OndrejAudiA420

Well I got the Hanhook I-Pike tires 205/55-16 on ebay $370 shipped, mounted and studded for $120 so total cost was $490.

Yesterday I got them installed so I took a little test drive, I went to Hyalite Canyon and took a side road up to about 7,000. The road wasn't plowed but was driven, it was also very warm about 45, so the snow was really soft.

There was about 12-14 inches of hardpack slush at the top, the car kept bogging down and the road was getting narrow so I turned around. Pretty impressed with my first snow tires i was able to go 20-30mph up almost any hill.

Here are the pics
Old tires
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New tires mounted and studded
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About 2 miles from main road, there is about 5 inches, i can pretty much go as fast as I want.
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First test hill, I made it over the hump on the third try. I wasn't even trying, but the road was a dead end and kidn of narrow.
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There was about 8-10 inches of loose slush.
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Last hill, before I returned back, here there was about 14 inches and almost 18 in spots, the road was narrow and there was about a 50 ft drop on the right.
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Here are just some tire prints
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Studs after driving on pavemnet
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Studden snow tires rock!

AudiSport4000

Not familiar with studded tires. Overkill?

OndrejAudiA420

well i now live in montana and i believe there will be snow and lots of it, especilally if i go ski

Nate (ETKA+Scumbag)

HAHA, j/k.

Those tires rule dude! I would love to tool around in super deep snow with those tires. Too bad I wouldn't be able to easily pull some spins off in the snow.

ImAwesome

studs do nothing on snow... they are for ice.

OndrejAudiA420

true, when it was that deep studs didn't do much, but the roads stay icey mosof the winter

Greyhound Guy

I think they bought that from Dunlop. That tire looks very familiar.

bassed-ndzmorezone5

but I could be wrong, I dunno when I drove through Wyoming, Nebraska etc... on my way to Cali thats what it was and my Blizzak LM50's did fine on it. When I got to Cali (Lake Tahoe to be exact) I switched to Firestone's "Winterforce" my second season and they were hands down the best snow for the money. They came highly recomended by the 3 local tire places and based on snow levels in Tahoe I trusted them and they were dead on. Without Studs they were even very good on ice.