What winter tires??

[Vec]

Hey guys, I’m from the Northeast and went with a hybrid knowing that I would need snow tires. What recommendations do you have for trucks like ours? Anyone already survive last winter? Brand/style?

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[gbdoom]

Not winter tires per se, but I just put Falken Wildpeak A/T Trails on my wife’s 2020 Outback XT and they’re great so far. Walmart had them on sale for $160 each last week.

 

[Mike]

Blizzaks or Hakka r3's .

I have Hakkas on my Tacoma but will be getting Blizzaks for the Mav. Better price and availability.

Both are top-notch and superior to any AT tire

 

[rjag2034]

I'm installing the Nokian R5 next week as a pure winter tire. Cant go wrong with Nokians or Bridgestone Blizzak WS

 

[FirstFord]

I've almost always used Blizzak's. Nokians are harder to find.
I think I've decided on the WS90. Bridgestone has a truck/SUV specific Blizzak, but I don't see the value; they have the same load rating and they cost a bit more.

 

[KevCuRaoi]

I've almost always used Blizzak's. Nokians are harder to find.
I think I've decided on the WS90. Bridgestone has a truck/SUV specific Blizzak, but I don't see the value; they have the same load rating and they cost a bit more.

I got the WS90 for mine as well......last July since I thought I would have the Maverick by November 2021!

 

[LSchicago]

Blizzaks FTW.

 

[JeffMorasco]

Are you going for winter treads just on the front or all around?

 

[RonFLA]

Not winter tires per se, but I just put Falken Wildpeak A/T Trails on my wife’s 2020 Outback XT and they’re great so far. Walmart had them on sale for $160 each last week.

+1

 

[Philemon]

Got the blizzak WS90 here. Got $100 gift card from tire rack too.

 

[jsus]

Are you going for winter treads just on the front or all around?

That's a safety hazard. Either put winter tires all around or not at all. Reason being that you end up with one axle having much better traction than the other, which causes instability, making it much harder to control.

 

[KevCuRaoi]

Are you going for winter treads just on the front or all around?

All around! Always best to have 4 winter tires.

 

[LSchicago]

Are you going for winter treads just on the front or all around?

Because of the different compounds you have to all 4 when installing winter rated tires. It's not like the old snow tires.

 

[UnTruck]

Thanks for asking the question, OP!

Anyone experimenting with different sizes of wheels/tires? I'm planning on getting some cheap steelies for my XLT to mount the winter tires.

 

[FirstFord]

Because of the different compounds you have to all 4 when installing winter rated tires. It's not like the old snow tires.

zactly! Not like in the 70's when you'd just put snows on the rear axle of your Camaro

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