What kind of rubber are you running? I am going to be adding the 20" sport designs and I need to get new tires, but was thinking of gettin all seasons to run all year long. Has anybody done this in a snowy climate, I'm in Chicago?

 

I have the 275/40/20 Michelin diamiris on mine(Sport designs) and highly reccomend them.

 

I have Hankook Ventus 275/40 on the Techno wheels, they are still brand new. Jury is out as I need to put miles on them but so far they seem good. The guys at Globe Motorsports told me they are good tires and I should run them (I was going to either buy new tires or swap out the Yokohamas on my other wheels).

I have Yokohama Parada Spec-X tires 275/45 on my 20" Sport Design wheels which I just took off the car (and are for sale!!), and the tires were fantastic. They are a sport / all season tire and even did well in Mammoth on snowy roads. Quiet on highway and not mushy on corners.
They are cheap at $138/tire at tireRack. The reviews seem to be all 5-stars and apparently if you rotate them regularly you'll get 30k+ miles out of them.

 

Thanks for the info, why did you run the 275/45/20's instead of the 275/40/20? Am I kidding myself that these will be acceptable in the snow, how much snow and what was the stopping like?

 

looks good

 

I bought the Pepper with the 275/45's on it already, althought the Spec-X does come in a 275/40.
I would not put much into the snow capabilities- in Mammoth there was a lot of ABS kicking in and wheel slippage with icy snow on the ground, but I think any tire short of full snow tires or a set of chains would have done same. They are definitely more of a sport / touring tire. Very quiet ride though. If you go with more of a snow tire the highway ride will be noisier. Always a trade-off.

 

Have the same wheels and love them. I'd like to see pics of painted inners, I saw a black cayenne with balck out package with balck painted inners and it looked awesome. Im not sure how good it would look on my silver cayenne though.

I am on my second pair of hankooks, i put over 35 k on my first set, good tire witha good price

 

^ cool- thanks for the tire info.

Hey I noticed in your sig you have 5% tint?? how do you see through that? lol

 

reguru,
pm sent.

 

Got it and replied, how much?

 

Where did you buy it from?

 

I have some coming that are painted titanium like the vehicle. I'll take some photos when they arrive. They look very different and really do make the spokes look thinner.

 

Post pics or ban!!! LOL -Can't wait to see them, thanks.

 

I actually have 50% on the front windshield, and 5% on the sides, and nothing at the rear hatch. It can get a bit tricky looking at your side mirrors at night, but I love the look.

Ill post some pics when I take some new ones, old ones had 30-35%

 

amazing look car!!