View Poll Results: To stud, or not to stud
Studs
3
50.00%
No Studs
3
50.00%
Voters: 6. You may not vote on this poll
Got my winter wheels
#1
Got my winter wheels
These are 16's that came from my old 94 Bonneville that I scrapped. I sold them to my boss before I got my monte. Then I get the monte and find out they will fit it, but he sold one. So I traded him my old converter for the 3 and a good friend at the junkyard found me a 4th for only $30. Now I can put away the Dale Jr 17's for the winter and even get them resurfaced/ re-cleared
I'm going to wrap them in Firestone Winterforce, which I can get at work for $72 each. My only question now, to stud, or not to stud
I'm going to wrap them in Firestone Winterforce, which I can get at work for $72 each. My only question now, to stud, or not to stud
#4
couldn't tell you to studs of not...i had a set of hankook winter tires on my monte last year that were studiable but mn law prohibits.... they seemes to grip real well without...
#5
gunna try to fit em in the scort hopefully they fit...175/65r14 to a 205/70r14....well see....
Edit: my vote if you can may as well alittle more assurance on those icy roads!
Edit: my vote if you can may as well alittle more assurance on those icy roads!
Last edited by Budsjlm; 10-07-2009 at 10:21 AM.
#6
The tires have pre-drilled holes in the tread that you can put a carbide studs in with a special machine. It grips a little better on ice. The only downside is it sounds like your driving on super swampers.
I ran studded snows on my 99 Bonneville, but I use to drive 600 miles a week to work and back, so I had to drive in any condition and I had a steep driveway. They were awesome but noisy. Now I only drive no more then 200 miles a week thats mostly around town, thats why I can't decide.
Thanks budsjlm, I'm leaning towards studding them, but can't really decide. We only get a few ice storms a winter, but we get a lot of snow
I ran studded snows on my 99 Bonneville, but I use to drive 600 miles a week to work and back, so I had to drive in any condition and I had a steep driveway. They were awesome but noisy. Now I only drive no more then 200 miles a week thats mostly around town, thats why I can't decide.
Thanks budsjlm, I'm leaning towards studding them, but can't really decide. We only get a few ice storms a winter, but we get a lot of snow
#9
There legal here, even all year, but Maine you can't use them from April 15th til October 15th
I ended up studding them, the poll was a tie, but it only cost me $10 and 45 minuets to stud all of them myself and I remembered I was going to need them to get to my fiancee's parents house because their roads always icy and driveway is very steep. Thank you for voteing
The winterforce is a very nice looking tire by the way. It is very aggressive. Looks like I may be putting them on the car a few weeks early, we have snow in the forecast this week. I'll do a review on them once I use them in a decent snow storm
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