Slackbus

Canadian, $288 (front) each, $339 (rear) each.

genmaster

I go big or go home and with winter a pretty normal occurrence in my city I run blizzacks WS80 and so far they are performing very well.

computerwi

Excellent tires. Without a doubt, the stock Bridgestones are garbage. I might change them early just to get rid of them. Can't believe Lexus would put such crappy tires on the IS.

nonoie

Hi everybody, I'm new to the forum. Just a quick question about snow tires, I traded my 2010 IS 250 RWD for 2016 IS 300 AWD and I'm wondering if my set of snow tires for my previous car will fit the 2016 model?

SilvrBulet

They should if they're both stock. Pretty sure they're 17" for both. You can take a look at both tires and see if they're the same size. Not sure if the 2010 is a staggered setup though. Read the 3 numbers off your tires and see if they match on both cars. They're xxx/xx/xx.

sdiver68

Blizzak ws80 and they make a high pitched hum on the freeway. First time Ive ever had an issue with Blizzaks...going to take it in for alignment check.
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jeeper2269

I thought I found Nokians that were studded in 275/30/19 for the rear.

I would really ally feel better running studs in the winter, while I traveled over the Santiam pass once or twice a month. If possible. The continental extreme contacts did amazing last year, however, they are trashed now, in the front. Since the alignment and camber was off so much, two of them were trashed.

Any ideas?

I dont want to get a set of new wheels for winter. And I sold my stock wheels. The IS 350 f sport AWD is staggered.

This is limits my choice, obviously.

jeeper2269

I still can't find any studded tires for the rears.

275/30-19

these are all of the "winter tires" listed on tire rack.
Continental Ex

Michelin Pilot Super Sport

Hankook Ventus V12 EVO2

Toyo proxes T1R

General G-Max AS-03

Yokohama S.Drive

Bridgestone Potenza RE-11

Yokohama Advan Neova AD08

Sumitomo HTR Z III

Continental Extreme Contact

Firestone Firehawk Indy 500

Dunlop Direzza DZ102

Continental Contisportcontact 2

Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3%2b

Pirelli P Zero

Kumho Ecsta PS91

Pirelli P Zero Nero GT


IF ANYONE CAN FIND STUDDID TIRES, please let me know.

Answer

275 is way too wide for winter! You're literally gonna float on the snow... Why go that wide?

jeeper2269

because that's the size of my rear wheels

Answer

What are the specs of your front and back wheels?

Heck, it might come in cheaper to buy some 17" wheels and tires than going this wide! Tire performance would also be way better!

Answer

You can go 7 to 8 inches wide for the wheels. I'm running 17x7 +35 RWCs.

Htony

Ditto. I always put winter tires on one under sized rims. For my present RX Hybrid, it'll be 18" Taller rubber dig into deep snow better to get more traction.
Also keep in mind total diameter does not go off much from OEM set up to make sure speedo reading is within tolerance..

Lindenlea

Just hit a nasty pothole and had to change all 4 tires as the tread was quite worn, so wanted them to match. My indie could not get hold of 4 Michelin Alpins quickly which I had ,but spoke highly of the V905's which were just installed. They seem great, any one else running these? I have a square 18 inch setup for winter btw.

Viktimize

Only thing that beats Blizzaks WS models, is Nokian Hakkas. But for the price the Hakkas generally aren't worth the money. Personally I wouldn't spend money on anything other than those two.