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Ztoon 09-07-2010 12:17 PM
I don't want to even think about winter!
With the drop I have, a couple of inches of snow will make my Z a toboggan.

370Z_Fan 09-07-2010 01:44 PM
Any recommendations on sizing of winter rims and tires for best traction?

kenchan 09-07-2010 01:52 PM
i would use 225/45/18 (225/50/18) and 245/45/18 if i had to run snows.

dakr 09-07-2010 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Zolfix (Post 710726)
I am in Ottawa and I am sure as hell not driving my Z. The main issue is the low clearance. It definitely snows more than the ground clearance several times a year. Getting stuck somewhere is not on my list of things to do. I am just going to buy a cheap beater car for the winter.
I would too, but I don't have space for two cars. Either the Z is my year around car, or I have to get something else.

If ground clearance is the only issue, is there anyway to raise the car for the winter?

kenchan 09-07-2010 02:08 PM
dakr- just run slightly taller tires.

spearfish25 09-07-2010 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 710962)
i would use 225/45/18 (225/50/18) and 245/45/18 if i had to run snows.
Probably better to just get a square setup so you can swap tires front to rear and get more life out of them.

kenchan 09-07-2010 03:44 PM
^^ yah, i suppose how much miles you drive in the winter that might be true.

terbo 09-07-2010 03:50 PM
Driving the Z with the summer tires on it in the snow is a bad bad idea. I learned the hard way when I ended up facing oncoming traffic last winter :X

kenchan 09-07-2010 03:56 PM
hahaha, yah, snow tires makes the car feel like it's awd especially on a FWD car....so the benefit is very big...espeically anything deeper than 0.5".

tjlazer 09-07-2010 04:47 PM
Remember this: Leave VDC alone unless its warm and dry out!

You have been warned. ;)

PapoZalsa 09-07-2010 06:37 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by JB1 (Post 710230)
Why???? It's a car, not a Rembrandt painting... Just drive it, no matter what the weather is like.
Why?? Because I'm anal about my car and I have a DD. Plus I don't want to drive it in those conditions with the stupid VA drivers that don't even know how to drive in the rain.

My car barely will ever see rain nor snow. ;)

kenchan 09-07-2010 07:44 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by PapoZalsa (Post 711468)
Why?? Because I'm anal about my car and I have a DD. Plus I don't want to drive it in those conditions with the stupid VA drivers that don't even know how to drive in the rain.

My car barely will ever see rain nor snow. ;)
Man, you sound like me! :tup: hahahaha

90 ST 09-07-2010 07:53 PM
I'm in Calgary and will be running the Hankook i+Pike, lots of good feed back on them and not over priced, doing a 225/50/18 front and a 245/45/18 rear on 350Z track wheels.

TreeSemdyZee 09-07-2010 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 711586)
Man, you sound like me! :tup: hahahaha
Rain and snow don't bother me, but the bird poop is startin' to p*** me off.


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