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Daily Drivers, Winter Tire Options?
I'm debating splurging on an M3, but it'd be my daily driver. I live in MI we get snow, though mostly 2" or less these days. What do you guys who DD your cars run for tires/wheels in the winter?
I checked Tire Rack but don't want to spend $4k on winter wheels/tires. I could run something like an Extremecontact DWS HP A/S tire on the OEM base 18/19 wheels. Thoughts?
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Im outside Philadelphia and car is coming in January. Was kind of unexpected as I was able to get someone else's build and that worked for me, so I didn't have a chance to get a winter setup when I'm assuming more were available. I think for this year I'm gonna out the dws06 on the stock wheels, swap back to summer when it warms up, and then get a winter wheel and tire set for next year. I also won't be driving within less than two days after any significant snow event has ended, I work from home, and my wife has an suv so I'm thinking I'll be ok this year.
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I live in the Cherry Capital and just got an M4 for my DD. As posted elsewhere, I mounted Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 tires (275/35R19s) on four matching 825M rims (9.5" x 19", as in fronts). I snagged the tires back in August/September; now they're hard to find (though allegedly Costco still has some).
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What wheels size options fit with the M brakes? And what tire size options would work on a stock wheel? Could you put a 255/265 combo on stock wheels safely?
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read the winter tire thread. there's many options discussed there. I just got 19x9.5 square VMR wheels and having Costco install PA5s on them.
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Thanks. Ill look for the winter tire thread.
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I'm in SE MI. What tires do you have, and what are your about using them?
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So far they've been ok but I wouldn't dream of pushing my luck with my right foot if it's at all icy or snowy on the road. That's very clear I'm hoping I can at least get to next season before having to buy a set of rims if these don't really work.
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I just bought Michelin Pilot A/S 4 and plan to run them year-round. Natch I live in NC so our winters are nothing like yours, and generally if we get snow all the schools and businesses close. I have no experience with them in the snow, but they are a very capable tire for year-round use.
You could just save the OE tires and have them remounted every spring and swapped in the late fall. It's a PITA, but a lot cheaper than buying a spare set of wheels.
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Thanks for the info. What size tires did you get? At least for the first season I'd swap tires, not sure after that.
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Yikes! I ordered my rims in early August (before I had a production number), and they arrived within a week. The parts manager was cool with storing them (boxed) for as long as my car took to arrive.
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That's what I should have done. Ordered as soon as I got my prod#. It worked out though. Pretty happy with the VSR wheels for winters.
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