245/40R17 Kumho Ecsta in the snow.
 

Not the best.

Re: 245/40R17 Kumho Ecsta in the snow.
 

Re: 245/40R17 Kumho Ecsta in the snow.
 

I'm pretty sure any 245 tire is gonna be bad in the snow....





Dustin

Yeah but I wanted to see just how bad it could be before I went to buy new frickin wheels and tires. Even though I made it to work and back without any issues I did start going sideways around the corner from my house for apparently no reason, but easily recovered with a little throttle.

The conditions aren't really snowy, just glazed with ice. I have a feeling it will be worse in deeper snow. =D

I give these tires a 1/5, which is better than a 0/5.

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Ok, now I remembered why I wanted a thread. Does anyone know the bolt patterns for all the recent Subarus? I figure the best route would be to go to Tirerack, choose a vehicle with the right specs, buy <$100 wheels, have them slap snows on them, and bam ship it up Scotty and it will still be a better deal than what I can get locally. Someone had some Baja Turbo wheels/tires on Clist for $600 but I do not know the wheel specs.

Re: 245/40R17 Kumho Ecsta in the snow.
 

2005+ STI's and Tribecca's share are pattern.

Go with stock size or narrower, like a 205/60-16

You can't select 16 inch wheels while browsing for the STI or Tribeca. I didn't check on the Tribeca, but I assumed it had a 17 inch stock wheel or bigger.

To be more clear I need a car with a 16 inch wheel and an offset that is not killer. I'd just use the 93 RX7 if I could deal with a +36 but I don't think I can.

http://www.tirerack.com/indexA.jsp
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Looks like Baja is the wrong bolt pattern.

Re: 245/40R17 Kumho Ecsta in the snow.
 

The Tribecca has 18's.

My size recommendation was for stock wheels.

Re: 245/40R17 Kumho Ecsta in the snow.
 

245's usually will just plow and pack the snow in. Did you ever recover your stolen set of stockers?

Re: 245/40R17 Kumho Ecsta in the snow.
 

Sure didn't.

There was a guy supposedly selling wrapped stock SVX wheels last week or so for $250 but the ad came down the day after I emailed them and I got no response. :confused:

So now I need new winter wheels. 16 inch is preferred as 16inch tires are much cheaper and blah blah ride quality and all that.

I got a quote from a local place for black donut wheels with decent studded tires and it still came to $800. Tires for the wheels I have were $600. I said screw it I'll just buy new decent looking wheels.

Re: 245/40R17 Kumho Ecsta in the snow.
 

As far as I know the prviously listed cars are the only subies with a 5x114.3 bolt pattern. However, many mazdas, nissans, mitsu's have the right bolt pattern. So you could get some hub rings and use one of those. For example, a 93 or newer accord has 5x114.3 bolt pattern with 45-50 offsets and you can buy a 56.1 to 64.1 set of hubrings for them.

What do I need a hub ring for? 45-50 sounds damn good. That's exactly what I needed to know. (:



2005 Honda Accord Sedan EX V6

16x7.5
$99 (each)
Offset: 50mm
Backspacing: 6.25"
Bolt Pattern: 5-114
Rec. Tire Size:205/60-16
Weight: 18.5lbs.


D'oh! Looks like shipping charges have increased almost 200% in the last year.

Re: 245/40R17 Kumho Ecsta in the snow.
 

Because our cars are hubcentric and not lugcentric.

And the accord probably is aswell (but with a larger hub).

Re: 245/40R17 Kumho Ecsta in the snow.
 

depending on what kind of Ecsta's you have, they are either high performance summer tires or all-seasons, and not recommended for snow and ice.

"hey, dese here Blizzaks suck for autocrossing."

http://zombie.clue-free.com/fail/Fail-Failbus.jpg

Shipping charges from Tirerack jumped from about $90 to over 200 so now I don't know what to do again.

Buy snow tires and risk some mounter newb gitching my wheels or spend a **** load on some ****ty black donuts.

OR try to pwn the snow with street tires.





Or just drive the truck all winter again. :confused:

Re: 245/40R17 Kumho Ecsta in the snow.
 

New Mustang or Nissan 350z rims will fit :cool: