For those with Toyo Proxies, a warning...

[Kamel Jockey]

They are garbage in the snow, especially if you have the wide 275/315 staggered setup. Northern VA got a good hit of snow this week and I figured I'd take it easy on the roads since I am aware that these tires are performance rated and not winter/snow tires. Well two nights ago I was making a 90 degree turn into my buddies neighborhood at about 5-10mph with maybe an inch of snow/sleet on the ground and went straight into the curb. I did not slam the brakes or turn too sharply, the thing just did not want to turn period. Well needless to say my front left wheel got scraped to hell, but I was just glad it didn’t do any damage to the tie rods or bearings. I found a wheel repair place in Fairfax yesterday and got it repaired for $140, they did an awesome job and you can’t tell it was ever hit. Too bad I sold my stock wheels otherwise I would have used them as a winter setup with some good snow tires. Just a word of warning as I know a lot of you guys with replicas have these tires, be careful in the snow!!!