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Tire suggestions for my 300

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#1 · (Edited)
I need tires before the snow flies as I'm down to about 4-5/32s now on the car.
 
#2 ·
I think it depends on how much you want to spend and how much of a hassle you want swapping tires to rims... I put winters on my stock rims and bought a set of srt rims for the summer that I put summer tires on. I put my stock rims on about Oct and swap them for my summer rims in March/April. It is easier them having to swap tires to rims but is more expensive.
 
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I have the stock MXM4's on it and they were decent in the winter last winter. They are very pricey up here though, almost $1800 CDN installed for stock size :(

I was thinking the CrossClimate2's but they have been downgraded from the previous models to a B traction rating. I may still go for the CrossClimate SUV's though. These are on the pricier side too as well for the size I want (255/50-19).

Also been thinking also maybe some Nokian WRG4's but didn't have much luck with those on a borrowed vehicle last year, they are decent on the snow but not that great elsewhere...

The Nordman WR SUV's are kinda like the WRG4's but much cheaper (and softer,) that I was looking at too.
These and the Nokains get LOUD as they wear too :(

All these above are considered All-weather tires...
 
#8 ·
When I lived in snow country, in the central Rockies of Colorado, I had two sets of tires for my Charger. Some decent all season tires for the summer, because it snows occasionally outside of winter; and some dedicated snow tires (Michelin X-ice). If you have much snow where you live, the difference in handling gained with dedicated snow tires is significant, and easily worth the expense and hassle. If you mount them on another set of rims, seasonal swaps are a piece of cake.

Even though it’s an AWD car, it’s the tires that make the biggest difference, assuming you’re a competent driver on snow. Now that I live in southern Virginia, I run a decent set of performance all-season Michelins, and I’m good to go. If it actually snowed here, I’d go back to having two sets of tires.
 
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I've had really good luck with all-season tires but snow is rare in central VA. My fave tire has been the BFGoodrich G-Force Comp2 A/S which works well in the wet and handles light snow. Honestly, once roads have been plowed my biggest hurdle is getting out of my subdivision. After that, very little problem. Good luck this winter on the new treads.
 
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I was looking at regular all-seasons like you mention Ghosthawk300, but figured for basically the same price I'd try some all-weathers instead to see if they are indeed better in the crappier weather. So I picked up the Michelin CrossClimate 2s today that I ordered last week. If I bought the winters even used and used all-seasons I'd be close to same price, and now I don't have to pay to swap them at all in the spring. Wish I had the cash to get a separate set of wheels for the winter, but due to covid layoffs I've been off work for months ++ now with zero income, so trying to keep money in check.

I'm going to wait till I burn a bit more of my tires off before putting them on, already paid for the install with them. They sure are a weird looking tread :) I hope they are as good in the muck and junk etc as most all the reviews say. Date codes on them are all from June/July 2020 so that is good. Went with 245/55R19 so they are a bit bigger then stock as I didn't really want to spend the extra $250+CDN on the 255/50's (and I would have had to get the CC SUVs which are slightly different with less tread too) so we will see :) ...

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That tread pattern actually looks very similar to the BFGs I mentioned. The directional bars/channels look almost the same as competition rain tires, which I'm sure is where the technology came from. From what I've read (Tire Rack has some excellent test videos as well) the blocky siping along the edges are the components that help bite in the snow and allow water to escape in the wet. Best of luck this winter. It looks like you've got good tools for the job.
 
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