Warning about winter tire size fitment

HIRISC · #1 01-19-2010, 02:23 PM

I have full-width Pirelli Scorpions.. they did fine in our recent 16" snowfall.

It's not a Jeep and if you drive with that understanding, you'll do just fine.

I will rotate them on/off in fall/spring. I've spoken to a tire rep directly and he said that there is no meaningful degradation to the tire's performance/safety by doing so.

YMMV.

Trips · #2 01-19-2010, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by HIRISC

I have full-width Pirelli Scorpions.. they did fine in our recent 16" snowfall.

It's not a Jeep and if you drive with that understanding, you'll do just fine.

I will rotate them on/off in fall/spring. I've spoken to a tire rep directly and he said that there is no meaningful degradation to the tire's performance/safety by doing so.

YMMV.

Great to know that the rep said its OK to swap the tires, you always here that swapping RFTs could be a problem. This helps me a lot because I'm still undecided on wheels, so at least for this summer I can run the stockers without worrying about the tires.

Hey HIRISC, love your lift post on 6-speed, something I'd like to do in the near future.

_Toms

HIRISC · #3 01-19-2010, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Trips

Great to know that the rep said its OK to swap the tires, you always here that swapping RFTs could be a problem. This helps me a lot because I'm still undecided on wheels, so at least for this summer I can run the stockers without worrying about the tires.

Hey HIRISC, love your lift post on 6-speed, something I'd like to do in the near future.

_Toms

Thanks.. LMK if I can answer any q's.

Griza · #4 01-22-2010, 02:35 PM

The solution is to have 4 front rims. I ran my 4.6is with 275/40/20 Pirelli Ice/Snow Scorp's on 4 fronts with 30mm spacers on the rear for a stock look. Ran this setup for four Northeast winters, numerous trips to VT etc and never once came even close to an issue.

life@8500 · #5 01-24-2010, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Griza

The solution is to have 4 front rims. I ran my 4.6is with 275/40/20 Pirelli Ice/Snow Scorp's on 4 fronts with 30mm spacers on the rear for a stock look. Ran this setup for four Northeast winters, numerous trips to VT etc and never once came even close to an issue.

was just about to post exactly the same advice. destagger the stock fitment, use front rims and spacers in rear as needed.

also- i offer this advice as it works for me- no need to get the tire size precisely correct. you have pleanty of wheel wheel clearance. plus minus up to 0.5 inch in overall diameter should be fine. i run 1 inch oversize on my merceds ml350 and it looks better and handles fine. speedo error is +3 mph at 60. given the weight of these vehicles i would get the best snows possible- which are tube multicell blizzaks. by flexing somewhat on size you have a wider variety of tires to chose from.

chilliwilli · #6 01-24-2010, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Griza

The solution is to have 4 front rims. I ran my 4.6is with 275/40/20 Pirelli Ice/Snow Scorp's on 4 fronts with 30mm spacers on the rear for a stock look. Ran this setup for four Northeast winters, numerous trips to VT etc and never once came even close to an issue.