Im going to on my stock 17's and live in Cincinnati Ohio. We do get some snow during the winter and my tires need to be replaced. Id like to get some good all seasons any recommendations?

 

I drive on Goodyear Eagle F1 All Season. 2 inches of snow at a reasonable speed and I am fine. Any more snow than that I recommend dedicated snow tires.

 

If it's within your means I'd recommend just getting an inexpensive winter beater instead. I wouldn't want to have to rely on my Z to get me around during the winter months.


I got an 00' cherokee with close to 100k on it that makes driving in the snow a breeze. It's great for those ski trips up the mountain too.

 

Falken 912: Affordable.
I drive on it for 2 winters now, including snow and ice, with no problem.
Of course I slide here and there a bit...lol.

 

I would suggest getting a separate set of tires and put snow tires on them for the winter months. I had some Potenza 960AS on the Z for the first year and a half and I still garaged it for the winter months. I think you are overestimating how well the all seasons will handle cincy's snow/slush/ice mix.

I personally stick with a winter beater, but redmike (another tri-state resident) chooses the winter tire route and has done fine.

 

A full blood snow tire would be best, but there are decent a/s tires as well. The Michelin Pilot Sport A/S+ , B-Stone G019 Grid , and the new Conti DWS. Those would be the top in all season sport that we have in the 17" stagg sizes. Didn't mention the GY above due to the many complaints on wear and noise later on in their life.

 

Neal provides great advice in his response, especially his comment: “A full blood snow tire would be best, but there are decent a/s tires as well.”

An all-season tire isn’t a bad choice since you keep this tire on year-around, and that saves $$. Also; all season tires typically run quieter, provide a more comfortable ride, and wear better than summer performance tires. These advantages are only useful to someone (driving on these in the summer months) who doesn’t push their car hard or doesn’t need the best performance which you only get with summer performance tires.

In my specific case, I run two sets of wheels/tires (one for summer and one for winter). I’ve tried all season tires, but snows are better in the winter (I’m in Minnesota where we get sub-zero temperatures and plenty of snow and ice). My winter setup is now studless snow tires on 17” wheels (and a wheel with 35 “tucked” offset to keep the tires inside the wheel wells to prevent “sand blasting” the side of my car).

There’s a significant difference between studless snow tires and all season tires. Studless snow tires remain soft in the coldest weather, grip exceptional well on ice, and “grab for traction” on loose snow much better than all season tires. I drive my Z all winter with studless snow tires, and never have a problem “getting through.”

Hope this helps when making your decision,

--Spike

 

Iv decided im gonna get some 18" ruff 279 hyperblack rims should i go with these size tires 285/35-18, 245/40-18?

 

You didn't provide the wheel widths and offsets, so we would have no way of telling you if that will work or not. The stagger front to back is 40mm which can/will cause additional understeer however.

 

Goodyear Eagle F1 All Season: 26,200 miles. They just keep going and going.

 

I would also recommend getting the same aspect all around if at all possible, ESPECIALLY if you have VDC. Also, do not get Ruff wheels.

 

I just bought a 2004. Car had tsw 18 inch wheels with Toyo Proxy 245/40-18 front 275/ 40-18 rear. During inspection was told left front tire had excessive wear inside from to much negative camber. Tires had about 20 thousand miles on them. They were summer only tires. Summer only tires are not supposed to be used at or below 32 degrees.
Did some research and came up with Nitto neo gen tires. An all season ultra performance tire. I found owners were very happy with these tires. A benefit that they claim is that these tires are desgned for lowered cars or cars that run an increased negative camber.

QUOTE The NITTO Neo Gen® is an all-season ultra high-performance radial specifically engineered for lowered vehicles. Because the inner shoulder is one continuous block, the tread maintains stability on lowered vehicles with higher degrees of negative camber. This stability reduces tread flex and allows the tire to wear more evenly.* The result is a tire with prolonged performance* on lowered vehicles.





Since my car has already shown wear from excessive negative camber I thought these were a good choice. I suppose I'll find out eventually. Anyway, they were on sale at DISCOUNTTIRES.COM. I paid $593.36 with shipping for four tires to Maryland from California. I could not touch another A/S tire nor these tires from anyone else at this price.

 

as impressive as that is, do you have any fun in your z at all? im actually thinking about getting those same tires or maybe some nittos or even the same falkens. i've had my falkens for about 6 months/7k miles and the rear tires are ready to be replaced lol.