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Originally Posted by photon
Didn't want to bump the winter tire thread but I'm thinking of ordering early so have a few questions.
A narrower tire for winter tires makes sense, but really in Calgary how much deep snow do we have where that'll be really impactful? A good portion of winter tire season is spent on dry or mostly clear roads. Is there still a benefit of going down a size if one isn't going to go narrower as well?
For a car where the front and back tires are different sizes (rears are wider), would you stay with similar sizes and widths?
I.e.
18x8.5" wheels front with 235/50/18 tires
18x9" wheels rear with 265/45/18 tires
Would just going to 17x8.5" wheels for front and back be fine? Or narrower? Or just get the same wheels/tires in winters.
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I run staggered in the summer and square in the winter. Winter tires wear faster for me so I liked the idea of getting rotations out of them. I went 225/45/17 in winter on 17x8 rims as opposed to 255/35/19 front and 275/30/19 rear in the summer.