Bring it

yoooo! Are those alzors?
I got a set of alzors too for winter. Are those 17s?

Euphoric: I agree with you. I'd run 225 for winter too (infact, that's what I am buying). My sumemrs are 255 fwiw. I don't see any reason to run a wider tire. Winters are squirmy as it is. Putting a narrower tire on a wider rim will make it less squirmy. Plus, it's not the issue of forward traction in the snow (awd arguement). It's about steering and braking. Having a narrower tire in snow makes the car more responsive. A wider tire tends to ride atop the snow more vs slice through it. Rally cars are all about braking and cornering. They run bicycle tires



Furball - I'd run higher pressure if it was dry. In low traction conditions, lower psi is preferred. But if you're dealing with squirm...uh yeah, 32 is low. I run 36psi in the summer time.

You guys are hilarious - it's a 10mm difference from stock and the bigger size that everyone with a GS runs is 10mm wider than stock. Further to that you're losing comfort and adding unnecessary kms on your car (even if it's minimal) - for what? That big rally I would be driving from my house to work on the 6 days I'll actually be driving on uncleared roads?

With wheel sizes you never go smaller than stock circumference on a daily with low profile tires if you have to choose - it rides worse. I'm on 19's none of these 14 or 15 inch doughnuts deals. You know how small the sidewall is as it sits?

I get the principles of a narrower tire in snow but it won't make a measurable amount of difference here vs the benefits of a taller sidewall.

do you even rarry brah?

You guys are hilarious - it's a 10mm difference from stock and the bigger size that everyone with a GS runs is 10mm wider than stock. Further to that you're losing comfort and adding unnecessary kms on your car (even if it's minimal) - for what? That big rally I would be driving from my house to work on the 6 days I'll actually be driving on uncleared roads?

With wheel sizes you never go smaller than stock circumference on a daily with low profile tires if you have to choose - it rides worse. I'm on 19's none of these 14 or 15 inch doughnuts deals. You know how small the sidewall is as it sits?

I get the principles of a narrower tire in snow but it won't make a measurable amount of difference here vs the benefits of a taller sidewall.

255 to 215. Petter Solberg over hurrr

Yes I know wheel sizes, offsets and tire sizes extremely well - I've probably had more wheels, tires and done research than most if not all people here.

haha nah, there is method to my madness


tried to use the best wheel+tire size that will fit the largest number of cars e.g. bigger 26" cars like passat, a4, a5, a6 and at the same time also fit 25" cars like a3, jetta, golf, etc

had to do lots of measuring and maths.. but i think (hope) it will work overall.

versatility brah

lel



1% extra km's over winter is essentially meaningless.
On top of that it will balance out from your summer usage.

Even at 1%, if you drive a lot (10k on winters) that's only 100km more a year. moot point

exactly

lel



1% extra km's over winter is essentially meaningless.
On top of that it will balance out from your summer usage.


why not just run the stock 235 size?

true but it seems the tires you went with actually come in the stock size.

obviously do whatever you want. Run 24" donks I dun care. Just trying to understand why you would bother with a wider winter.