Mike S.

I haven't take off the sp8000's yet....but its like 40 degrees tonight. The tires almost felt soft? I dunno. I know it won't snow for say 3 weeks here in buffalo, but man....i HATE the idea of putting those crap 93gxe rims back on......ugh....they are so ugly. Plus the 225/50 16's vs 205/65 15's is such a big difference.

Sly

If you have the time and motivation, swap them out now. You may get snow sooner than you think.

njmaxseltd

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I'm running the SP8000 here in NJ. Tempted to keep them on this winter being the tire has lots of tread on it.

I just hate to put the 5 spoke back on with o e m tires.

DanNY

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in snow you would want the 205..small contact patch.

ejj

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He he. I leaned my lesson last year. I decided to wait for the first snow fall, and well, being in Buffalo you know what that was like.

I'm gonna put my snow tires on next week. I hate the look, but I don't want to get caught with my pants down again this year!

Anyways, I've noticed that my Kumho's get "less grippy" in the cold weather. I think harder tires (Z,W,etc. like most summer ones) need to be at a higher temperature to grip. I notice that they get much better after driving for a few minutes for obvious reasons.