Winter tire size for 17s

[AmBo]

Will be looking into winter tires soon (1-2 months away! ) I'm going to be using my 17" chrome bullitts as my winter POSs. I am going to be buying Blizzaks, but which size?! There are so many! http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Sizes.jsp?make=Bridgestone&model=Blizzak+WS-50

Do I want 215/45 or 245/45?

 

[40th GT]

You'd want the skinnest tire you can safely fit on the particular rim.

 

[AmBo]

which would be? I have 17x9 up front and I THINK 17x10 in the back. Not positive though. How would I go about finding that out? LOL! Rims came on the car when I bought it.

 

[djlethalwang]

You will barely be able to fit a 245 on a 9 in. rim. So definitely a no on the 215..... What sizes are you running right now? It would be fairly easy to guess your rim size by knowing that. That is it you aren't able to just measure the rim by itself....

 

[stangman]

forgive me for the obvious question, but why are you using CHROME for winter rims

 

[Mossberg]

 

[AmBo]

because they came with the car and I could care less about them? I have a set of 18x9/10 Chrome Saleens for the summer. I'm just a chromed out kinda guy I guess.

 

[Mossberg]

How about I trade you my factory bullits for your chromes you don't care about. I'll give em a good home and never put them in the snow!

 

[AmBo]

Deal. but trust me, you dont want mine. curb rashed and pitting/peeling. thats why i dont care. they have seen too many winters to be worth anything.

 

[Mossberg]

I was just messin with you, hence the smilie. I am planning to order some Saleens soon though. Be careful not to wreck the Stang in the snow. You are more brave than I am.

 

[comatose]

I was just messin with you, hence the smilie. I am planning to order some Saleens soon though. Be careful not to wreck the Stang in the snow. You are more brave than I am.

Yeah, no s*#$! I have a similar setup (9" front, 10.5" back) and let me tell you what my winter tires are: a '94 Beretta that I paid about $850 for. I figure I could wrap that thing around a snow covered telephone pole, take the tags off, and walk away. Sweet.

 

[Mossberg]

Yeah, no s*#$! I have a similar setup (9" front, 10.5" back) and let me tell you what my winter tires are: a '94 Beretta that I paid about $850 for. I figure I could wrap that thing around a snow covered telephone pole, take the tags off, and walk away. Sweet.

Yep, we call that a "throwaway" around these parts!

 

[Q's Stang]

i drive my stang in the snow too...my tires worked real well in indiana this year but you already have yours chosen, but i didnt think my stang handled that bad in the snow? i guess i was being a grandma all winter long

 

[Mossberg]

I tried my Kuhmo's once in the snow and almost died.

 

[2k2fourpointsix]

Will be looking into winter tires soon (1-2 months away! ) I'm going to be using my 17" chrome bullitts as my winter POSs. I am going to be buying Blizzaks, but which size?! There are so many! http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Sizes.jsp?make=Bridgestone&model=Blizzak+WS-50

Do I want 215/45 or 245/45?

speaking from experience tire rack will only sell snow tires in a set of 4, and only 4 of the same size that your car originally came with. I ran into this problem with them, liability reasons on their part. Just an FYI,