What happened to all the "all-season" tire choices for staggered 19?

[dkl]

Just started looking for tire replacement for my staggered 19 setup (255/50-R19 & 285/45-R19) and noticed that most of the all-season choices have disappeared. It looks like my only choices are Kumho and Hankook? Even the Michelin Latitude is low stock or not available. Anyone know why this is the case? I would love to replace my Pirelli Scorpion Zero Asymmetrico with the same, but it looks like that's also discontinued. Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated. Thanks.

[X5Ghost]

I've been doing the same research and arrived at the conclusion that the Continental DSW are an excellent all season choice which is recommended by many and they are reasonably priced at $1100 a set for 20's. You might want to consider them for 19's?

[DTMdan]

Not a common size? I can't think of many other vehicles besides ours that would run them.

[motordavid]

Not looking for 'all weather', and my staggered sized Diamris still have good tread, but I agree with dkl: there used to be 2+ pages of tires, inc 'all season' species, on TR, Discount Tire, et al sites. All I see is summer skins, except for a couple of off brand types.

[Cchandler]

I just put on a pair of Micehlin Latitude Tour HP which at least have a "snowflake" in the description. A friend runs these in Denver year round and he really likes them so I took a shot. So far so good. They are available through Discount Tire....

[dkl]

Originally Posted by X5Ghost

I've been doing the same research and arrived at the conclusion that the Continental DSW are an excellent all season choice which is recommended by many and they are reasonably priced at $1100 a set for 20's. You might want to consider them for 19's?

I would love to get a set of DSW, but it's not available in staggered 19

Originally Posted by Cchandler

I just put on a pair of Micehlin Latitude Tour HP which at least have a "snowflake" in the description. A friend runs these in Denver year round and he really likes them so I took a shot. So far so good. They are available through Discount Tire....

I've went through a set of Latitude and doesn't care for them much. Rears (285/45-R19) have a much narrower contact patch than others and have gone bald in less than 15k miles. It worn evenly, so it's not an alignment issue that caused their early demise. Overall, the sidewall of the latitude is overly soft and took away from the responsiveness of the car. Dry traction are just as bad. Didn't realize how bad they were until I replaced them with my current set of Pirelli. At this point, I would rather experiment on the Kumho & Hankook than to go back to those Latitude.

[subieworx]

It's he 285 45 19 that is not available. I just went through this struggle over the course of a month and decided to go with conti dws in 255 50 19 and 275 45 19 with the plan of adjusting air pressure to even out overall diameter between the front and rear. By the numbers on tire rack the rears were .3 inches shorter diameter. I was surprised to see that once mounted and on he car at recommended pressures they were almost identical. I raised the rear pressure up 5 psi higher than recommended and got the rear just slightly larger than the front. They are now within .1" diameter front to rear and I solving the tires. I have run them on several others cars and have had nothing by praise for them in all season use.

[dkl]

Hmmm...are you getting any fault code from the OBD for using this combo? When I had old Michelin Latitude (255/50-R19) up front and new Pirelli Scorpion Zero Asimmetrico (285/45-R19) out rear, I got a fault code "5DEB/A0 - Info: clutch gearbox-ECU: reduction torque intervention because of too high tire size tolerance." I also tried playing with various tire pressures, but couldn't get rid of the error with the mismatch brand.

Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't think I want to risk my T-case with the mismatched size.

[tmv]

It's simply demands for these size has been dropped significantly. One of the reason why I upgrade to 20" wheels since the tires are much more easy to find.

[subieworx]

I have not gotten any fault combos and have driven about 800 miles on the setup so far. If you want to be absolutely sure, go with 245 50 19 front as that is the same size as 275 45 19 in the rear.