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Setup of winter wheels and tyres - advice


HadeS

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Hi.

 

As I'll be going back to my snowy and frosty town (Zakopane - south of Poland) I would like to know your opinion about winter tyres on supra. On my old cars FWD I always used tyres not very wide to cut snow better. Do any one have some of experience of driving in snow by Supra? All advice will be very welcome :)

 

Cheers

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When it snowed here earlier in the year, it was by far the best day I've EVER had in the Supra! I wish I had got some vids of the fun we had, it was excellent!

 

For me, driving a Supra with an LSD in the snow is loads of fun!...but not very practical :D

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You can get winter tyres, if youre really worried about it then get a set of Supra 17s, fit winter tyres and bang them on, once summer comes just swap back to the bling wheels and R888's ;)

Personally Id park it up and use a cheap smoker for the really bad weather, but I realise thats not an option for everyone :)

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There are a few specialist winter tyres can be pruchsed and fitted for such adverse conditions. The ones that generall tend to sell the most or fit to people spare wheels for winter are by Continental.

 

The benefits of winter tyres in general are that they operate efficiently at low temperatures (unlike the usual all season/summer tyres that almost every vehicle will be fitted with). The tread design and tread blocks are designed specifically to help the tyre generate traction in the snow and also help provide more grip and braking performance.

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Get some stock N/A rims (same width front and rear) see what winter tyres are sized to stretch onto said rim widths. Let's say the makers recommend a 205/50/17 tyre for rims of 6 to 8 inch wide and your rims are 8 inches wide. The tyre to buy is the narrowest width size recommended for your wheel width that maintains near to correct rolling radius. If budget permits and weather is bad enough over a long enough period, get some studded tyres. Can't believe people say don't use a RWD car in the snow, there most be 1/2 million Swedes who manage to get through their lives driving RWD cars in heavy snow and ice, unscathed :) A narrow and tall tyre, with a suitably rugged, self clearing and deep tread pattern, that's what you need in snow or ice.

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  • 3 months later...
For cars with the larger brake setup, the UK Toyota handbook says to fit 235/45/ZR17 all round when moving to winter tyres.

 

(using them on stock 17" rims)

 

Is that on a standard set of rims (8" and 9.5" widths) or does it say anything about the rear 235 tyres having to be on an additional pair of "UK front" wheels?

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I sold my Szr back in april due to poor winter performance, i really wish i'd bought winter/snow tyres now and tried them out instead of just selling it, maybe i would have kept the supra if so! someone said nokian hakkawhatevertherecalled are awesome in the snow? It was my daily drive and i dont want 2 cars, maybe i'll get another supe sometime if someone can convince me on the winter tyres thing!

 

In the meantime my gt4 is awesome in the snow, even on summer tyres!

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