Winter wheels and tyres recs

[anonymous-user]

Hi everyone,

I have the corsas on my db9 with 20” rims, and thoughts have turned to winter wheels. Am I best having winter tyres fitted and removed each season, or going with a full set of rims (maybe 19” would be better) with a winter tyre, so I can change the wheels over myself when I want to?

What has everyone been doing and what recommendations are there for winter wheels? I keep looking for alloys but the only options I can find are new AM sourced silly money ones or refurbs on ebay. I am not very confident going with anything else in case of fitting issues, or is it not a problem?

[V8V Pete]

I find the AML recommended Pirelli Sottozero winters excellent and they fit on all the 19" wheels I think. There's a set of the below Vantage S wheels lying around at BR waiting for a new owner if you're interested. I can vouch for the fact they are true because they're mine. I used to swap tyres over on one set of rims but it's much easier with two sets and less risk of damage.

[anonymous-user]

Thanks pete. Will those wheels go straight on to the db9? I will drop mike an email.

[wtdoom]

Michelin pilot alpin

[V8V Pete]

soofsayer said:

Thanks pete. Will those wheels go straight on to the db9? I will drop mike an email.

I would have thought so because they go over the 6 pot calipers on the Vantage S. I'm quite sure Mike will be able to advise.

[V8V Pete]

wtdoom said:

Michelin pilot alpin

Never tried them. In what way are they better than the Pirellis? Better in snow, better in cold/wet or better in cold/dry which I think is the only real weakness of the Pirellis?

[anonymous-user]

soofsayer said:

Thanks pete. Will those wheels go straight on to the db9? I will drop mike an email.

So, I am no further along with this

No reply from mike to date on whether the wheels would fit my car so I am back to square one on this.

Does anybody know, or can point me at the info point for, the wheel specifications for the db9.2 (i.e. all the offset, spacing info etc) so I can source some third party wheels?

Thanks in advance.

[Big Ry]

soofsayer said:

So, I am no further along with this

No reply from mike to date on whether the wheels would fit my car so I am back to square one on this.

Does anybody know, or can point me at the info point for, the wheel specifications for the db9.2 (i.e. all the offset, spacing info etc) so I can source some third party wheels?

Thanks in advance.

I "think" that the winter wheels for a DB9 are 20" where as for a Vantage they're 19".

When you say source third party, you mean mean non-AML I assume ?

[anonymous-user]

Big Ry said:

I "think" that the winter wheels for a DB9 are 20" where as for a Vantage they're 19".

When you say source third party, you mean mean non-AML I assume ?

Thanks.

Yes, I am considering non AML for winter wheels mainly due to the prices. One of my existing wheels new is £1600 from AM. Spending up to £6.4k on spare/winter rims, plus tyres I would hope gives me a few choices outside of the AM option.