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Originally Posted by Phr3d
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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Thanks for your input. I LOVED my snow tires on my M3. I got through anything, and I had it lowered all the way down on coil-overs.
Re: Brakes. I thought about parting them out, $3000+ in my pocket is awfully enticing. Then I could throw on the stock brakes and get away with 18's or 19's in the winter.
I have a guy who does the tire installs for me for free if I buy tires from him, and he can price match anything online. So that is a plus, but I'm just not sure I can stomach $2500 for 20" 87s and another $1500 for winter tires. I also have a beater I drive in the winter too.
For now I will go through my Pirellis, when those die, throw on the Toyos. When the first big snow comes... pray !