Winter Tires and Wheels
Discussion
Always drive my car as much as possible through the winter and considering the option of winter tires on spare set of wheels.
Anyone else do the same and have rough estimate for initial outlay, not looking at fancy wheels just something to do the job. I'm running a 2017 V8V and live in Scotland, would also be interested in storage options although could probably make room in the garage if can't find local.
Anyone else do the same and have rough estimate for initial outlay, not looking at fancy wheels just something to do the job. I'm running a 2017 V8V and live in Scotland, would also be interested in storage options although could probably make room in the garage if can't find local.
I do this every year and have just swapped over to my winter wheels/tyres at service time. I use the OEM Pirelli Sottozero tyres which are excellent but have heard that the Michelin alternative is very good too. Looks like you can get a set of 4 of those for about £1000 and I've just sold a set of good condition AML V-spoke wheels for £800 so if you go second hand on the wheels you're looking at about £2K all in. The wheels/tyres I'm not using are stored by the Indy I use for servicing.
I have a set of 2015 Vantage S wheels, just professionally powdercoat refurbished (OE silver with a clear lacquer) fitted with AM-stamped Pirelli Sottozeros that I may be selling. I put them back on my 2010 Vantage a couple of weeks ago, but mainly so that I can get my original wheels refurbished....slight delay so far as I'm still deliberating on whether to get the diamond cut redone, standard silver or shadow chrome!
Related question on winter wheels. I bought a set of OEM graphite y-spoke winter wheels with sottozeros for my last car - a 2010 V12V. I am assuming these will fit my current car - a V12VSR? I’m guessing i’ll get a TPMS warning unless I shell out for some new sensors? The sottozeros are getting a bit old - about 6 or 7 years - but have quite a lot of tread left (I only drove my old car occasionally in the winter) and are showing no abvioue signs.of ageing or cracking between the treads. They hang on the wall in my garage for most of the year. But still a bit concerned about bolting them into the V12 S and putting 560 bhp through them. Any views?
AJB44 said:
Related question on winter wheels. I bought a set of OEM graphite y-spoke winter wheels with sottozeros for my last car - a 2010 V12V. I am assuming these will fit my current car - a V12VSR? I’m guessing i’ll get a TPMS warning unless I shell out for some new sensors? The sottozeros are getting a bit old - about 6 or 7 years - but have quite a lot of tread left (I only drove my old car occasionally in the winter) and are showing no abvioue signs.of ageing or cracking between the treads. They hang on the wall in my garage for most of the year. But still a bit concerned about bolting them into the V12 S and putting 560 bhp through them. Any views?
I think those wheels & tyres are still the AML recommended winter fitment for the V12S as well as all other Vantage variants (except perhaps GT8 & GT12) and your dealer could certainly clarify this for you: http://www.astonmartin.com/en/accessories/v12-vant...Feed the 560 bhp in gradually according to the conditions underfoot and I'm sure you'll be fine. My Sottozeros are 7 years old and felt as good as new when they went back on last Wednesday.
AJB44 said:
Related question on winter wheels. I bought a set of OEM graphite y-spoke winter wheels with sottozeros for my last car - a 2010 V12V. I am assuming these will fit my current car - a V12VSR? I’m guessing i’ll get a TPMS warning unless I shell out for some new sensors? The sottozeros are getting a bit old - about 6 or 7 years - but have quite a lot of tread left (I only drove my old car occasionally in the winter) and are showing no abvioue signs.of ageing or cracking between the treads. They hang on the wall in my garage for most of the year. But still a bit concerned about bolting them into the V12 S and putting 560 bhp through them. Any views?
That's the set up I have fitted at the moment and it is the recommended spec for the all V12s. I don't have any issues getting the power down, but then again I've only got 510bhp to deploy ;-)My tyres are of similar age but are in good condition so I'm not worried, it's UV that goes for tyres more than anything else, and by definition winter tyres only used in winter don't get exposed to very much of it. Mine also had sensors fitted but would've needed reprogramming so I just got a defeat cable from Aston Installations.
Dramatic drop in road noise from the Corsas. Which is nice.
Edited by LiamV12V on Sunday 4th November 23:13
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