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    Hey everyone, I was wondering what size tires to buy. Here's my situation. I have stock 155/80 12's on my car right now . I went to buy some studded snow tires today for the winter. Cannot find any 12" locally. However, I can get 13". I hit a few junkyards and rounded up 1 metro wheel and one Suzuki swift wheel. Now I need to know what size studded tire I can run on the front of my little festy. I'm not too concerned if the front sets higher due to the 12" on the back. Also does $109.00 sound like a lot for the studded 13's? They were name brand but I can't remember which one. Anyone chime in if you think just putting two studded tires on is dangerous. Never ran them before but i gotta try something. Thanks in advance, you guys are lifesavers.

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    Dont just put them on the front. You WILL get passed by the back end of the car.
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    • #3
      I definitely don't want that. I guess I'll have to track down 2 more rims. What size tire should I get with stock suspension.

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      • #4
        I have 175/70r13 currently. Springs are cut

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        • #5
          Firestone Winterforce tires are excellent winter tires and fairly cheap. I have 155/80/13's and they come in 175/70/13 too. 4 tires are better than 2 but don't drive like an idiot and it will be fine.
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          • #6
            One time on Monster Garage they studded plain summer tires by driving screws into the tread from the outside. Then they slimed the tires. It held up fine for the episode. Not sure about durability. Really broadens the choices, though. lol

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            • #7
              Originally posted by zoom zoom View Post
              Firestone Winterforce tires are excellent winter tires and fairly cheap. I have 155/80/13's and they come in 175/70/13 too. 4 tires are better than 2 but don't drive like an idiot and it will be fine.
              Agree, if the rear tires have decent read. Also put some weight in the back, like 150 lbs or so, to aid traction.
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              • #8
                Traction on front and not on rear means a really big chance to swap ends. I would go with four. But why go with studs? A lot of tests have shown that decent modern winter rubber tires are almost as good as studded tires on ice, are better on snow, and way better on wet pavement. What winter conditions are you driving in, you don't give a location? Unless your winter roads are always covered in snow, and even here in Alberta they are not, then studs will loose you traction on wet or cold pavement.
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                • #9
                  I agree with Icedawg's comments. I'd also say that just putting extra weight in the back with winter tires just on the front would be counter productive, I think it would just make the chance for the back end coming around even more likely. Studded tires make a lot of noise on dry pavement too. If there's an up side, night time tire spinning can create quite a spark show
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                  • #10
                    Unless you're an ice racer I don't see anyone having a need for studded tires anymore, unless it is a way to avoid buying bona fide snow tires. The technology is leaps and bounds better than it was 40 years ago. Good tires (with the snow flake emblem) with lots of tread left will give you amazing traction and Festys are light and high enough off the ground to go darn near anywhere.

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                    • #11
                      A few winters back I bought 4 Firestone Winterforce tires (P155 80R 13) and had studs installed at purchase.

                      Yup, pretty noisey on dry pavement but wonderful on ice covered roads. Around here pavement is about 30% of the roads surfaces and the dirt roads can be solid ice so the studs do a great job of giving needed grip.

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                      • #12
                        Studded tires were legalized in Ontario/Quebec for a very short period in the late 60s early 70s. Wear on the roads and highways within one winter season (concrete surfaces, especially, which were entirely ruined) saw a rescinding of that law. Net benefit safety and driving-wise was so low as to be statistically zero. Pure ice (rarely happens when methodical sand and salt spreaders beat you to it) is not a common thing and loose snow and packed snow are wonderfully well handled by modern soft rubber compound specific tread tires.

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                        • #13
                          other than maybe in remote parts of alaska, i agree that studded tires can cause more perils than they avoid. unless they come up with retractable studs, and even that won't solve driver complacency, i'd stick with the best dedicated snow tires you can afford. 4 of them.

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                          • #14
                            We have studs in Oregon but the biggest problem is delivery trucks chained up on dry pavement. There might be an unplowed street they could encounter. Brand new pavement on some streets is heavily damaged the first winter.
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                            • #15
                              If you're still looking for winter 12"-ers, I have three I'm selling. All are 155/80-12 radials, two are brand new/never mounted and one is currently mounted, but doesn't look like it saw much, or any, use. PM me here if you're interested. They're all set up for studding, but haven't been done yet.

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