So, first winter with the RX-8, what did you do with your wheels?

I considering the investment and utility of my options, could use some help.


18" winter tires on stock wheels (change tires each season)

18" winter tires on stock wheels (get aftermarket wheels for summer tires)

17" wheel and tire package

18" all season tires

None! It doesn't snow where I live

Something else you don't even know about (please comment in thread)

 

Kazera 17" with Dunlop Graspics 215/55R17 from Tire Rack, about $900. Well worth it.

 

Just ordered mine and they will be arriving today. Cheapest I could find was a pair of 17 Kazera rims with Continentalls on them from tirerack. All told 1,084 with S/H. No TPMS so I guess I'll hear alot of beeping or something.

 

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Kazera 17" with Blizzaks in 215-55-17. Handling suffers a bit but the traction in snow or ice is terrific. With the stability control it makes the car an all-weather cruiser.

 

Have the exact same package that you bought. Also, the bridgestones come with a 50 dollar rebate as well so it brings the price down to 1000 dollars shipped. Unbeatable!

 

I went with Kazera KZ-A 18"s with Dunlop M3 225-45-18 and had great luck with them last winter. You oughta add another option to the poll - 18" aftermarket rims with snows for the winter, and stock rims for the summer...

 

BTW, I went with 18"s just because I don't intend to drive it in deep snow - the main advantage of 17s is more room to shed snow, but that wasn't a concern for me - I decided I'd rather still have 18s and just drive my wife's Xterra if it was too snowy.

 

please tell me what you got (senseless bump)

im stuck between 17" package and using stock 18s as my witner wheels

 

One of the things that pushed me to a complete winter set of tires and rims was someone commenting that it'd be much better to slide into a curb with a less than $200 rim than the $500 factory rims - I grew up in the Philly suburbs and now live outside Chicago so I'm familiar with the snowfall there - I'd recommend springing the extra cash into a complete set - if you're thinking about new summer rims, that'd work too, just be a bit more expensive. If I planned on driving the 8 in deep snow, I'd go with 17s - but last winter I had Zero problems with 18s with snows.

 

i have full tire/wheel coverage for 5 years/50,000 miles, so thats not as big an issue