Winter tire set up

[jstevens]

Pulse Wheels - P7Size 17X7.5
Bolt Pattern 5-114.3
Finish Black w/ Machined Face
Offset 40
Center Bore 73.1
Part Number 96 P777565B

Well, trying to narrow it down. Looking at the pulse p7 at belle tire matched up with some firestone winterforce tires.

Reviews look pretty good. Anyone know anything about them?

Well, so far I've found the above. Anyone tried them before or see any issue with the offset?

Oh, and here is the shoes:
Rear 235/65/17
Front 225/60/17

[jstevens]

Wow, 83 ****'in reviews. Amazing.

[blazen71]

i use Winterforce tires on my Ranger. For the price I feel they work pretty good. With the summer tires on I can't even move in snow. Hope that helps!

[jstevens]

Thanks. I'm leaning towards the winterforce as well. Price is fair at $618 OTD for 17" set up.

[ctrlraven]

I've used Winterforce M+S tires for the past 4 years. I run 235/70-16 (Front) and 255/70-16 (Rear) on a set of CVPI 16" steel wheels. They have deep tread and as long as ease on the gas from a dead stop I'm good to go. I opted for the wider/taller tire since it doesn't snow that much in Maryland and wanted plenty of contact width when roads were dry plus the taller tire sits the car up about an inch higher so I can get through deeper snow if need be.

[jstevens]

Thanks, I'm gonna run a 17" set up.

Looking to go with 235/65/17 rear and 225/60/17 for the front.

[jstevens]

I'm thinking of running a staggered set up for winter.

Do you with winter setups run staggered of the same size all around for winter?

Not sure if there is any handling difference or anything else I should be aware of.

[ctrlraven]

If you don't have traction control you can run the same size all around. If you do have traction control you will need a staggered setup to keep the traction control from kicking in more often than you would like. For a short time I had to run 235/50-18 all around and if I didn't turn the traction control off before starting to drive, half throttle or more and above 45 mph it would kick in.

[Yamaha]

Pulse Wheels - P7Size 17X7.5
Bolt Pattern 5-114.3
Finish Black w/ Machined Face
Offset 40
Center Bore 73.1
Part Number 96 P777565B

Well, trying to narrow it down. Looking at the pulse p7 at belle tire matched up with some firestone winterforce tires.

Reviews look pretty good. Anyone know anything about them?

Well, so far I've found the above. Anyone tried them before or see any issue with the offset?

Oh, and here is the shoes:
Rear 235/65/17
Front 225/60/17
May want to try the Pirelli Scorpions from their LT/SUV selection. H rated and a well rated tire. Just mounted 255/55/18 rear and 235/55/18 front. Yeah I know not stock sizes and ABS may go funky but they will handle ice and snow safely.