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Snow tire setup F/S

6K views 19 replies 6 participants last post by  yticolev 
#1 ·
Hello all...I am relocating Cleveland Ohio to Jackson Mississippi in 3 1/2 weeks.
Won't need these any longer lol

This is the winter set up I started using last year on my 2017 KIA Niro.

FOUR WHEELS - FOUR TIRES - SENSORS INCLUDED

Wheels: Original factory polished OEM KIA 16" rims: 114.3 x 5 and 45mm offset.
Near mint condition.
Includes factory pressure sensors.
Brenthon center caps.

OEM tires that came with them sold last summer.
Tires: Michelin X-Ice Green Low Rolling Resistance snow tires.
These tires are guaranteed to maintain the 45-55 MPG the Niro normally gets on the factory summer tires.
Used one winter - roughly 8,000 miles.

Be ready for next winter, these really make the Niro HOOK and STOP on a dime.
 

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#7 ·
Please buy them! It will save me from making an insulting offer. Very fair price as is though. New tires mounted/balanced would be $500 and these are only 20% worn. So the rims are basically free (or the tires are free depending on how you like to look at it). Pressure sensors worth another $50 to $100.
 
#13 ·
I used to believe that too. I never ran winter tires until around 2006 during a heavy winter in the inland northwest. A lot of roads didn't get plowed and the packed snow turned to an ice-like ice.
I got a set of Bridgestone REVO1 (the best winter tires I've ever had) and the difference was night and day. It was like having studs. Amazing.

I run BFG G-Force Comp2 A/S in my Soul now, they get a pretty decent winter rating. So I left them on at first snow last year just to see.
No, they are in no way comparable to my Bridgestone Blizzak WS80. No way.
 
#11 ·
I should have prefaced my situation. I drive...a lot! I had to ditch my WRX for something I never imagined. 185 miles a day runs its toll on the wallet.
Most people don't have that much daily dash time. And as much as I enjoy the Niro, its sketchy driving aggressively in 4 to 6 inches of snow with wrong wheel drive for 90 mile spurts.
Ohio is terribly unpredictable.

And yes...I sold my WXR in world rally blue for a woman.
I now have NEITHER in lieu of a Niro???

So buy my wheel package ?
 
#12 ·
I wish I could buy this, it's a really great deal!


I used to have a WRX too, fun cars :) I got my Niro under similar circumstances, my long commutes were costing me a fortune in my Audi. Needed something practical, albeit definitely not the kind of car I would typically buy. I kept the Audi but I haven't really driven it much in the last 9 months since I got the Niro.
 
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