Our maxima snow tires showed up yesterday... and today it started snowing!!!

...now we just have to wait to drive our maxima back here from phoenix to put them on... lol

 

I am from Cleveland and I hate driving in the snow. The original tires that came with my car were terrible, I would be sliding all over the road when there was just a light dusting of snow. Last winter I bought some Michelin Primacy Alpin PA3 (I think that's the full title) and I couldn't be happier! I think a set of snow tires is necessary for winter driving, especially when you have to drive a lot (work and school were about 30 miles away, so I was on the highway 7 days a week).

I am happy that I don't have to make that commute daily anymore, still got the snow tires though.

 

While I don't live in the snow belt (I used to), we still get snow here and the biggest thing you have to worry about is the horrible Jersey drivers.

My plan is to drive my old beater Jeep whenever it snows and leave the Max parked.

And then get it washed every Monday at lunch at a soft cloth place that has half price for Men on Mondays. $5 for a total wash and dry. Not as good as I may do, but better than nothing.

 

I see holes for the studs, but no studs? They leave em out or something?

I've never had any issues driving in the snow with my car.
FWD + M&S Rated tires = No issues.

Now if I were living up in VT where they have 5 seasons and more unpaved roads then any other state in the USA, then I'd have a set of dedicated snows.
Oh and by the way, their 5th season is called MUD SEASON.

 

studded tires are illegal in the state of Illinois.. studding them was optional and we opted not to break the law

 

I have those hankook ipikes. They're great in the snow and cheap! good buy

 

thanks.. we'll get to try them out in January... didnt' want to wait to order and have them out of stock until next winter..

should be an interesting drive home on the stock SE summer only wheels and tires though.. but that's why we are taking the southern route

 

Just bought a set of Blizzaks in 195/60/15.

Found 2 more 300zx NA wheels so I have a set of 4 for the summer, Now just to get slicks for the rear TT wheels for the 300zx

 

195 60 15 is way too short for the 4th gen maxima otherwise I would have used the 185 65 15s we have in blizzaks already mounted on 4x114.3 nissan rims (*but opted to just list them on CL instead)

 

just ordered some all seasons cant wait to put'em on. and I cant wait to burn out my old winter tires...hehe. ill be puttin a new video up on youtube here pretty quick.

 

Every November, typically over Thanksgiving weekend. Steelies with snows. It's what makes Winter official in my house.

Bridgestone Blizzaks, "Free the Whales"!

 

dont you just hate putting thos on sometimes? she just doesnt look the same..... and here in MN its for 6 months sometimes.

 

By short do you mean wide? Should be fine only .7 inches narrower. Stock I have 215's on mine so not too worried.

 

too short of ride height!

Check the details on this site to see what I mean:

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html


Stock size is 205 65 15 and your going to use 195 60 15? If you want to use 195 width, you should at least have gotten a 195 70 15 (not 60) to be closer to proper ride height!

Meanwhile, if you had bought a 195 70 15 instead, the ride height is 25.7" instead of 25.5" stock which is much more acceptable.

You are going to not only have your speedo off BUT it's over an inch ride height difference (not good)

Stock ride height is 25.5" tall and the tire you got (when new) is 24.2" tall (more than an inch of height difference)!!!

I would never use a 195 60 15 on my Maxima when it calls for 205 65 15 for many reasons. (including that your odo will be off and say more miles than you put on the car btw)

 

Yeah you have to be careful when getting diff tire sizes. its best to stay stock. plus the surface area to weight ratio is pertty good already for the 205 size.

 

Yea. Never had winter tires. In Columbus it actually wasnt that bad considering they would dump a pile of salt on everything lol. But I moved to Indianapolis for school in August. And even in the summertime these fools couldnt drive. So i KNOW winter is gonna be terrible.

 

being from Northern Alberta i live for winter i just use all-seasons, bought a new set a few months ago (i had a set of all-seasons that were only like 2 years old until the last set, and they were worn and one had a bad leak and i never burn rubber ) when these all-seasons wear out i'll be switching to Falken's for summer and Toyo Winter's

 

I cant wait! i got on the local nissan board to see what snow tires to buy for the max and ended up buying and older 5 speed Subaru Legacy someone was helping their neighbor sell instead, Awd with limited slip diffs and studded snow tires FTW!

I did put my stock rims on the max though so i dont end up bending one of my 350z rims

 

does it even snow in salt lake? (mind the punn) .....does it really? like I live in minnesota and I dont even buy snow tires.

 

yea, it snows a lot... our state motto is greatest snow on earth.

Because salt lake sits on the boundary of the basin and rocky mountain regions. the air from the pacific comes across the basin gets compressed against the mountains and dumps all its moisture. The ski resorts get about 700" a year and the valley gets about 60" the benches where i live in between the valley and city probably get somewhere between 80-100" a year

 

Yeah it was late last night I wasnt really thinging about where Salt lake city was.....

 

I just moved to Colorado, so I plan on getting a second set of rims with winter tires. I don't like the idea of steelies.

 

no worries, it happens.

I'm not a huge fan of steelies either but i like the black look so i took my stock rims and painted them matte black this fall. They turned out really cool but the prep work took forever. I'll post up some pictures later

 

I used all-season but she just got retired. Hoping the camry gets around as good as my maxima did.

 

well, the maxima we bought in Phoenix has newer summer only tires (summer performance tires) so I wasn't about to attempt chicagoland winter on summer only tires... lol PLUS it was easier/cheaper to just buy a set of 15" 95 Maxima SE wheels for these smaller snow tires to go on (and save the 16s for summer)

 

I have noticed some really good deals on wheels and tires around here on places like craigslist. like $125 for a set of nearly new 16" bridgestone studded winter tires and a set of 17" 350z wheels with good goodyear all season tires on them for $250. This is the route i will probably go to get snow tires for the max next year

 

i need to get some stealies n snowies sooooo bad!

 

Yeah put the sawblades back on, put stabil in the tank, parked her in the garage front-in, connected the battery tender, put on the cover and put her into hibernation. Also put new Pirelli Scorpions on the Frontier, started up the snowblower, and now I'm ready.

 

Just bought a set of Blizzak LM22s to go on my Q45t wheels. Back to stock tire size, oh how it's been a while. 225/50-17 bleh.

 

My car came with a brand new set of nokian winter tires and I drove them all summer... now I am finally feeling the benefit of these things and they are fantastic.

(ABS+TC)*Winter Tires= FTW

My car is unstoppable and I was driving through 2feet of snow this weekend!

 

welcome to colorado conrad. and i hope your ready for winter. i hop i am too. this is my first winter without a subaru and im a little worried. ive got fresh all seasons on there but well see if i need snows or not. good luck to you

 

just got my new 225/R16 all season coopers ready to go on when i can make the time!
i live in southern ohio, its like 1/4 as bad as cleveland and 1/2 as bad as akron but all backroads down here...

 

just put the snow tires on last weekend . . .

now the challenge is trying to find out what size rim will fit under my girls 06 GTP,.. it comes with 18's factory,.. and i find it hard to believe that 16's will fit over the calipers up front.. hmmm...

 

Just swapped over to my stockies...with kuhmos, softened the illuminas,and swapped the grille. I am set.

Let the ltb plowing begin.

I definately see snow and make trips up to the mountains frequently but I just dont know if its worth it to acutally get snow tires because of all the non snow conditions I see during the cold months.

I drive with my stock wheels/all season tires from Late Oct ~ Early May. I am wondering how much of benefit it woudl be to have actual winter tires.

 

This is was I woke up to yesterday morning!!

http://s117.photobucket.com/albums/o...t=PC090325.jpg

 

My '01 has Nokian WRX tires on it. Noisy when on dry pavement, but traction is phenomenal on snow and ice, even the wet sloppy stuff. They're hard to get down in VA, but in western Canada you see them once in a while.