Winter Tires for my vibe

[andremichaud]

Can anyone a good size for winter tires for my Vibe. The 16'' are too slippery.Thanks

[sloth]

You should be okay with 16" as long as you get a good snow tire. Personally I've found the Blizzaks to be awesome.

[ArcsVibe]

First of all Bienvenue a genvibe chere ami I have Kumho's KW 11's in 16s and they are great. Which winter tires (if any) do you have?

[ragingfish]

I strongly recommend Green Diamond tires.http://www.greendiamondna.com

[zionzr2]

Quote, originally posted by ragingfish »I strongly recommend Green Diamond tires.http://www.greendiamondna.comThose look interesting....Whats the tread life on those???not terribly expensive at $110/ea

[mikey00]

Where did you find them in NJ?I am a little uneasy about trying them being that they are a remanfactured tire on a old casing as opposed to a new tire.

[POLO]

Last winter i bought a x-ice,195/65r15.http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=13418Was good tire.

[ColonelPanic]

I bought a 15" tire and wheel package from Tire Rack... Got a set of Blizzaks, didn't really get much snow after installing them, but they did do a good job in the rain. lol!

[zionzr2]

Quote, originally posted by ColonelPanic »I bought a 15" tire and wheel package from Tire Rack... Got a set of Blizzaks, didn't really get much snow after installing them, but they did do a good job in the rain. lol! they did do a go job so good it kept the snow away!!

[ColonelPanic]

Damn right! One of the guys at work that tried to help me get the car out of the parking lot when it was stuck in a foot of ice/snow/etc. prior to the Blizzak purchase comments to this day that getting those tires helped everyone else in the area.

[ragingfish]

Quote, originally posted by zionzr2 »Those look interesting....Whats the tread life on those???not terribly expensive at $110/eaI can't remember for sure, but I *think* it is 40,000 miles. They gave me a brochure when I bought them but I can't find it right now.They're considered "all season" but they're as loud as snows, so I use them winter only. It's a shame they won't fit the new car, so I'll be selling them soon.Quote, originally posted by mikey00 »Where did you find them in NJ?I am a little uneasy about trying them being that they are a remanfactured tire on a old casing as opposed to a new tire.They're amazing performance-wise. I felt more secure on those green diamonds then I do on the Kumhos. You can't get them in state. I had ordered them direct from GD, they shipped them to me (only $34 for shipping, quite reasonable!)As I said above, however, as soon as I final,ize the deal for the new car, I'm selling these, so if you are interested, hold out for a month (or less) and I'd be willing to cut you a deal on mine, they have only 5200 miles on them! And they're already wheel-mounted on steelies.

[zionzr2]

I would be quite interested but i know my finance committee will give me a denial.as I have AWD and fresh RS-A's on now and dont really need a snow tire....They still would be nice!! It just an interesting concept. plus I have no way to store the spare set

[ragingfish]

Quote, originally posted by zionzr2 »I would be quite interested but i know my finance committee will give me a denial.as I have AWD and fresh RS-A's on now and dont really need a snow tire....They still would be nice!! It just an interesting concept. plus I have no way to store the spare set Well, when I decide to sell and settle on a price, I'll let you know...but shipping mounted tires to WI is likely to get quite pricey.

[mikey00]

I would be interested when you come up with a price. I was kind of leaning toward the Michelin X-Ice and already have a set of steelies. But a set of Green Diamonds already mounted could be interesting. We are both in NJ so shipping shouldn't be an issue.