I was looking at my stock Enkei wheels earlier and was thinking of getting some Bridgestone LM25 Blizzaks for the winter (and taking my 3K mile advans and keeping them aside till Sumer 06).

I was reading in the owners manual about tire chains on the EVO and the manual recommends only using tire chains in the rear.....

would this be overkill for winter traction?

Has anyone here ever used tire chains on the EVO?

 

ya chains would be completly overkill, you definetly dont need them, with a set of good snow tires ull be fine, in fact ive never felt so safe in any car in the winter as i do in my evo

 

^ +1 I have dunlop winter sport m3s for the winter, and i've been in some serious snow with those. you still have to be careful braking and turning, but with the AWD i was always in control. i don't think u need any chains IMO.

 

Unless you're doing a lot of your driving in hilly, unploughed terrains, snow chains will be overkill.

I live in Rochester (Upstate NY) and have never had problems with daily driving using proper snow/winter tires. Apart from the Blizzaks you mentioned (which I've never owned) look into the Dunlop Winter Sport M3s and the Pirelli Snowsport 240s; both Porsche-recommended winterv tires.

Check out the winter tire reviews on www.tirerack.com

 

Thanks everyone for all the replies......

 

you can also try this, http://www.tiregrip.com/ TyreGrip ive heard some ok things about it

 

Tire chains are illegal (in NY) anyway, except for rural areas, or upstate where they get alot more snow.

 

chains in metro area of ny is definately overkill

 

Chains blow. They can break and rap around your axel tearing out your brake lines. You want something aggressive try the factory studded nokian tires. They are crazy.

 

dude, you live in Queens...all you need are All-Season tires and you're good to go.
I bet you'll use snow mode less than 3 times this winter in the city. Probably use Gravel more..the city's warmth, many cars driving on the road, good highway plowing/salting all would probably give you like 3 days of actually seeing snow on the streets...

I go to NYC all the time on business...you should probably know what it's like more than me...come out to where I live if you want to see unplowed roads...lol


Unless you live on a farm out in the moutains, and you're lucky they remembered to provide you with sewage and electricity, you don't need chains and probably not snow tires.

 

holy crap.... tire chains on an EVO... now i've heard it all... ROTFLMAO!!!

 

hey but they even wrote about it in the owners manual...

 

BFG all terrains!

 

I cannot think of any situation that you could _possibly_ encounter near queens that would
require tire chains. With a good set of winter tires, I've travelled hundreds of miles through blizzard conditions in the northern midwest - 30+ inches of fresh snow on unplowed, unsalted, undriven roads. My only problem was clearance, never traction.

One case was particularly funny. Indiana was in an emergency state around christmas of last year. The roads were so bad that most major public roads were closed and the interstates were impassable due to accidents. I was driving from chicago to kentucky and _had_ to get through. So I pulled out and atlas and followed county roads to through the state. This car is _made_ to go 60 mph on loose snow. I don't suggest you try it though.

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Ditto on what donour said "My only problem was clearance, never traction."

I've never any problems and we get a fair amount of snow here. I run blizzaks on the stock rims during the winter time.

If you need chains in an evo you probably don't need to be on the roads