Winter tire suggestions?

jonyorker · Oct 31, 2018

ThunderGhost said:
for my 2018 SRT I ordered new 20" x 9" black Jeep SRT rims from stockwheelsolutions.com they are wonderful to deal with and shipped one wheel to test fit first. It clears the Brembos by just a 1/4". A piece of a corrugated box fits between rim and brakes. A spacer would do better but my tire dealer says they will be fine. I then added Nokian Hakapillita SUV R3 studless snow tires. Tires cost about $1000 mounted and balanced with TPMS sensors. Rims cost about $850.00 with shipping.
I've used 2 sets of Nokians on an Expedition for 11 years NY to Canada and back in horrible weather with good results.

Damn, I was told there was no way to reliably fit smaller width rims for the DDSRT for winter which is why I went the RT route

frictioncircle · Nov 1, 2018

Tire rack has 5 wheels that fit for a winter package.

jonyorker · Nov 1, 2018

Yeah, I was hoping for a 18" 265 ish in width for better snow/lower price. That's what I was told wouldn't fit

frictioncircle · Nov 1, 2018

with the big srt brakes you need a 20 inch wheel with a high pad.

liberca · Nov 1, 2018

I emailed with Corey at Stock Wheel Solutions, which was mentioned earlier in the thread. Their email: stockwheelsolutions@hotmail.com

Corey said that any of their Grand Cherokee wheels should work, and their most popular is their spider monkey style: https://stockwheelsolutions.com/whe...rango-srt8-srt-2005-2013-wheels-rims-gloss-black-set-of-4-20x10-hollander-9113/

That's $685, plus $125 shipping, or $810 total. Does anyone else have any favorite (maybe slightly cheaper?) wheel suppliers for a set to be used with winter/snow tires?

jonyorker · Nov 2, 2018

frictioncircle said:
with the big srt brakes you need a 20 inch wheel with a high pad.

Out of curiosity, what is the spare tire size?

frictioncircle · Nov 2, 2018

It is a full size but I didn't order it because it is an option and we get runflats.

EKennett · Nov 2, 2018

ngcanada said:
I just bought and mounted Nokian. I had them on another vehicle and they are the best tires for winter hands down. I went with a 275/50/20 on the factory wheel.

Same. I had Nokian’s on my supercharged Grand Prix and ng was an animal in the snow. I just put Nokian WR G3’s on my Durango.

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frictioncircle · Nov 3, 2018

so far more NVH from the snows and of course less dry grip.

mikepgh · Nov 4, 2018

Hard to do better than Nokians or Blizzak DM-V2s. Your SRT will be equivalent to tank in the snow. Back in the day I had the original DM-V1s on a 2009 SRT8 Jeep and once clocked a 5.9 sec 0-60 starting in 6" of fresh powder.

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frictioncircle · Nov 24, 2018

here is the winter package from the rack scorpian tires in the 275 width

CaptMoe · Nov 24, 2018

frictioncircle said:
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here is the winter package from the rack scorpian tires in the 275 width

Love me some Octane Red...:thumbsup:

frictioncircle · Nov 24, 2018

thanks...yea when it's clean and in the sun it really has some nice metal flake....

CaptMoe · Nov 25, 2018

frictioncircle said:
thanks...yea when it's clean and in the sun it really has some nice metal flake....

For me, it is the best looking color, hands down. It was rare to see another D in that color, let alone another SRT. But I'm starting to notice more of them on the road. Mostly GTs.

sox · Nov 25, 2018

305/40/20 Continental ContiWinterContact TS 830P

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frictioncircle · Nov 25, 2018

wow those are some wide snows:bugeyed:

sox · Nov 25, 2018

frictioncircle said:
wow those are some wide snows:bugeyed:

not realy e big diffrent to the factory with 295

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frictioncircle · Nov 25, 2018

here in the US the average winter tire size is 275/50...for srt

Kevtt · Nov 26, 2018

So I got the Toyo winter tires 265 50 R20. With set of 20*9 rims.

Rockford622 · Nov 30, 2018

Just got my set of winter tires and rims installed tonight (did it myself). Bought the rims through Discount Tire and had them mount and balance my winter Blizzaks from my previous Durango onto them. Just in case anyone is wondering, the stock Pirelli All Season tires with the 10 spoke SRT rims weigh 81.0 lbs!! The Blizzaks with the Grand Cherokee SRT replica rims weigh 71.4 lbs, so a decent weight savings.

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