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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 just bought winters for my wife's SUV
Summers
21x8.5 245
21x9.5 275
New Winters
19x8.5 235
19x8.5 255
You don't need to go staggered wheels for winter if you still want staggered tires. I originally tried to order 9.5" wheels for the back, but on winter tires you can't mount a 255 on 9.5s.
Her summers are run flats, but I didn't get winter run flats, and we have no spare.