Hello everyone,
I have one of the very first P85D with a staggered tire setup, 21’ wheels with Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 (Performance Summer), 245/35ZR21 front & 265/35ZR21 back.
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and these tires are great for most of the year here.
However, I’m contemplating a trip to Tahoe this winter so I’m considering buying some winter/snow tires.
So far, I’m leaning towards having a separate set of wheels+tires that I can swap out on my own, one at a time, with a hydraulic jack.
The package I’m considering from Tirerack has:
- Rial Lugano OE CAP 19x8.5 Graphite Silver
- Blizzak LM-32 - 245/45R19
- TPMS sensors mounted
I have a few questions that I hope you guys can help answer:
Thank you all!
Best regards,
- G
I have one of the very first P85D with a staggered tire setup, 21’ wheels with Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 (Performance Summer), 245/35ZR21 front & 265/35ZR21 back.
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and these tires are great for most of the year here.
However, I’m contemplating a trip to Tahoe this winter so I’m considering buying some winter/snow tires.
So far, I’m leaning towards having a separate set of wheels+tires that I can swap out on my own, one at a time, with a hydraulic jack.
The package I’m considering from Tirerack has:
- Rial Lugano OE CAP 19x8.5 Graphite Silver
- Blizzak LM-32 - 245/45R19
- TPMS sensors mounted
I have a few questions that I hope you guys can help answer:
- Will this package be a simple swap job with my current wheels?
- Is the swap job any more complicated: than loosening the lugs, getting that end of the car slightly off the ground with the jack, taking the 21’ summer wheel out, putting in 19’ winter wheel, hand tightening, lowering jack, tightening to torque, rinse and repeat for all wheels, resetting TPMS in UI, driving 10 min around until they get picked up by the car?
- Do I need to worry that my current set of wheels/tires are different front vs back (staggered), and need to pick a similar setup for winter wheels, or can I go with 4 of the same for the winter package?
- Do I need any special tool to get the lugs out of the wheel? I have a 21mm 12-point socket that seems to fit well, and a torque wrench.
- Is it ok to use my impact wrench (it hooks to my compressor) if a lug is having a hard time getting loose?
- Any jack you'd recommend for the job?
- Does it make sense to keep the winter tires on during the “cold” SF Bay Area season (let’s say while we see night time freezing and wetter weather) and swap back to the performance summer tires around March-April?
- Do I need to worry about alignment?
- Do I need to worry about balancing? (Tirerack says they’ll do it for me)
- When I swap my summer tires back, should I “rotate” them? Since they are staggered & asymmetric non-directional, I should be able to swap left & right (keeping the “outside” label on the outside): they’d just be rotating the other way in the new setup.
- Should I get chains with the package? How about Autosock?
- Is there a better place than Tirerack to consider? (there's a significant amount of $$ in shipping, but I've always been happy with TR for my Viper needs)
- Any question I’m forgetting to ask?
Thank you all!
Best regards,
- G
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