Snow & 19" wheels

[DrPJM1]

To those living in the snow belt & thinking about purchasing a G35 with the upgraded 19" wheels: There are no 19" snow tires, only 4 season (pray when there's ice) tires. I had to get 18" rims and Pirelli SnowSports.

I was slipping & sliding for a couple of days on the stock summer tires until I had this snow tire/ wheel combo installed. Budget an extra $1500-2,000 to the purchase.

The Pirelli 240 SnowSports are great in the snow, ice and slush that covers the roads. I have Blizzaks on my RX-7 that work great too! The VDC does even not light up.

[Gon19s]

Originally Posted by DrPJM1

To those living in the snow belt & thinking about purchasing a G35 with the upgraded 19" wheels: There are no 19" snow tires, only 4 season (pray when there's ice) tires. I had to get 18" rims and Pirelli SnowSports.

I was slipping & sliding for a couple of days on the stock summer tires until I had this snow tire/ wheel combo installed. Budget an extra $1500-2,000 to the purchase.

The Pirelli 240 SnowSports are great in the snow, ice and slush that covers the roads. I have Blizzaks on my RX-7 that work great too! The VDC does even not light up.

I have 240 18" snowsports on my G and they work great. Stock 18" tires are worthless so I am glad I was able to sell them.....

[DrPJM1]

Stock tires are a performance summer tire. Worthless when the thermometer dips but very sticky in the warmer months.

What bothered me was that the dealer did not even mention the imminent severe lack of traction of a summer tire in the ice/snow common in our state that could result in a very nasty accident.

I looked at the tire specks at tirerack.com and found this information.