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Subaru Impreza Tire/Wheel Questions

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#28 of 114 Re: Tires for 2005 Impreza [once_for_all] by awright11

Dec 15, 2006 (8:49 am)

Replying to: once_for_all (Dec 14, 2006 10:47 am)
Well, John, the cleanest part of my car is my engine compartment. Everything I don't know what to do with including mail, drink cans, fast food wrappers, shoes, gets thrown in. I keep the back seat behind the driver's side folded down so I can just throw junk over my shoulder. I should be driving a clunker. Thanks to all of you who replied to my original inquiry. One thing and any of you can dispute. I believe that my P205/55R16's with the narrow sidewall can't take the beating my mom's Subaru with P185/70R14's can take. Both have run over curbs and my right front tire split out at the sidewall and they were fairly new tires. No road hazard on them. Yes, we drive over curbs once in a while.

#29 of 114 Re: Tires for 2005 Impreza [awright11] by ateixeira

Dec 15, 2006 (11:29 am)

Replying to: awright11 (Dec 15, 2006 8:33 am)
I'm half kidding. My wife's Legacy had low pressure on one of the front tires and I knew which one it was, but pressure was way low, 22psi IIRC.
 
You can feel it when one of them is that far under-inflated.
 
Some times you can even see it, the bottom of the tire looks wide.
 
-juice

#31 of 114 Winter Tires minus 2 sizing by ronboy303

Jan 27, 2008 (9:48 am)

I just bought a 2008 Impreza Outback Sport and was thinking of getting winter tires.Tire rack recommended 15" rims and tires. I was just worried the handling would suffer because of the
larger tire/rim ratio.As well as the TPMS will it reset itself if I don't get sensors on the new rims?
I don't mind the TPMS alarm on and don't want to pay 100 every time a swap out the tires
Thanks Ron

#32 of 114 Re: Winter Tires minus 2 sizing [ronboy303] by paisan

Jan 27, 2008 (10:11 am)

Replying to: ronboy303 (Jan 27, 2008 9:48 am)
You shouldn't be pushing the car if it's snowing out!
 
I have installed rims with the tirerack TPMS sensors in them, the computer reset itself after about 50 miles or so.
 
-mike
Motorsports and Modifications Host

#33 of 114 Re: Winter Tires minus 2 sizing [paisan] by ronboy303

Jan 27, 2008 (10:29 am)

Replying to: paisan (Jan 27, 2008 10:11 am)
I"ve been told that the new sensors have to programed by the dealer in order for the system to know they are there. So everytime you swap to back and forth It's
a $100 trip to dealer.200 a year.I was just going to live with the TPMS alarm on for winter.

#34 of 114 Re: Winter Tires minus 2 sizing [ronboy303] by paisan

Jan 27, 2008 (11:04 am)

Replying to: ronboy303 (Jan 27, 2008 10:29 am)
yeah put a piece of tape over the dash
 
-mike
Motorsports and Modifications Host

#35 of 114 Re: Winter Tires minus 2 sizing [paisan] by ronboy303

Jan 27, 2008 (12:58 pm)

Replying to: paisan (Jan 27, 2008 11:04 am)
So you are running minus 2 sizing? I was just concerned of handling because I live in Calgary and we get chinooks quite often so roads get dry in a hurry and then you get snow and ice next day.Tire suggested Blizzacks which I run on my mazda 626.

#36 of 114 Re: Winter Tires minus 2 sizing [ronboy303] by paisan

Jan 27, 2008 (1:04 pm)

Replying to: ronboy303 (Jan 27, 2008 12:58 pm)
I actually have stock size Nokians on my car that came with it. They are the smallest that will clear my brakes on my Legacy GT. I run 215-45-17 in the snows. My regular tires are 235-45-17s. I finally drove in snow with them a few weeks ago and they did well. I would probably replace with Blizzak WS50s or Pirelli Sottozeros next time around.
 
-mike
Motorsports and Modifications Host

#37 of 114 replacement WRX tires by ramone899

Jul 04, 2008 (7:44 am)

Hi everybody. I'm about ready to replace those crappy OEM tires on my 2004 WRX (not driving it much lately) and need to find a good all-season high performance alternative. I see Pirelli p Zero Nero and Yokohama es100 mentioned in this forum. How are these tires in light snow? Do they perform better on dry and/or wet roads than the OEMs? Any suggestions for other alternatives? i have a limited budget of about $100 per tire and thy have to be all-season. Thanks for any info.

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