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Originally Posted by epdarks
Are you saying I should go with a dedicated winter setup? I really need to confirm I can fit 19s under the 380mm front brakes. I think I can but the 20s seem to barely clear. 19x9 with 265s would save a lot of $ over the factory 20 inch snow tire options.
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I've been upper midwest a good share of 20 years, and yes I'd recommend a snow set-up. Presuming you can store them, they're little extra trouble, last a long time and let's face it, weather gets STEWPID ugly here in just the time it takes to realize that you need to leave early cuz it might get stewpid ugly.. real snows had me traveling RWD up my stewpid incline driveway through 12" of new-fallen, my wife's FWD all-season, not-so-much (which is how we wound up getting the Xer in the first place, LOL)
but yeah, 20 inchers are precious, price-wise. That said, I found a great price on my conti's Local, and the store stores 'em for me off-season, so it's worth a couple calls (see who tire-rack recommends in your area for installs, then price the narrowest extreme-contact you can find).
If YOU had paid for the brakes, you'd be out a Chunk o' cash, so mebbe do some creative math and apply a discount to the snow setup? it's what I do <grin>
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