BMiller270

First off I saw these tires in a post on Audizine, so big thanks to that person, but I called Tire Rack and my saleman said that these tires would fit, but would not have a high enough load rating, a garage around here say different though.
Wanted to make sure these would be acceptable for winter on my stock 19" Peelers, fit without issues, etc.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....25XL&tab=Sizes

It seems to good a deal to pass up and I wanted to you my stock rims for winter, and get new ones for summer.

uberwgn

XL Load Range is what's spec'd on the wagons. The tires shows a 93V rating in your link.

What is the rating on your OE spec tires?

FatalBert

The load rating on those is high enough for our car. I remember when purchasing mine that the minimum was 1360lb. or something like that. These blizzaks don't have as high a load rating as the stock tires, but they are still within the manufacturers spec.

pbcsd

I think there is a thread on this forum about this deal somewhere... a couple guys had already put in their orders.

My only concern is a 19" tire for snow, I would think we'd want to at least move down to an 18". Mind you, living in Toronto we don't get that many big snow storms per year I guess.

Audirings4

I run 19" Blizzaks and have no issues. They are mounted on the OEM wheels below in my signature.

BMiller270

Thanks for all the input everyone. I'm gonna go ahead and order them up.

dieseldan

here in Mass we dont get that much snow.

How are there tires on dry roads?

How is the wear rate?


anyone just go all season for winter tires?


great deal btw

Huey52

I run Blizzak on my daughter's FWD car in Mass. She finds they're great for snow but not so good for rain/slush.

I run Michelin Alpin's in the Winter and they're superb snow/slush/rain. I got 18" Rial DH rims and Alpins pre-mounted from Tirerack. They're actually more 'comfortable' than my stock 19" 5-Y-spoke with Pirelli P-Zero's (taller sidewall and softer compound).

redrocker55

You will have no problem with those tires. That's a ridiculous price. There is a good chance the LM-25's are being replaced by the LM-60's. I had the LM-25's a couple years ago and experienced some serious cupping during my 3rd season on the tires. It started at about 14-15,000 miles.

Another thing to consider is that since these are being closed out, once they are unavailable if you get a flat that is un-repairable you will be put into a situation where you will have to make a decision to put a non matching tire on the car...or replace all 4 tires (which would be the safer option). This would end up being more expensive in the long run. So maybe you buy 5? Just something to consider.

uberwgn

Dan, are U on Cape Cod? The rest of the state had near-record snow fall this past season. I think it was in excess of 100" in the suburban (Boston) area we live in.

Guys, just a quick heads up on Tire Rack's close out stuff. I did the same deal a few years ago and the Blizzaks they shipped me were a full 5 years old. I was NOT happy about that. You might want to force the issue with them prior to purchase.