Need opinion on wheels!

[Turbo_Bimmer]

Originally Posted by CTSportX5

Hearing conflicting reviews now. Def leaning towards the wheels but now AT2's or dedicated snows?????? Tirerack review on them is great for snow/ice. Anyone have any more experience with the AT2's?

It depends of your driving. If you are mainly around town, and mostly on asphalt, I would say a winter tire, with ice capability would be better for you. If you are in the subburbs, or often at the cottage with lots of snow, the AT2 would be great.

Selecting a winter tire is like selecting a car. If you go for performance, you loose comfort, same for the inverse. A winter tire can be made to exel in snow, but will loose performance on ice (unless studded). A true ice tire will be excellent on ice and frozen roads, but won't be as good on loose snow.
The AT2 from what I see, would be a good performer on snow, but I'm not sure of its performance on frozen hard surfaces.
If you look at the picture I made, the AT2 has almost no sipping (cuts in the tread blocks, parrallel to the circumference). Those sipping are edges that help traction on ice. In comparaison, the Pirelli has more sipping, and also some voids to grip in snow. The voids are not as big as on the AT2, but that tire will be more versatile.

I'm not selling tires, and don't have anything againts the AT2, but I just wanted to share the little I know on that topic.

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[CTSportX5]

The wheels are on EBAY and look to be similar to stock ZHP style. I feel they may look out of place on the X as well. Too bad I suck at photoshop...

As for the tire, Turbo is def swaying me to winter tires. On the CT shoreline we get alot of the icy, slushy stuff. And I really don't plan on any real serious off-roading, maybe just some dirt roads here and there for fishing/ camping trips.