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so is it weird that i picked up a set of 19" wheels for the winter?

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Old 10-04-2007, 04:11 PM
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I am down to 4 set of wheels now. Winter (18"), Summer (18"), Track (17") and inbetween season (17")
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umm, potholes?
Old 10-05-2007, 04:25 AM
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Default I had a bad experience with 18" wheels and the 235-40 Contis I had, wide tires tend to "ride" over

snow and not cut through.
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the 19's will raise the car up
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Default So you plan to run bigger diameter tires too? The wheel size won't do it.

When you go with larger wheels, you normally use a tire with less sidewall percentage to match the rolling diameter.

example.. 235/40/18 = 235/35/19
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I run 18's with winter tires and no problems so 19s are a little extra, Pirelli SnowSports FTW
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