GOLFMK8
GOLFMK7
GOLFMK6
GOLFMKV

Winter tires and wheels?

K

kri$han1

Passed Driver's Ed
Location
Toronto
Moar digging to report:

Costco has 17" and 18" steelies, bro's.

Page 49 shows us the X47512, 17"x7 (no offset specified), but the fitment guide lists a 16" variant for the Golf GTI, and only the 17" wheel I mentioned above for the Golf GTI "Red Brakes" version LOL (so, some hope that they got it right). $69/each

Tire pressure sensors are $4.00 per pop

https://www.costco.ca/wcsstore/Cost...chment/SteelWheels+FitmentGuide_Sept-2017.pdf

Tyre-wise, Costco has (prices for edit: 225-45/17.. these are much closer in size than 215-50/17's, but much more expensive):
Michelin X-ice Xi3 - $865.96
Bridgestone Blizzak WS80 - $859.96
Pirelli Winter Ice Zero - $795.96
Pirelli Winter SOTTOZERO 3 - $971.96

Never liked Bridgestones, or Pirelli's (for winter?), so I might go for the Michelin's.

If anyone sees this and needs help to buy tyres due to a lack of Costco membership, holla at me (I need credit card points; win-win!)
 
Last edited:
Ferrari

Ferrari

Ready to race!
Location
Mississauga, ON
kri$han said:
I'm looking for rims that have small openings in the face, like rally wheels. The purpose is to limit the amount of dirt, sand and (most importantly) snow & ice that gets into the rim.
Click to expand...

Krishan, I've never seen anyone with such wheels on their GTI PP. The closest would be Sparco Terra, but I'm not sure if it'll fit your car, I only saw them on a regular MK7 Golf. JRP in Mississauga sells Sparco wheels, and they have a discount for Club Wolfsburg members, so join!

I use base GTI Brooklyn 17" rims (17x7.5 ET49) with 225/45-17 Nokian Hakka tires. Great setup, but for the little amount of snow we get in the GTA, a higher performance winter tire (Michelin PA4, Continental TS 850) might be better. The Michelin does not come in 17", so you'd need 18" minimum.
 
K

kri$han1

Passed Driver's Ed
Location
Toronto
Gawernator said:
You don’t buy tire pressure sensors for our car. That’s wrong.
Click to expand...

<foghorn leghorn>ah say, ah say, ah say, whut boy?

Ferrari said:
Krishan, I've never seen anyone with such wheels on their GTI PP. The closest would be Sparco Terra, but I'm not sure if it'll fit your car, I only saw them on a regular MK7 Golf. JRP in Mississauga sells Sparco wheels, and they have a discount for Club Wolfsburg members, so join!

I use base GTI Brooklyn 17" rims (17x7.5 ET49) with 225/45-17 Nokian Hakka tires. Great setup, but for the little amount of snow we get in the GTA, a higher performance winter tire (Michelin PA4, Continental TS 850) might be better. The Michelin does not come in 17", so you'd need 18" minimum.
Click to expand...

ahhhh the Nokkian's are incredible! In the winter, I do primarily commute in the GTA, but on weekends you can find my GTi at the base of a mountain in Quebec, NY or VT ;) I need a good all-rounder, that's cheaper than your tires LOL The hankook iPike's have been good on our FR-S, but I had X-Ice's on my 2010 GTi that worked well enough.

I don't know if wanna risk trying another tyre to be disappointe, HOWEVER the Blizzack WS80 is recieving some praise as being better than the Xice Xi3
 
Ferrari

Ferrari

Ready to race!
Location
Mississauga, ON
Kris, our cars don't have a TPMS unit in the wheels. They measure wheel speed independently and any difference in angular speed would indicate a lower pressure.

Maybe it's an old wives' tale, but I heard the Bridgestone WS80 are a dual compound tire, so for the first 2 seasons you'll have good grip but a faster wearing tire, then you'll get to the harder compound which will slow the wear, but decrease grip. Not sure, I've never had Bridgestones on my cars (except the OEM ones on the GTI, which were garbage).
 
M

m00se

Ready to race!
Location
Ottawa,CA
I've been running Blizzak WS80 for two seasons now, and I love them. I would say they're comparable to the Michelin in terms of performance but at a much better pricing. Well at least they were 2 years ago when I bought them.
 
V

vincevtr

Ready to race!
Location
Ontario
Car(s)
MK7 GTI
if you guys are in toronto there is a fb group club wolfsburg that has a group buy on winter tires right now. pm me for details
 
G

greatsouls

New member
Location
Montreal
I bought four 17x7-54 alloys from Golf off kijiji for $450 and put 225/50 (instead of 45) Hakkapeliitta 8 on them. That gives a little bit more rubber for the winter.
Will use the original 18"s the car came with only in the summer
 
R

Rogi

New member
Location
The Great White North
Michelin X Ice 3, can't say enough excellent things about this winter tire, we used to have Pirellis for the winter and the noise in the cabin of the 08 Rabbit was immense (you feel like you're flying a jumbo jet). Switched over to Michelins and fantastic.
It's the families go to tire now, from Acuras to the new GTI. Its just a perfect blend of performance and handling.
 
K

kri$han1

Passed Driver's Ed
Location
Toronto
Alex!

Lookit this m*&%*f*&#er

It's probably the best winter wheel setup imaginable: lightweight, great protection from snow sand, and ice buildup, and clears the PP/R brakes easily.

Based on the price, though, it doesn't look as awesome as I thought it would, but still looks great.







I ended up with XIce Xi3's on 17" Golf R replika's :)
 
K

Kyle_Kelso

Passed Driver's Ed
The Enkei's were winter wheels the first year but before I shelled out big bucks on a better set I decided to run them for summer and got some used Audi wheels for winter. Both are 17"


Sent from my LG-H873 using Tapatalk
 
E

Elysium

Passed Driver's Ed
Location
Ontario


I’m running Pirelli Winter Sotto 3’s on my oem wheels. 10mm spacer in the front to clear my brakes and 15mm in the rear.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top