[ronniecs7]

Hi Everyone,

With my G87 being my first performance car, I am unsure what I should be doing to prepare driving in the winter. Should I be buying winter wheels along with winter tires? If so, is there a reasonable set that any of you have purchased? Not looking to get anything crazy - just want to make sure I am going about this correctly.

Thanks!

[ednir98]

I don't deal with winters anymore but best practice is to have a separate set of winter wheels/tires. This way you avoid remounting and rebalancing every season. Storage-wise, tires without wheels take up the same space as tires with.

[Squidget]

OP, what's your experience with Winter driving in general and RWD driving specifically?

I tend to run pure summers/pure winters as a matter of taste. But I would also have no trouble running pure summers and then all seasons during the winter. But I grew up driving RWD in Cleveland, so I have that experience. If you are comfortable with winter driving, all seasons would be fine, just less performant.

So, winter tires are kinda hard to find right now in the G87's fitments, at least the last few times I checked. (I'm running my E90 in the winter and garaging the G87, so it's been a while since I researched.)

According to my (old) notes, the last time I checked, Michelin PS All Seasons were available and reasonable? About $1250 for a set of 4, OEM sizes?

Long term you do want to get dedicated wheels, but if you are budget constrained, it's not harmful to swap tires onto your OEM rims for one winter. Find a good place that won't damage your rims.

If you can afford wheels, something like an Apex SM-10 is a good middle of the road choice, and easy to clean. My notes say around $480 per (again probably out of date).

[M2Cmtl]

I’m getting a set of superspeed wheels with Michelin alpine tires. 3.4k with the tire sensors or so. WY cheaper than the BMW set and I’ve had the superspeeds on my F87 and they where great.

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[Wheelwright]

Originally Posted by M2Cmtl

I’m getting a set of superspeed wheels with Michelin alpine tires. 3.4k with the tire sensors or so. WY cheaper than the BMW set and I’ve had the superspeeds on my F87 and they where great.

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Do those require any spacers ? Does the offset look ok ? (I would personally buy mudguards and keep the offset stock).

[fluffhead]

Definitely get a dedicated snow set.