So my winter DD, Merc powered 3L diesel jeep, is going under the upgrade knife. At 275 hp, 510 torques. Going for 350hp and 650 torques( megasquirt,water meth + supporting cast.) So my S4 will have to be the winter DD. Looked at curretn winter shoes, my Stock 17' Avus with Nokians on them, and they are due for a change. I was thinking of converting my summer setup to winter duty (8.5 X 18 miros). I run 245/30s in the summer. Just wondering what other b5 s4 owners are running for their winter setup on an 18"? 225/40s? 235/40s? Brand?
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Re: Winter Tire Suggestions?
your better off to run something a little narrower to better grip the road so 215/225 would be good. i had some pirelli high performance winters on my S4 a few years ago and they were awesome. Right now i am running the federal himalaya on my R32 and they are amazing. great price and the performance in snow and ice is greatsigpic
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im running DWS on mine, i know there not winter tires but there working great.2016 VW GTI (Stock)
2016 VW Jetta 1.4T (Stock)
1994 Audi UrS4 - BW S257 SX-E built engine on VEMs.
2001 Audi S4 - K04s, J-Fonz Tuned ( Gone! Dropped valve)
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Just my experience - I've run winter tires for every season on about 10 different cars since 1995...
You're better off with cheap winter tires on steelies than expensive winter tires on stock 17's or 18's.
I've run both many times. I spent almost $1500 on winter tires once (for nice aftermarket wheels), I did not get better grip than I've gotten for $400 on canadian tire brand steelies.KR
Porsche 991 Carrera S
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TBC winter claw extremes work awesome for the money, soft compound thats studable as well.
-i love my studded nokians tho.Current:
2017 VW Golf Sportwagen 4Motion DSG
2013 VW Jetta 2.5
Past:
2005 VW JTI 1.8T
1993 VW Jetta 2.0
1996 VW GTI VR6
1991 Ford F150 4X4
1989 Nissan Kingcab 2WD
1983 Buick Skylark
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LM60s have been great
Kumho's were worse than terrible2020 Toyota Corolla Hatch (At least its a Manual!)
2001 Audi S4 (Trunk still smells like Ryan?)
2001 Audi A4 - RIP
2004 Mygale SJ04 - Racecar
2013 Toyota Sienna - Baby Transporter
2001.5 Audi S4 -SOLD
1986 Reynard SF86 -SOLD
2003 Jetta GLI - Garbage bin
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Originally posted by Kor View PostJust my experience - I've run winter tires for every season on about 10 different cars since 1995...
You're better off with cheap winter tires on steelies than expensive winter tires on stock 17's or 18's.
I've run both many times. I spent almost $1500 on winter tires once (for nice aftermarket wheels), I did not get better grip than I've gotten for $400 on canadian tire brand steelies.
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Re: Winter Tire Suggestions?
Originally posted by garagefujimoto View PostI'd do some steel rims 16/17 whatever you can fit but if you must do 18 the maybe some 225/45R18
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