mkelebay
11-23-2016, 02:37 AM
So winter has arrived, its cold as hell and unfortunately I have to drive my 2013 mustang GT(with brembos) during it. Trying to buy tires right now, and trying to save the most money which I can. Getting either blizzak ws80 or michelin x ice 3s, but the issue is the wheels. Right now I have my summer tires and wheels mounted together, i'd like to keep it that way to avoid having to change tires on the wheels twice a year. The car has brembos on it right now, but originally had stock brakes. I also have the stock 18 inch wheels which came with 235 width tires. As far as I understand steel wheels won't fit over the brembos no matter what, so sadly thats out of the question.
So my options are,
1. Say screw it and throw some 19 inch tires on my current wheels, which would get salty and costs money installing and uninstalling every season, but tough it out.
2. Try and find some brembo wheels, which i haven't had any luck so far, cheapest i've found was 800 bucks, which seems like a lot to me, but maybe not a bad option?
3. I emailed one guy on kijiji and he told me the brembos CAN fit 18s, but the issue is the offset, he wasn't quite sure, but he thought that the issue with brembos fitting on 18s was the offset. Could I install spacers on my mustang and fit the stock 18s over brembos? Will that work? I'm doing mostly highway driving, not sure if that has an effect on it at all or not.
Lastly I've been looking at snow tires, and am settled between the blizzak ws80s and the michelin x ice 3s, what are your opinions and experiences with the tires, differences and advantages of each?
Thanks for any and all responses.
So my options are,
1. Say screw it and throw some 19 inch tires on my current wheels, which would get salty and costs money installing and uninstalling every season, but tough it out.
2. Try and find some brembo wheels, which i haven't had any luck so far, cheapest i've found was 800 bucks, which seems like a lot to me, but maybe not a bad option?
3. I emailed one guy on kijiji and he told me the brembos CAN fit 18s, but the issue is the offset, he wasn't quite sure, but he thought that the issue with brembos fitting on 18s was the offset. Could I install spacers on my mustang and fit the stock 18s over brembos? Will that work? I'm doing mostly highway driving, not sure if that has an effect on it at all or not.
Lastly I've been looking at snow tires, and am settled between the blizzak ws80s and the michelin x ice 3s, what are your opinions and experiences with the tires, differences and advantages of each?
Thanks for any and all responses.