Winter tire help...
when i was stationed in Germany, i used Dunlop wintersport 3d on my Audi (which rates higher on tire rack than the blizzacks). They are actually made and engineered in and for German winters.
I now use them on my Evo. There is actually a Canadian tire that is awesome but hard to find. http://www.nokiantires.com/product-group?group=1.01
I now use them on my Evo. There is actually a Canadian tire that is awesome but hard to find. http://www.nokiantires.com/product-group?group=1.01
If you are dead-set on needing snow tires, then that's fine.
Otherwise I would vote all seasons. I have Continental Extreme Contact DWS All-Seasons and they are awesome in the snow. Easily comparable to the snow tires I had on my last car. DWS stands for Dry, Wet, Snow... as they are actually rated and designed for snow, unlike most All Season tires.
Otherwise I would vote all seasons. I have Continental Extreme Contact DWS All-Seasons and they are awesome in the snow. Easily comparable to the snow tires I had on my last car. DWS stands for Dry, Wet, Snow... as they are actually rated and designed for snow, unlike most All Season tires.
But whats the point of having all seasons if theyre not AS good as winter tires in the winter or AS good as summer tires in the summer? Maybe youre right about your Continentals being good compared to other all seasons and maybe even other winter tires but what about when summer comes? If you have the room to have two sets of tires anyway, I think its better to buy appropriate seasonal tires, especially for a car that puts down as much power as an evo does making superb traction necessary if you want it to be driving like it should.
You have to keep in mind that rubber compounds usually have max performance in a given temperature range. As the outside temperatures deviate from that range in either direction, performance starts to decrease. So all-seasons will never be as good as devoted seasonal tires that use rubber compounds designed specifically for the temp range of that season. The ONLY advantage to all-season tires that I can think of is that you only have to deal with having one set of tires. Other than that it seems that all-seasons are inferior in every other way.
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^ My wife has them on her car and they are just OK on snow. Def not up to par with real winter tires on snow (or summer tires in summer, for that matter). Here in CO I run the wintersports about Nov 1 to Apr 30 because we can get a big snow at anytime during those months. If you live somewhere that may only get a light snow once or twice all winter, then AS may be good for you, but you'll still give up a lot of grip in the summer...
^and you'll give up grip in the winter as well. it's not just about snow, people! even if it doesnt snow AT ALL, winter tires are still necessary if you live somewhere with winter temperatures of 40F and below and you want a lot of grip. Yeah you can get all-seasons and be fine but youre always giving up performance with those no matter how you look at it.
Those are a good choice if you don't have too much camber or there's always some snow on the ground. If you have flipped the front camber bolt or have coilovers with plates (and have 2+ degrees of camber), then they will be loud on dry pavement and wear rather quickly.
Why? Because they are highly asymmetrical with large voids on the inside half.
Why? Because they are highly asymmetrical with large voids on the inside half.
225/40/18 is way too short for a snowtire on an Evo X
I, too, run OE-sized Blizzaks in the winter. As long as you don't come across some deep snow, they're great. If you do often have to drive on unploughed roads with, say, 8" or more snow, then 225/45/18 would be better.