New Winter Tires MS3

[colin1098]

I installed my new winter tire/wheel setup on my MS3 and it looks good. I went with Pirelli Sottozero's and 18" rial rims from Tirerack.com. The offset was 7mm different but they fit perfectly and do not rub or touch anywhere. The rims are too nice for winter driving here! Oh well they didn't cost much more than if I bought steels locally. I'd use Tirerack any day. It took 2 weeks to Canada which is pretty fast. Now I am going to install front and rear mud flaps. I will keep you guys posted if it works because I haven't seen anyone with some yet. It will be a custom job!

 

[Dream]

Look nice, but why spend $$$$ to get 18" snow wheels and tires?

 

[LaraS]

I installed my new winter tire/wheel setup on my MS3 and it looks good. I went with Pirelli Sottozero's and 18" rial rims from Tirerack.com. The offset was 7mm different but they fit perfectly and do not rub or touch anywhere. The rims are too nice for winter driving here! Oh well they didn't cost much more than if I bought steels locally. I'd use Tirerack any day. It took 2 weeks to Canada which is pretty fast. Now I am going to install front and rear mud flaps. I will keep you guys posted if it works because I haven't seen anyone with some yet. It will be a custom job!

Very nice, man. The mud flaps have been done before... there is a walkthrough on my home mazda forum.

 

[colin1098]

It wasn't easy finding 17" steels and snows around here so for a little more I bought these. Most snow tire stock were sold out now.
I'll probably transfer them over to my summer tires.
Thanks laraw, I will check it out.

 

[Dream]

Very nice, man. The mud flaps have been done before... there is a walkthrough on my home mazda forum.

Link?

 

[Derek88]

That may be the nicest winter setup I've seen yet! lol

It's nice to know a 46mm offset will work easily... but how wide are the wheels? And what size tires?

 

[LaraS]

Link?

It won't let me post it here as a link... so just take out all of the spaces.

http:// www. mazda 3 forums .com / index.php ? topic=99150.0

 

[colin1098]

The tires are 215/45/18 same as stock but the rim offset is 45mm instead of stock 52.5mm. I wanted performance winters because they will be on the car for 6 months of the year.
Thanks for the link to the mud flap install. I will post a pic when mine are done.

 

[Young Roids]

Those look hot. Although I will still keep my 16 inch winter setup for better performance in the snow and ice(yours will perform better in the dry cold though).