Help 18" LMGT4s with snow tires

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10-08-2018, 08:16 PM

BaileyMJR

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18" LMGT4s with snow tires

So I just picked up a 2010 G37S coupe and I'm contemplating snow tire options. I have the stock 19" wheels on the car that I could put snow tires on or I have 18x8.5 front 18x9.5 rear nismo lmgt4 wheels off my old 350z. What snow tire size would you recommend for the 18's?

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Mark

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10-08-2018, 08:28 PM

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Welcome to the site Mark. I'd take a look at the snow tire brand/model that you're wanting, go on their website and see the recommended wheel width range and get the narrowest tire (s) you can find for the 8.5 & 9.5 18s, I'm thinking it would be a 225/50 front 245/45 rear.

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10-08-2018, 09:56 PM

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Thank you for the advice. I’ll definitely look into that. From previous experience with snow tires I was thinking about going as tall a sidewall as possible, but I hadn’t considered going as narrow as possible. That said, now I’m a little worried about running a 9.5 rear in the snow.

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10-08-2018, 10:27 PM

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I'd say don't worry about it. I ran 9" wide wheels with 245 width in the snow without issue. That wasn't even snow tires, just good all seasons.

Last year I ran 245 width snow tires on 8" wide wheels on all 4 corners and never once had issue.

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10-08-2018, 11:17 PM

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That’s good to hear. I live in New England and the only other RWD I’ve driven daily in the winter was a Scion FRS and I had like 215/45/17 general Altimax arctics on it and it was amazing in the snow. It was also 800 lbs lighter and had 130 less horsepower. I’m looking forward to seeing how the G handles it.

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