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Originally Posted by kish-81
You didn't mention if you were staying with the 17" rims. If you don't mind trading looks for better traction, I would go with a -2 on the rim size to a 15" (assuming this will work on an SI?!?) and get a narrow snow tire. Less floating on the snow the narrower you go, but it does look stupid.  |
you won't get better traction with a 15" wheel, how thick your tire is doesn't make a difference with traction. duh like said no 15" on earth will fit 16" EX wheels won't even fit. there is absolutely no reason to buy steelies unless you REALLY like your factory wheels. so you basicly have to stick with 17"s and you're not trading for anything.
on an si i wouldn't go with snow tires unless you live in
super snow area. FWD, 6-speed Manual, LSD,
and ZERO power under 4k rmps = a good car in the snow. it will be very easy to contorl because you don't have any power unless you rev it the sky.
snow tires ware out really quick, you probably get 2 winters out of them with average milage. (8k per winter) I had snow tires on my eclipse because it had 220 lbs tq at 3k rmps. even with a manual its hard to keep that beast from sliding sideways off the road. ( and i'm not kidding) i'm not even thinking snow tires on the Si