I have decided to get winter tires this year after last years record snow fall that produced a few more grey hairs on my head from back end sliding out etc.
I have heard good things about Gislaved Nordfrost 5 for my 2007 CTS, does anyone have any recomendations on best place to get decent prices and should I be purchasing rims to go with the the winter tires?
I purchased a 4 tire/rim set of these with Nitrogen filling and delivered to my door for 1037$ taxes in. I am still waiting on delivery, but am not too concerned yet. This was for my 2009 Rogue SL AWD.
I have decided to get winter tires this year after last years record snow fall that produced a few more grey hairs on my head from back end sliding out etc.
I have heard good things about Gislaved Nordfrost 5 for my 2007 CTS, does anyone have any recomendations on best place to get decent prices and should I be purchasing rims to go with the the winter tires?
I have decided to get winter tires this year after last years record snow fall that produced a few more grey hairs on my head from back end sliding out etc.
I have heard good things about Gislaved Nordfrost 5 for my 2007 CTS, does anyone have any recomendations on best place to get decent prices and should I be purchasing rims to go with the the winter tires?
I can't comment on what specific brand/model of winter tire is best for you, but I can tell you this.
You will most certainly require winter rims. It's too expensive (and hard on the actual tire itself) to continually mount and dismount the rubber to your summer rims every year. You'd have to have your tires balanced each time. It's extremely rare to see winter tires mounted to summer rims. Winter rims might be ugly, but they are inexpensive.
Secondly, some winter tires are designed specifically to handle ice, and some are designed to perform in deep snow, depending on your geographical location. Someone in downtown Toronto should be more concerned with ice as opposed to high volumes of snow. Likewise, someone in a snowbelt region should be looking for deep snow characteristics.
There are also "hybrid" models available. They are designed to handle a combination of both ice and deep snow.
