Hey everyone! As we all know winter is fast approaching this year and interest in snow tires has really taken off. If it's any time to be proactive instead of reactive in your purchase it's now. Buy ahead of the storm rather than during the storm to ensure the tires and wheels are available and ready for install.

With winter / snow tires mounted on their own wheels, you can install a Winter / Snow Tire & Wheel Package yourself. When the weather changes, you're ready. When the seasons change again, your summer package goes back on. With it comes performance optimized for each season.

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• Bolt-on traction, confidence and control
• Protect your summer wheels from winter’s salt, slush and grime
• High quality, vehicle-specific, exact fitments
• All wheels manufactured using strict quality control standards
• Alloy and steel wheels meet or exceed all industry standards including TUV and JWL
• No “universal fit” or “dual bolt pattern” steel wheels

Cost-Effective, Convenient • Inexpensive winter options make packages affordable
• Easy, bolt-on installation before the first snow
• Detailed installation instructions included
• Never pay for mount/re-mount again
• All necessary hardware (lugs, center caps, centering rings, etc.) included at no charge with most wheels.

Professional Mount & Balance
• Free scratchless mounting
• Free hidden weight balancing on alloy wheels
• Free Hunter Road Force balancing

Preferred Winter / Snow Tire & Wheel Packages
Our fitment specialists select a winter tire that best meets the performance level of the vehicle and add an affordable wheel option. Mounted, balanced and with all the installation hardware you'll need, a Preferred Package is easy to bolt right on. Preferred Packages are available for most vehicles. You can build your own package, as well.


Feel free to call me direct with any questions you have regarding winter item's for your vehicle. Mention my name online and I'll keep an eye on your order as it's processed. Let Tire Rack make winter a bit safer for you this year

 

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I drive my G year round. I put the Volks away for winter and bust out the OEMs + Blizzaks. Winter is a blast with them, I can break the back end loose in a second with traction off, but it's so easy to tuck it right back in and keep trucking. I have driven a G with all seasons in Cleveland as well and it was a PITA, had a hard time just getting off the line half the time much less corners. The difference between winter tires and anything but is really night and day. I was hugely skeptical at first, but I'm a convert.
For those of you on the fence please do yourself and others a favor and get a set of winter tires and be safe. It a very good investment. And Tirerack FTW.

 

^^ Same goes here. I drive my Z year-around in Minnesota where temperatures go sub-zero Fahrenheit during the winter months. For this type driving (in snow and on ice in frigid temperatures) you need at least winter performance tires, and studless snow tires are even better. You can easily and safely drive your rear-wheel drive car in these conditions if you run the correct tires.

As Neil mentions, the best solution is a dedicated winter wheel/tire setup. That $aves the biannual tire mounting fees and keeps your summer wheels looking good.

--Spike

 

Absolutely. The Z was my daily driver for 3 years and I rocked a set of Blizzak LM22's on SSR comp-h that I got from TR. Good stuff, got me safely through 3 winters, two of which were harsh, with confidence.

EDIT: I made sure to do winter in style! Thanks to TireRack for the setup!

 

^^ Your winter wheel/tire setup looks great.

I notice you use a conservative offset for your winter wheel-setup. That is smart since it keeps the tires inside the wheel wells (as opposed to a flush setup for summer driving), and that prevents “sand blasting” the side of the car with winter debris, sand, and salt when running on winter-treated roads.

Spike

 

Look at you all fancy rolling on SSRs in winter. I have my sunk *** OEMs to look forward to this hopefully final winter before I procure a winter beater.

 

^^ I’m curious why people think they should endure the winter months driving a junker when they already own a nice car.

--Spike

 

^^^ Winters are rough on the cars... Corrosion and rusting FTL!

 

^^ I drive my 2003 Redline 350z year around, and have not had any problems with rust or corrosion. In fact, I rate Nissan as providing a very good car that resists this type of problem. Of course winter driving requires winter tires.

Here is a picture of the car at its worst (covered in road salt and chemicals):



I do detail the car 4 or 5 times a year to keep it looking great and avoid rust and corrosion, and it always cleans-up well and looks like new.

I should also mention that my other car is more expensive than my Z, and I also drive this car in the winter. I didn’t work hard all my life to drive a “beater” in the winter. I can see no good reason to store the Z in the winter since I love driving the car.

--Spike