Wheels for 'Winter Tyres' VXR8

[stevemj]

After more than a few slippery moments over the winter so far, I am thinking about getting a set of winter tyres for next year.

What size could (should!) I fit and where could I get some reasonably priced wheels to swop over to for the winter?

I've never done this before, but I have only one car, the VXR8 and would like to be in more control next winter. I've driven on winter tyres when I've hired a car for skiing and been impressed.

Any advice appreciated :-)

Steve

[bennno]

You won't find winter tyres in the 20” size / profile.

Bennno

[stevemj]

The VXR8 has 19" as standard and these are advertised: http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl

But for the winter a higher profile tyre could be fitted, 15" or 16" (maybe?!). With my limited understanding wouldn't a wheel with the same PCD and offset fit and a tyre be bought to suit with the same outer diameter? The only risk may be that there will be more tyre wall flexing.

S

[ARAF]

stevemj said:

The VXR8 has 19" as standard and these are advertised: http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?details=Orde...

But for the winter a higher profile tyre could be fitted, 15" or 16" (maybe?!). With my limited understanding wouldn't a wheel with the same PCD and offset fit and a tyre be bought to suit with the same outer diameter? The only risk may be that there will be more tyre wall flexing.

S

I think that the problem with fitting smaller than 19" is that they won't go over the discs and calipers.

Frankly, speak to those who have already done it. I'm sure there's a couple of Germany based cars on here or VXRo and the owners should be able to tell you what they do.

[Magic919]

It's says in the book, don't use winter tyres. I wouldn't fit them because of that.

[ARAF]

Magic919 said:

It's says in the book, don't use winter tyres. I wouldn't fit them because of that.

I would rather use winter tyres in moderation than get stuck. I think Vauxhalls lawyers are running scared as the car has never been officially tested for use with winter tyres.

[monkfish1]

ARAF said:

stevemj said:

The VXR8 has 19" as standard and these are advertised: http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl

But for the winter a higher profile tyre could be fitted, 15" or 16" (maybe?!). With my limited understanding wouldn't a wheel with the same PCD and offset fit and a tyre be bought to suit with the same outer diameter? The only risk may be that there will be more tyre wall flexing.

S

I think that the problem with fitting smaller than 19" is that they won't go over the discs and calipers.

Frankly, speak to those who have already done it. I'm sure there's a couple of Germany based cars on here or VXRo and the owners should be able to tell you what they do.

Indeed. Cant see anything smaller than an 18 going over the calipers, probably a 19 in fact.

[ARAF]

I'd love to try an 18 on mine, as I reckon they'd be better on track. However, if an 18" rim fitted, I would think that they would use an 18 for the spare.

[r-kid]

These are the only ones I've seen, not cheap though. Though they are now £100 cheaper than 2 months ago.

Rears:
http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?details=Orde...

I ended up buying some snowsocks, but because they don't size for the VXR8 I had to guess the size. The ones I got are teeny wee bit loose. So they will get you out along ungritted roads but your limited to 15mph max. I actually used these on my holiday in scotland a couple of weeks ago & the difference they made was like night & day.

[scarebus]

HOW MUCH????? £259.80 each? + Rims + Fitting + mess about factor????
Wouldnt it be cheaper to rent a hire car for the days it does snow and have peace of mind that your car is tucked up nicely on the drive?

[Crazyhouse]

stevemj said:

After more than a few slippery moments over the winter so far, I am thinking about getting a set of winter tyres for next year.

What size could (should!) I fit and where could I get some reasonably priced wheels to swop over to for the winter?

I've never done this before, but I have only one car, the VXR8 and would like to be in more control next winter. I've driven on winter tyres when I've hired a car for skiing and been impressed.

Any advice appreciated :-)

Steve

I found out the VXR8 was not good in snow when I got stuck in my works car park which is laser level flat, so went out and bought a fiesta for £900. Now the VXR8 is my weekend toy and I use the fiesta during the week and for moving lots of crap around.

But if you are still interested I have a spare set of wheels, but am up in Bradford.

[DaveVXR]

Looked into some for the Monaro.

http://tyremen.myshopify.com/collections/winter-ty...

In the end I just used the Polo instead as a full set for that was only £100. And I don't care about stuffing that in a ditch or getting hit by someone else.

[mv6]

Sorry for the ambush,but will 17inch Omega alloys fit on a 6.0 VXR Monaro? I am getting my 19s redone in the next month or so and I have several spare sets of Omega wheels in my garage! If someone knows the answer,it will save me jacking the car up and farting about! Thanks.

[ARAF]

Snowwolf borrowed a set of 17" BMW wheels from me, for his small boot CV8, while the wheels were being sorted.

Hope that helps.

[Andy Sargeant]

Take a look at Vredestein, maybe the Wintrac 4 Xtreme, can't remember the sizes
Andy.

[Well_Fans]

mv6 said:

Sorry for the ambush,but will 17inch Omega alloys fit on a 6.0 VXR Monaro? I am getting my 19s redone in the next month or so and I have several spare sets of Omega wheels in my garage! If someone knows the answer,it will save me jacking the car up and farting about! Thanks.

got a couple of spare 18" cv8 wheels,can let you borrow them for a couple of weeks if you can find a couple more from the rest of the guys up here...