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Originally Posted by Silver 300
IF you want the tire to have some serious bite, go below your current size. If you have 225's for summer, I would take 195's or 205's.
My Lex had 265's summer and 185's winter. These tires are not for show, they are serious winter tires. Look at the rallye cars, 400-500HP with 185's... Narrow is MUCH better in snow and ice.
If you are conserned about the good looks, get regular 225's, but you'll get stuck in the snow eventually.
Blizzaks are OK, the only problem they have is the decent grip (not even comparable to Nokian) in the beginning of the tire's life vs. the quick fading of grip after 3-5K miles.
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i wanted to stick w/stock tire size, they dont come in that for the car.
we first started using blizzaks on our '99 LHS turned that car into a tank! when we sold it it had 55k miles on the car...half of which was on blizzaks and the winter after we sold it i installed the tires for the new owners..that car stopped on a dime and got going as well as when the tires were new.
the one thing i can see as being a factor is up here winter tires get virturly no wear as our roads are snow/ice coverd all winter, we do not salt so there is not much pavment snowing from october-april...as even after 25k or so miles the blizzaks still had almost 85% tread atleast and blenty of bite.
