Wondering who runs snow tires and all the details. I think I'm set on bridgestone blizzak or.

​nokian Hakkapeliitta..... Not sure which size steel wheel i want to go with for the 2018, I have the 16 sport wheels I'm guessing g 14 or 15 inch steelies

 

Both seems to be good choices!
I would also consider the Toyo GSi-5.

For the wheels, you can also find cheap alloy wheels from older Civics, Integras, Fits, etc. that you can use as winter wheels. Could possibly be cheaper than buying steelies.

 

I liked Blizzak's, but as they wear once you go through the unicorn rubber they stop working well. I'd go with the Hakka's. I had a set of Hakka's on my MINI & they were the best snow tire I had ever used.

My wife's MINI has Blizzak WS70's, they worked well for the first 3 winters, but as we wore past the special compound after 3 winters they became very marginal. I scored a set of Michelin IceX snows on MINI wheels from a friend that sold his MINI. I'm hoping those will work better than the worn Blizzak's. I'll find out this winter.

I'd go with either 15" or 16", 14" tires limit your choices of tires available.

 

Thanks that's some good Insight I'm coming up on 20000 on the factory POS tires but I'm definitely going to switch out a steel or whatever I could find cheap enough 14 or 15 in and another couple months I laughed at that unicorn rubber good one

 

Any snow tire is going to be worlds better than an all season tire. You will be amazed at the difference they make.

 

I somewhat agree. Yes, any snow tire is better than the best all season. I've had Blizzak, Nokian, Hankook IPike and the latest are General Altimax. I can say the Nokian are hands down the best snow tire I've ever used. I put my used Blizzak on my sons car and purchased new General Alitmax. In my unscientific seat of the pants subjective side by side comparison, I believe my Fit goes through the snow better with the worn to 5/32-6/32" Blizzak than the new Alitimax. I remember the IPike being better. I was buying based on cost and went with the "any" snow tire is better than an all season. In retrospect I wished I would have spent the $60 more and purchased the IPike. I was happy with those for the cost.

 

on my GK i run the WS80 (?) the latest blizzaks and its really only marginally better than the stock tires.. i was amazed how bad it sucked vs like the older WS40 (was it?) and the LM60's i had on my RWD car. those were really good and bit into snow and ice well.

 

I think mine are WS70 blizzaks, but they're fantastic despite being on the old side by now. Haven't tried any other brands, though.

 

I'm tempted to go with whatever tire rack has that will fit a 14 inch wheel. one of their warehouses is right nearby. priced out a few sets for around 500, new tires and wheels

 

Absolutely. Better to buy a budget snow tire (Altimax Arctics are great for the price) than try to get through a rough winter on all-seasons.

One caveat: I had Nokian WRG3s on a car, which Nokian defines as "all-weather" (not all-season), and they were snow-rated (had the little snowflake logo) but didn't seem to get eaten up as badly as most snows would in warm weather. If I recall correctly they did pretty well in snow/ice for being "all-weather" tires.

 

Appreciate the advice I'm driving above 10000 feet every night so even if it's decent weather at the office I end up going through pretty treacherous Terrain

 

That is exactly what I did. A set of 14" steelies and Michelin Xi3s. Picked them up at my local TireRack distribution center. The extra sidewall is nice in the winter as potholes open up.

Edit: FWIW, I've had Blizzaks, multiple sets of Michelin winter tires, and Nokian Hakkapeliitas. I'll keep coming back to the Michelins and Nokians. The Michelins are almost as good as the Nokians but are a good bit cheaper as they often run rebates when winter tire season approaches.
Also, get studdless rather than studdable unless you're actually going to use studs.

 

Every other all-season tire would do better than factory stock. New Fits that I have seen come with a Firestone tire that gets dismal reviews on Tirerack.com. I had Dunlop SP31's and they were dangerous even in rain when new, not to mention snow. Many all-season tires do ok, as long as not worn beyond 5/32", the California legal limit for a snow tire.

I dont run the Fit in snow enough to use dedicated winter tires, since we use the 4x4 pickup in snow and ice conditions. General Grabber Arctic LT's are run all year on it with no ill effects in summer.

 

found some 185 60 r 15 hakkapeellitta r2. yeah the factory tires are crap in the rain

 

 

Seeing a lot more spam lingering around here, think mods are less attentive lately.

 

Makes sense