***GREAT LAKES General Discussion Thread***

[Hecz]

For those who celebrate,

anyone have their Christmas tree up yet?

I bought a 6' Canadian Fir yesterday at Target. My gf decorated it really nice!

 

[hooked_on4]

^^ I'm getting mien outta storage soon i think

well, i talked to luke at tire rack (dude's a f'n tire expert) and he recommended the x-ice due to the huge amounts of lake effect snow that i need to drive through every week. it's swamped at tirerack right now. not looking forward to sitting in their lobby for a couple of hours :\

Yeah Luke is the s**t,

He has a black 911 there,

BTW you should order yours online so you don't have to wait...

 

[anfrey]

^^ I'm getting mien outta storage soon i think



Yeah Luke is the s**t,

He has a black 911 there,

BTW you should order yours online so you don't have to wait...

i couldn't order for local pickup online. it's okay, luke already put my order in and all. they are super swamped though, as in lots of ppl getting new tires fitted, so i'd still have to queue up, even if my order's already in the system. they won't do any actual processing until i show up at the front desk, i don't think...

 

[Hecz]

are your guy's winter tire size the same as your non winter tires?

do you guys go with a bigget contact patch and bigger sidewall?

 

[hooked_on4]

i couldn't order for local pickup online. it's okay, luke already put my order in and all. they are super swamped though, as in lots of ppl getting new tires fitted, so i'd still have to queue up, even if my order's already in the system.

ahh i see, well glad you're gettin em man you need em!

you need to make a winter trip over here so we can do some parking lot drifting

 

[Alberto521]

Am I invited?

 

[anfrey]

are your guy's winter tire size the same as your non winter tires?

do you guys go with a bigget contact patch and bigger sidewall?

a little extra sidewall doesn't hurt, but i'm getting mine in the same size as oem.

ugh, $715.76 w/ steelies (tax incl.)

ahh i see, well glad you're gettin em man you need em!

you need to make a winter trip over here so we can do some parking lot drifting

yeah i definitely need em. the fuzions on the car are on their way out now. my suspension geometry is being affected!! and yeah, i miss chicago

 

[hooked_on4]

a little extra sidewall doesn't hurt, but i'm getting mine in the same size as oem.

ugh, $715.76 w/ steelies (tax incl.)

yeah i definitely need em. the fuzions on the car are on their way out now. my suspension geometry is being affected!! and yeah, i miss chicago

Anfrey, if you're gettting stealies why not go -1 w/smaller width? it'll likely save you $ and will be better in the snow...

 

[Hecz]

a little extra sidewall doesn't hurt, but i'm getting mine in the same size as oem.

ugh, $715.76 w/ steelies (tax incl.)

yeah i definitely need em. the fuzions on the car are on their way out now. my suspension geometry is being affected!! and yeah, i miss chicago

gotcha. your getting steelies too? cool!

 

[Hecz]

Anfrey, if you're gettting stealies why not go -1 w/smaller width? it'll likely save you $ and will be better in the snow...

i know it'll save money, but wouldn't you want a bigger contact patch?

 

[somejaykid]

morning peeps just woke up and look out the window and saw snow in cars fawk
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so last night one of my head light bulbs burn out on me fawk, but i guess i can upgrade now so any recommedation peeps

 

[Hecz]

morning peeps just woke up and look out the window and saw snow in cars fawk
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so last night one of my head light bulbs burn out on me fawk, but i guess i can upgrade now so any recommedation peeps

oem replacement unless you want to do something fancy.

 

[Bheims]

Anfrey, if you're gettting stealies why not go -1 w/smaller width? it'll likely save you $ and will be better in the snow...

x2

The differences between winter tires are not as extreme as some make it to be. The differences between snow tires are subtle. I'll be using Nitto NTs which arent the most expensive but they'll def do the trick...bridgestone blizzaks over michelin X-ice, hankook ice bear over pirelli scorpions,dunlop wintersports over nokian hakkas, its all gibberish imo

 

[hooked_on4]

i know it'll save money, but wouldn't you want a bigger contact patch?

no in snow the smaller the better

smaller contact patch = more of the cars weight psi to the road.

 

[Bheims]

i know it'll save money, but wouldn't you want a bigger contact patch?

narrow tires+soft, winter compound = slicing through the snow

 

[hooked_on4]

morning peeps just woke up and look out the window and saw snow in cars fawk
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so last night one of my head light bulbs burn out on me fawk, but i guess i can upgrade now so any recommedation peeps

OEM style?

 

[somejaykid]

i'm thinking a blueish color in mind like the one we saw at top speed shane, any thoughts about this?

 

[Hecz]

thank you thank you!

 

[Hecz]

i'm thinking a blueish color in mind like the one we saw at top speed shane, any thoughts about this?

I like white light!

 

[anfrey]

i thought about 15s, but they won't clear my brakes. as for narrower tires, i didn't really consider that

jay: blue = not as much visible spectrum. lights that light up the road well > lights that look cool