NJ/PA Winter vs All season tires
07-20-2006, 02:13 PM
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NJ/PA Winter vs All season tires
To those fellow NerJersians and Pennsylvanians...
Once winter gets a little closer I will be purchasing a set of winter tires (and probably wheels - 17"ers). I was wondering if being in central jersey and eastern PA if it was best to get a set of dedicated winter tires and run my summer tiers in the summer, or if i should just sell my OEM tires and get some all season performance tires. Any experienced thoughts?
Once winter gets a little closer I will be purchasing a set of winter tires (and probably wheels - 17"ers). I was wondering if being in central jersey and eastern PA if it was best to get a set of dedicated winter tires and run my summer tiers in the summer, or if i should just sell my OEM tires and get some all season performance tires. Any experienced thoughts?
07-20-2006, 03:46 PM
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07-20-2006, 09:51 PM
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Incase you are interested, I've got a set of 4 winter wheels/tires that were used for less than 4000 miles this past winter.
Kosei K1-TS 17x7 light grey (nice lightweight wheel) with Dunlop Wintersport M3 215/55/17 with Mazda TPMS installed. The TPMS avoids the following: not having a functional tire pressure monitoring system & having the TPMS dash light on (having to live with it or do something to cover it).
I live on Long Island and got through all the snow last winter without issue. With winter tires, the car was solid as a rock on both fresh and packed snow. The M3s also give very good dry performance being a high performance winter tire. As a bonus, with the 17 wheel and taller profile tire, you get more rubber to absorb the impacts from the wonderful broken up roads we get here during a Northeast winter.
The whole set was $1796 before shipping from TireRack last year. Wheels are clean with zero curb rash, tires have 90%+ tread, look brand new. I'm hoping to get $1200, but will consider reasonable offers. If you're in the tri-state area I could possibly deliver or meet halfway to save on the cost of shipping them. If anyone is interested I can head to the basement and snap some pics. Let me know.
Also if anyone in the area wants a Spare Tire Kit, I have a complete new one of those as well.
Kosei K1-TS 17x7 light grey (nice lightweight wheel) with Dunlop Wintersport M3 215/55/17 with Mazda TPMS installed. The TPMS avoids the following: not having a functional tire pressure monitoring system & having the TPMS dash light on (having to live with it or do something to cover it).
I live on Long Island and got through all the snow last winter without issue. With winter tires, the car was solid as a rock on both fresh and packed snow. The M3s also give very good dry performance being a high performance winter tire. As a bonus, with the 17 wheel and taller profile tire, you get more rubber to absorb the impacts from the wonderful broken up roads we get here during a Northeast winter.
The whole set was $1796 before shipping from TireRack last year. Wheels are clean with zero curb rash, tires have 90%+ tread, look brand new. I'm hoping to get $1200, but will consider reasonable offers. If you're in the tri-state area I could possibly deliver or meet halfway to save on the cost of shipping them. If anyone is interested I can head to the basement and snap some pics. Let me know.
Also if anyone in the area wants a Spare Tire Kit, I have a complete new one of those as well.
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07-22-2006, 06:15 PM
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I am from NH, but if you have to drive in the winter I would say DEDICATED for sure.
I bought my car this February and was forced to drive it in the snow. Won't be this year! Anyway I bought some Dunlop M3's for my 18's and LOVED them. They are really amazing.
They are fairly expensive, I think I bought mine for $800 installed, but worth every penny in my opinion!
I bought my car this February and was forced to drive it in the snow. Won't be this year! Anyway I bought some Dunlop M3's for my 18's and LOVED them. They are really amazing.
They are fairly expensive, I think I bought mine for $800 installed, but worth every penny in my opinion!
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