Snow tires/wheels for my Tiguan

surfsnowgirl · Nov 30, 2023

I'm grateful my rims in my "16 snows are in perfect shape. After 4 seasons of shoddy winter roads at times in CT and VT I can't complain one bit. I'll include the Blizzak WS80s which have some lift left in them.

Looking forward to selling them to recoup some of my new snow tire money whish is upwards of $1,650. I won my survivor survivor football pool. Plus since I'll be working at my ski mountain this season they refunded my already purchased season pass. All this will go to my snow tires which are getting put on Monday

Here's hoping I get a few seasons on my new setup.

Tom K. · Nov 30, 2023

snwbrdr said:
Get yourself 2 of these:
https://www.ecstuning.com/b-schwaben-parts/wheel-hanger-m14x15-thread/002840sch01a/

I would have KILLED for one of those when I owned my Volvo, which had lug bolts, instead of the more typical nuts.

Every year I aged, it got more difficult to align the wheels perfectly to get that first bolt started.

So I sold it. Ha!

ScottB · Nov 30, 2023

I bought new snows this year and found these two reviews, which I felt were very scientific and believable. I chose Nokian Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5's and I did size down one diameter, but probably won't in the future based on the review. I found buying them online from Walmart and mounting them at a Walmart tire center was the lowest price and quite a decent savings over the tire rack. I already had winter steel rims, so just remount and balance the new tires on the old rims. I changed them on the car myself, as Walmart had a rule about not putting different size tires and rims on a car than what it came with.