I'm from the frozen state of wisconsin, and my Uniroyal tigerpaws get great traction... On the wet/dry pavement... Snow sucks, royally, with theese tires.

I've got access to a (VERY CHEAP) pair of new winterforce tires, and can get them on stock steelies (which I have for my regular tires anyways)
Problem is, they're 175/65 r14... Stock is 185/65 R14...I punched that into a tire size calculator, and it will read about 2mph faster at 60mph...
Would the skinnier tires be worse in the snow then a 185 series wide tire?
Cost difference is about $40 for the stock size, and would be a general altimax from tirerack...

Any ideas?
~Nate

 

a skinnier tire is better in the snow then a wider tire

 

k... Well bid up on my PSP so i can buy some snow shoes for my car... Ebay item number 280294249683

It's only about half an inch skinnier, and the same again shorter...

~Nate

 

Where you at in wisconsin?

 

How come a skinnier tire is better in snow than a wider?

 

a wider tire has more surface area to move through...

picture cutting through snow with a rolling pin...then try cutting it with a pizza cutter...which one will be less work and dig deaper

 

About two and a half hours North West of you. Wonderful weather huh?

~Nate

 

$37 each at tirerack.com
Unlabled Firestone Winterforce, 175/65 R14...

~Nate

 

yeah, just friggin terrific.

anyway, yeah what spud said on the winter tires. skinnier tires cut a lot better than fat tires.

 

They are AWESOME!!! Walmart's the cheapest place to get them mounted and balanced. They will NOT put them on the car though... Which means bring rims too...
I have two of them up front, and two new tread cheepies in the rear. It's snowing like crazy out (3-4 inches unplowed) and I've got exelent traction. The rear does NOT wash out unless I do it on purpose by zig-zaging. The front maintains exelent traction. I did an emergancy stop, and it stayed reasonably straight and any side step (if hardly any) was DEFINETLY controlable...


Good deals guys, just a heads up... Again, walmart will put the tires on your rims, but will NOT put that combo on the car.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Firestone&tireModel=Winterforce &vehicleSearch=false&partnum=765SR4WFORCE&fromComp are1=yes&place=0
Merry Christmas/happy Holidays



~Nate