winter tires

[Kurupt]

i currently own a gti with the 18's and summer tires and next year i will be bringing the car up to maine with me for school. i was wondering if i could get some suggestions for some winter tires at reasonable price. thanks

[NYDUB]

Best thing to do is look at a place like TireRack and order 4 steel wheels and Snows from them.
The major players are the Bridgestone Blizzaks, or Nokian Tires.

http://www.tirerack.com/snow/WinterPackageMain.jsp?autoMake=Volkswagen&autoModel=GTI+MkV&autoYear=2006&autoModClar=

Chris

[Kurupt]

k thanks

[BLACKMAGICGTI'06]

i was lookin today actually and i found that steel wheels are not available for the car yet but they do have "cheap" packages 7 and change for 16's wheels and tires

[Kurupt]

thats a bunch tho i got till next december so i aint in a rush

[herrstreet]

There are also some reasonably priced all season tires that would fit the 18 inch wheels. Obviously some of the handling would be compromised by the swap but I think in Maine (I'm in Pa which can be just as snowy during a rough winter) requires the compromise.

Don't quote me on this because the line between dealer-babble and actual fact can be a fine one, but I believe that any switch from 18 to 17 and so on requires a new wheel alignment. For 500-600 bucks you could just get the all seasons mounted and be done with the problem. Plus you'd keep the good-looking wheels year round.

Good luck,

[Lellobeetle]

I bought some New Beetle wheels from a NB owner on Vortex for my snows on my old GTI. You could try looking around for something like that. Pic for grins . . .

http://users3.ev1.net/~nuklhed/winter1.jpg

http://users3.ev1.net/~nuklhed/winter2.jpg

[Kurupt]

the only problem with puttinng the tires on my current rims is that i would have to switch them out when i went back home to savannah, georgia during the summer months and that would cost lots eventually