I have heard that the stock advans do not do well in the snow. I am driving to Virginia this weekend to go snowboarding and have never driven my evo in the snow. What would some of you northern guys suggest running my tires at for best traction? The tires have 9k miles and still have a good bit of tread on them.

 

do not drive on the advans in the snow. it is suicide. you will not be able to stop.

 

Im not from the north...but Ill throw in my two-cents. I took a trip to Park City Utah 3 weeks ago. Had my evo in the snow with the stock advans. I aired down to about 25psi on all four. It was not really that much of a difference from stock pressure....but I didnt want to risk sidewall damage. On fresh snow and packed powder....you should be alright. But if you get in to any ice or hilly situations.....it gets real nasty...real quick. Remember to drive very slow....the advans are horrible for these types of situations. I got Pirrelli Snows waiting for me in Utah now. Have fun

 

Thanks for the advice guys. I'll take it easy and lower the pressure.

 

Yeah unless your last name ends in 'nen' don't even think about it It isn't just the tread, the Advans are designed to hold up under heavy track use and high temperatures, and consequently the compound is rock hard below 40F. I've slid in the Advans when there wasn't any snow on the ground at all.... quite remarkable really.

 

if you must run your ultra performance summer only tires in the dead of winter, lower your PSI, 3 PSI below your stock setting.

that way you could get more contact patch out of your tires and it will grip better... I don't know what that means, grip better with stock Advans in the snow...

 

Ditto on the DONT DO IT.

Search on snow and Advans, a whole bunch of people learned the hard way.
It goes fine but doesn't stop or turn worth a ****.

 

Its going to be hard with these tires. The tires will not be responsive, wont turn, and wont stop. ABS always kits on stuff so that will get annoying. If you go out there with those tires and driving on snow, theres a high chance you are going to crash. Dont do it homie, get some tires from a buddy or get some cheap tires

 

truee, been there twice

 

As everyone else has said...Advans and snow do not mix well. The day after I bought my 03 Evo it snowed like 6 inches. I almost couldn't make it to the tire shop and it is less than a mile from my house. You can do it but it is nerve racking especially if you are not used to driving in the snow. I drove my MR through 2 inches of snow and it did ok compared to the 03 since I had it in "snow" mode but I still wouldn't want to drive to far in the snow with the advans and I grew up driving in snow country.

Off topic....There are mountains big enough to ski on in Virginia?

 

Yea, I dont recommend using the Advans in the snow either. The day I bought my car last year it was snowing so I had to drive my brand new car home in the snow and it wasnt pretty. I was sliding quite a bit. At least I found out my ABS was working well. This winter I bought a new set of tires and took my Advans off just for the winter.

 

Yep, don't do it, I'm here in Utah too, and it's a bad idea, even Kuhmo Ecstas suck, I almost hit a Civic... If you have to use them, pretend you're driving the biggest most expensive caddy ever, and it can't turn or stop, and if you hit something, it explodes... then you might be good

 

Man, dont do it, those Advan are like skates on ice.

 

Don't even try man

 

I'm sure you could drift the hell out of those advans in the snow! lol

just can't stop when you want to. lol