Wimpy snow tires...

[Blue By You]

Comparing brand new summer tires with brand new winter tires.

First, I noticed that the OEM 21" Michelin PSSs are even nastier/wider than I realized. Fatties!

For the heck of it, I compared them with the OEM 21" Pirelli Scorpions. The Scorpions seem to be at least .75" narrower and a tiny bit taller. Pretty wimpy but I'm sure it can only help in the snow.

The Michelins are NRF so they're noticeably lighter than the Scorpions which are RF.

[jab23]

Never ceases to amaze me how wide the rears are when I take them off. If you think your snow tires look wimpy, say a prayer for those of us with the 20" 611m 285 square set up! 😂

[Blue By You]

Originally Posted by jab23

Never ceases to amaze me how wide the rears are when I take them off. If you think your snow tires look wimpy, say a prayer for those of us with the 20" 611m 285 square set up! 😂

So true.

I remember when I had a 4.6is back in the day. I switched out my OEM 20" staggered setup and installed a custom 18" square setup.

It was a lot of fun in the snow and handled much better too. But I felt like it was going to tip over or rip off the rear tires. Hated driving it in anything other than snow.

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Originally Posted by jab23

Never ceases to amaze me how wide the rears are when I take them off. If you think your snow tires look wimpy, say a prayer for those of us with the 20" 611m 285 square set up! 😂

That points is really driven home when you look at something like that new Supra or M3/M4 and they run 275s on the rear or the M5 and 285s.

And here I am thinking 325s are too small and I need 355s on the rear to sit flush with the side flairs.