# Discuss: Winter Tires, anyone? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [August 29, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-winter-tires-anyone/16681 "2006-08-29T18:38:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![\_Karu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_karu/32/7602_2.png) [@\_Karu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_Karu)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-winter-tires-anyone/16681/1 "2006-08-29T18:38:02Z")
I’m just wondering…what will be the best set of tires for next winter? - anybody got a winter tire brand/type in mind already? - already have a set of winter tires maybe? - if you don’t have em…and interested in getting em…any tire shop in mind? - WHEN do you usually put em on your car? discuss please 🙂 🍺:pimp: ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-winter-tires-anyone/16681/2 "2006-08-29T18:39:18Z")
BLIZZAKS yo…i usually put them on the week before halloween ---
**Author:** ![\_Karu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_karu/32/7602_2.png) [@\_Karu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_Karu)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-winter-tires-anyone/16681/3 "2006-08-29T18:40:31Z")
can you share the specific type of that blizzak? how’s your experience with it thus far? how expensive? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-winter-tires-anyone/16681/4 "2006-08-29T18:41:57Z")
Studded winterforces from Tread City Tire Inc. in North Tonawanda. It cost me $450 for 4 of them studded and mounted. Then in the spring the dismounted/remounted my all seasons for a grand total of $20. Oh yeah, and studded winterforces on a snowy slippery shitty street almost make it no fun because you can’t tell there’s any snow on the road. [http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Winterforce&tireModel=M%2BS](http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Winterforce&tireModel=M%2BS) Haha the shop guys asked me why I put monster truck tires on my Jetta. They asked where I was going to be driving. My response: “Anywhere I want.” ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-winter-tires-anyone/16681/5 "2006-08-29T18:46:10Z")
> [@\_Karu\_](#): > > can you share the specific type of that blizzak? > how’s your experience with it thus far? > how expensive? 🙂 i ahve the Blizzak Revo1s i love them…they are about 100 bux a piece ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-winter-tires-anyone/16681/6 "2006-08-29T18:49:35Z")
Whatever you go with, I’d recommend getting them studded. Why spend $400+ to have traction in the snow and not spend the extra $50 to get a shit ton more? ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-winter-tires-anyone/16681/7 "2006-08-29T18:51:45Z")
cause if its not snowing they are loud annoying ---
**Author:** ![MXS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mxs/32/7507_2.png) [@MXS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MXS)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-winter-tires-anyone/16681/8 "2006-08-29T18:52:23Z")
> [@BikerFry](#): > > the shop guys asked me why I put monster truck tires on my Jetta. They asked where I was going to be driving. My response: “Anywhere I want.” HAHA nice 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-winter-tires-anyone/16681/9 "2006-08-29T18:57:48Z")
If you’ve ever looked at some of the blizzak reviews you’d see that studding basically isn’t needed. Their glare ice performance (done on an ice rink no less) was almost on par with a studded snow tire. ---
**Author:** ![Shockwave179](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shockwave179/32/7496_2.png) [@Shockwave179](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shockwave179)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-winter-tires-anyone/16681/10 "2006-08-29T19:36:38Z")
I’ve used Cooper WeatherMasters in the past they worked fine for cheap snow tires. ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-winter-tires-anyone/16681/11 "2006-08-29T19:37:37Z")
> [@Shockwave179](#): > > I’ve used Cooper WeatherMasters in the past they worked fine for cheap snow tires. word i gotta buy 17s this winter…it sux ---
**Author:** ![traumadog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@traumadog](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/traumadog)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-winter-tires-anyone/16681/12 "2006-08-29T19:44:53Z")
Blizzak WS-50’s here for me. Smaller-than-stock size (225/50/17). Only time I’ve spun out is on stock tires in the rain. ---
**Author:** ![\_Karu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_karu/32/7602_2.png) [@\_Karu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_Karu)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-winter-tires-anyone/16681/13 "2006-08-29T20:06:55Z")
thank you very much for the opinions! i’ll definitely need to decide on one model… i think anybody didn’t mentioned where to get em…any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![traumadog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@traumadog](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/traumadog)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-winter-tires-anyone/16681/14 "2006-08-29T20:09:18Z")
Got mine from the Tire Rack. ---
**Author:** ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-winter-tires-anyone/16681/15 "2006-08-29T20:11:57Z")
Blizakk LM-22s. Tirerack is probably your best bet, although you could check with Innovative Tuning or Hybrid. Hakkapeliita tires are pretty good too for snow. Harder to find though. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-winter-tires-anyone/16681/16 "2006-08-29T20:16:36Z")
> [@\_Karu\_](#): > > thank you very much for the opinions! > > i’ll definitely need to decide on one model… > > i think anybody didn’t mentioned where to get em…any ideas? Tread City Tire in North Tonawanda. They’re usually the cheapest by a bit because they are a, ahem, VERY low overhead place. I’ve only heard of them by word of mouth. Never seen an ad. It’s a big pole barn full of tires with a section for changing tires and another section that’s the office. There’s a waiting room. It’s Grandma’s Cafe 2 blocks down, that serves a kick ass breakfast. :tup: 89 Thompson St North Tonawanda, NY 14120 7166934800 > [@MaximaSE98](#): > > cause if its not snowing they are loud annoying Haha true. I got used to it, but then when I put my all-seasons back on in the spring it was eerie-quiet. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![\_Karu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_karu/32/7602_2.png) [@\_Karu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_Karu)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-winter-tires-anyone/16681/17 "2006-08-29T20:26:05Z")
ic! thanx for the information, man! u got your tires installed over there, btw? EDITED: dang! those are pretty expensive! they’re certainly more expensive than any all season tires i bought, lol! ahem… cheap winter tires discussion will be good too! lol… ---
**Author:** ![Jeller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@Jeller](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeller)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-winter-tires-anyone/16681/18 "2006-08-29T20:33:40Z")
Hakkas are my favorites :headbang: ---
**Author:** ![\_Karu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_karu/32/7602_2.png) [@\_Karu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_Karu)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-winter-tires-anyone/16681/19 "2006-08-29T20:57:58Z")
^ aha…heard of that as well… do you mind telling us what model of hakka ur using? how much? where u got and install em? ---
**Author:** ![redrum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redrum/32/7398_2.png) [@redrum](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/redrum)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-winter-tires-anyone/16681/20 "2006-08-29T21:03:07Z")
i have blizzaks for the saab and i like them, but i have also been fine with all-seasons in past winters, too. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/discuss-winter-tires-anyone/16681.md?page=2)