Steel Winter wheels

[Redleg94]

Steelies for winter? Any idea if these would fit a 22 GT1? WIll they fit over the brakes?

Rtx Steel Oe Style Wheel - 18x7 5x114.3 Black 40mm

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[MerlintheMad]

Oh, how ugly. Do you really want to not enjoy driving your car for months out of the year?

 

[Redleg94]

See, driving on black steelies in winter has a certain panache. Plus they're cheap

 

[danieltoombs]

Oh, how ugly. Do you really want to not enjoy driving your car for months out of the year?

Depending on where you live, having a set of winter wheels and tires is the only smart way to enjoy driving your car for months out of the year. I don’t know if those would fit, but I have a feeling the brembo’s would be too big. Let us know if you find out for sure.

 

[Redleg94]

Depending on where you live, having a set of winter wheels and tires is the only smart way to enjoy driving your car for months out of the year. I don’t know if those would fit, but I have a feeling the brembo’s would be too big. Let us know if you find out for sure.

CARiD has a similar set, but doesn't show them as compatible. They do show them as compatible with a 22 GT Line, but not the GT1.

 

[RedCal]

There is such a thing as steelies that fit over the Brembos.... there is a dealer east of Toronto that uses them in a winter tire package. .. however I don't know what the wheel or spec is

 

[RM7]

Yeah, steel wheels are an excellent way to do winter, no matter what anyone says. That said, it was an easy choice for me to use the OEM 18x8s for winter and get some nicer rims for summer. Something like that is my normal go-to, but I usually want a square setup with winters for ease of rotating and maximum life.

 

[Redleg94]

Yeah, steel wheels are an excellent way to do winter, no matter what anyone says. That said, it was an easy choice for me to use the OEM 18x8s for winter and get some nicer rims for summer. Something like that is my normal go-to, but I usually want a square setup with winters for ease of rotating and maximum life.

If I had a set of the OEM 18s,that is what I would do as well. However, with staggered 19 it gets a little harder to do. I do want something lighter for summer, but I also don't want to beat up the stock wheels too much during the winter.

I usually use "all weather" tires in the winter rather than a true winter with our normal winter weather. If I were to got hat route, then I'd have to look ar a true winter tire as I have yet to find an all weather in the right size for the fronts.

 

[trooperducky]

I would say that your best option is to use the OEM wheels for winter and buy a nice set of wheels and tires for the summer. If you have AWD my guess is it was optioned with A/S tires which would be a plus cause you can use those in winter till they wear out. A lot of it depends on the set up you currently have.

 

[Redleg94]

The car did come with Michelin Primacy A/S, so using them through the winter is certainly the cheapest option. I could probably get away with it this winter since I can probably get away with just not driving on those days that it snows. It is those days that it doesn't snow but is simply cold and wet that make me leery of keeping the A/S on during the winter. I could go the route of a performance winter tire, looking at the Vredestein Wintrac Pro, betting good reviews and seems to be closest to an "all weather" that you can get in the stock staggered set up.

 

[MerlintheMad]

The car did come with Michelin Primacy A/S, so using them through the winter is certainly the cheapest option. I could probably get away with it this winter since I can probably get away with just not driving on those days that it snows. It is those days that it doesn't snow but is simply cold and wet that make me leery of keeping the A/S on during the winter. I could go the route of a performance winter tire, looking at the Vredestein Wintrac Pro, betting good reviews and seems to be closest to an "all weather" that you can get in the stock staggered set up.

Would you like to try and explain to me the difference between "all weather" and all season"? Someone attempted that a while ago and I could not see a practical difference, if there is one (beyond nomenclature choices). Around here, during the winter I use the staggered OEM wheels with Nitto Motivo UHP A/S tires. Since our roads are 90% cleared and dry by the following day after a snow storm (very rare it is, that another storm will pile on and keep the road clearing crews at it longer than that), it just makes sense to run the tire that operates best in the most common winter conditions, and that is an A/S (or all weather?), in my humble opinion. Anyone lacking confidence in an A/S can, of course, go full winter/snow tires. Choice is a wonderful thing.

 

[Redleg94]

An "all weather" tire, such as the Michelin CrossClimate or the Nokian WR G4 is an all season tire, but the compound and tread pattern prioritize cold and wet performance over warm or dry. Generally these have the "3MPSF" symbol that true winter tires have. They don't do as well in snow and ice as true winters, but do markedly better than standard all seasons. For conditions like we have here, where it is frequently cold (close to or below freezing) AND wet, with some completely dry days, but still cold, the all weather's are a good compromise over the true winter tire which excel in snow and ice. In my experience they are MUCH better than standard all seasons. I do put dedicated summer tires on as soon as the temperatures are above 50 consistently, generally running my winter setup Thanksgiving to Easter.

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=125

 

[vipeboy2000]

Would you like to try and explain to me the difference between "all weather" and all season"? Someone attempted that a while ago and I could not see a practical difference, if there is one (beyond nomenclature choices). Around here, during the winter I use the staggered OEM wheels with Nitto Motivo UHP A/S tires. Since our roads are 90% cleared and dry by the following day after a snow storm (very rare it is, that another storm will pile on and keep the road clearing crews at it longer than that), it just makes sense to run the tire that operates best in the most common winter conditions, and that is an A/S (or all weather?), in my humble opinion. Anyone lacking confidence in an A/S can, of course, go full winter/snow tires. Choice is a wonderful thing.

@Redleg94 said it .. just to reiterate... an "all season" basically needs to not completely lose it's compliance and not turn to rocks in temps under a certain temp for it not to be super dangerous... they aren't necessarily "good" in snow, "all weather" tires have to actually be good in all weather. In testing i've seen those tires like the michelin cross climate 2's are quite close to true winter tires while maintaining high levels of grip in the heat and dry.. "all weather" tires are also generally really good in areas with lots of rain as well since they have lots of silica as part of the compound as well as better siping..

initially, the "all weather" tires were developed for europe since they also have a lot of rain and colder temps and didn't want to always have to switch out to summers or "3 season" tires as they call their all seasons. They are basically bringing over those tires to the states now as well.

 

[Redleg94]

@Redleg94 said it .. just to reiterate... an "all season" basically needs to not completely lose it's compliance and not turn to rocks in temps under a certain temp for it not to be super dangerous... they aren't necessarily "good" in snow, "all weather" tires have to actually be good in all weather. In testing i've seen those tires like the michelin cross climate 2's are quite close to true winter tires while maintaining high levels of grip in the heat and dry.. "all weather" tires are also generally really good in areas with lots of rain as well since they have lots of silica as part of the compound as well as better siping..

initially, the "all weather" tires were developed for europe since they also have a lot of rain and colder temps and didn't want to always have to switch out to summers or "3 season" tires as they call their all seasons. They are basically bringing over those tires to the states now as well.

I have used my all weather tires in the summer, but WOW, are they loud. Much louder than traditional all seasons. They do give up some of the warm weather performance that a UHP all season will provide , but make up for it with the better cold and wet performance.

That said, I'm thinking right now that I'll swap out the Primacy A/S that came on the car and put a set of Vredestein WinterTrac tires on for the winter, then come spring, get a lighter set of 19 inch wheels and either use the Primacies, get a set of Pilot S4s.

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Vredestein&tireModel=Wintrac+Pro&frontTire=24YR9WTPXL&rearTire=535YR9WTPXL&vehicleSearch=true&fromCompare1=yes&autoMake=Kia&autoYear=2022&autoModel=Stinger%20GT%20AWD&autoModClar=

 

[JSolo]

I would say that your best option is to use the OEM wheels for winter and buy a nice set of wheels and tires for the summer. If you have AWD my guess is it was optioned with A/S tires which would be a plus cause you can use those in winter till they wear out. A lot of it depends on the set up you currently have.

Sounds like the stock michelins all season are much better than the bridgestone all season. The latter (re-97 as02) came on my car. They sucked in the dry, terrible in the corners, reviews say they're not that great in the wet either, let alone snow. Fortunately was to flip 'em on CL for a few benjamins.

If I had to commute daily in the winter I'd probably go with the cheapest wheels I could get with proper winter tires. Fortunately, for now I don't. Snow events happen periodically here during winter. Usually cleaned up within a day, but if one has to travel during the snow event, things get dicey. Aside from that it's generally cold here with temps between 0 and freezing (F) during winter months, esp Jan and Feb.

We'll see how well the MS PS AS4 do this winter.

 

[D.J.]

There is such a thing as steelies that fit over the Brembos.... there is a dealer east of Toronto that uses them in a winter tire package. .. however I don't know what the wheel or spec is

I have them.

they are - - -

DTD model 851401

851401 Wheels

DTD 2009 - The real wheels specialist

dtd2009.ca

• Bolt Pattern: 5x114.3
• Size: 18x7.5 in.
• Finish: Black
• Offset: +42 mm
• Center Bore: 67.1 mm
• Load Rating: 2380 lb

Winter pot holes - I would rather damage these cheap steelies

 

[Redleg94]

I have them.

they are - - -

DTD model 851401

851401 Wheels

DTD 2009 - The real wheels specialist

dtd2009.ca

• Bolt Pattern: 5x114.3
• Size: 18x7.5 in.
• Finish: Black
• Offset: +42 mm
• Center Bore: 67.1 mm
• Load Rating: 2380 lb

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Winter pot holes - I would rather damage these cheap steelies
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Now to find a US distributor.

 

[Transmetal]

I'll be going with an 18x8 OEM from the G70 to give the car a different look this winter.

 

[trooperducky]

Ive run A/S my whole life in MN winters and never been an accident or anything. I would say stick with the stock wheels and tires till you can afford a nice summer set but that's just my two cents.

 

[RogueIV]

I just use 18" Sparco Terras in winter. They are durable, look better than steels and are pretty cheap.

Also, IMO All season should be called No seasons. Rather have the best compound and treadpattern for the season than some jack of all trades master of none all season tire.