Hi hi,

I just bought the 2010 Fit Sport and I absolutely love it. I live in Ottawa, Ontario so the upcoming winter has me now looking for winter snow tires. I need all the help I can get. Some of my friends think I should stick with a 16" size while others 15" so I'm not too sure which way to go. Some one forwarded me this quote but I was advised that the rims shouldn't be that expensive...

Tire Trends in Vancouver
Your quote with steel rims:
Winter tire size 175/65/R15 - 2010 Honda Fit
Continental WinterContact TS810 S - $88.95 ea
Steel Rims - $67.95 ea (Currently on order - arrival mid to late September)
Package price [mounted, balanced, nitrogen inflated] $795.07
The Continental purchase qualifies for prepaid giftcard promo: $65 mail-in rebate for Petro-Canada

Any help would be FANTASTIC. I don't want to hemorrhage money or get the wrong tires if I don't have to...

 

15's will be cheaper, but just be careful of overall diameter of your wheel and how that will throw off your speed. You can find out the difference through this calculator:

Tire size calculator

You might want to consider the General Altimax winter tires (forget the full name) from Canadian tire....there might still be a sale on those and they're rated #2 by consumer reports for best winter tires. They're also quite affordable! The steelies might be cheaper from Canadian tire too, but double check the offset just to be sure it's nothing outrageous like +30mm or something (stock rims are +53mm I think?)

 

I have these 15s I ran last year with 185/65. Worked well and nice ride.

In the pic the wheel is just sitting there as I just painted it TW.

I got my wheels from Honda. I had priced at Crappy Tire but they were rather unsure if their's would fit.

 

Did it cost more to buy through Honda? To be honest, I didn't even know you could buy through them

 

Doubtful. you'll likely be paying 2x the price of a tire dealer.

Last time I checked, honda OEM was $110 US and tirerack.com this year has 15" for $49 US each Even with the $90+ charge to ship here, with no tax, it comes in more than $30 less/wheel and the tires are cheaper as well. Plus you get free mounting and balancing (which your dealer may or may not do - they also may not stock the tire you want).

Check your local Junkyards for 15" wheels in a 4x100 pattern. Integra, Civic last Gen Acura CSX or most any EL. (you can probably get $35-$45 CAD /wheel)

~SB

 

Yes It does cost more. I paid $367. Another $590 for the tires mounted balanced and nitrogened from a tire dealer. Wal-Mart had some tires that likely would have worked just as well. I usually only do city driving and not when conditions are real bad.

Hey I am from Ottawa sort of. Was born there then moved south to Cardinal on the St Lawrence and then worked in Ottawa in the 60s. We were there visiting in May ans stayed at the Chimo. View from window was the backlot of Honda dealer - lol. I used t o live in that area of Ottawa on Ave S and on Donald st.

bill

 

this all helps! Thanks so much =)

Not too sure what kind of a winter we're going to have this year in Ottawa but I've been here long enough to live through an ice storm winter, way too much snow winter and freeze my buttox off winter. I wanna be prepared!

From what I've read on the forums, it would seem that the Fit handles decent *crosses fingers* It's so exciting seeing more and more Fits on the road!

 

FWIW: I found (4) 14" Civic 4x100 steelies on Craigslist for $100.... slapped on 175/70/14 Yokohama iceGuards from discount tire and the Fit was more-than acceptable in Upstate NY winter driving last year...

Learned my lesson in Winter of '08-09 when I stuffed my new fit into a curb cheaping out with the all-season Dunlops (which were clearly and absolutely dangerous in the snow)... cost me $1200 OOP to cure the front suspension