all season pirelli p-zero nero's on stock AP1 wheels.

hence why, why my stock wheels are corroded now haha. oh well....

TraviS2K

So you don't find the tires on the stock rims too wide? For good snow traction?

What size steelies do you use? 14-15?

I was thinking putting snow tires on the stock rims, (17's) and then maybe getting new rims, after a year or two for my summer tires once the oem start looking worn

Is there any problems changing tires back and forth, on the same rims?
Can it damage the tires?

wowowox

since no one is replying i will try to answer you.
1. yes, the stock rims are too wide
2. 16" steel rims
3. changing tires back and forth may damage ur rims- especially low profile tires. i don't know if it will damage the tires, but possibly it will if you do it often (i think).

kenny_son

i was fine running my all seasons on my stock 16's.

205/225

phamjam

I had the same question...

Do you HAVE to run staggered steelies too? If not, what size tires are you using? Same all around? I heard it was "bad for the car"

wowowox

what dou mean by bad for the car?

skid

What would be bad for the car - ie bad for the diff - would be having tires at the back different diameter. Like getting a flat rear tire, putting on the little tiny spare and going 100km.

But as for non staggered tires - I don't think thats bad for the car.

SumAznGuy

For heavy snow, you want the narrowest tire to get maximum pressure per square inch of contact patch. Most snow tires will work well, some better than others. Some of the more highly recommended snow tires include the Toyo G2 Observes, Nokkian ???. I use Hankook W604 and they work well. I've used the Kuhmo 7400 snow tires and those were good. I've also used Motormaster snow tires and they worked too.
This was in foot high snow up on Westwood Plateau. Not sure what type of snow you will be driving on. Your best bet would be getting studded snow tires as they work best on ice.

That being said, I would recommend you buying some stock Ap1 16 inch wheels or some 16 inch steelies.

It is not vital to run staggered rims or tires, but your car will not handle the same as the stock wheels, but then again you will be on snow tires so drive accordingly.

Remember to put some weight in the rear of the car to get more traction from the rear drive wheels, but your best bet would be to get a winter car to drive in the snow.