Snow pictures with new wheels and tires

[bimmerbarlow]

My 225/45/17 Blizzaks on Sparco Pistas showed up just before the latest snow this morning. Got to test out the new setup with hardly any traffic on the Sunday morning streets. I'm impressed with the traction so far. Took a couple laps around town with my buddy in his GTi before finding another space gray 1er looking lonely with a blanket of snow on it.

[Addict...Nah Im A Junkie!]

Sweet pic's!!!! Congrats on the new ride. Great color choice

[M3Newbie88]

some nice pictures.. I like the gray and graphite combo..

[cadeucsb]

How did it do? Did you take all the traction nannies off? Test any stops on an incline? Got mine all tucked in warm and cozy in the garage.

[Garduna]

rims look good on ur space grey 1er

[emac08]

looks clean man! awesome fotos!

[Johnny Lin]

Nice wheels, nice shots

[bimmerbarlow]

Originally Posted by cadeucsb

How did it do? Did you take all the traction nannies off? Test any stops on an incline? Got mine all tucked in warm and cozy in the garage.

Tried it out with standard DSC + DTC, only DTC like the manual suggests for snow driving, and with nothing on. DSC + DTC felt a lot like my previous front drive cars in that it just brakes the outside front like crazy to induce understeer.

Just DTC is awesome. It let's the tail slide just enough to stay in control but not lose it. With the traction from the snow tires you can really put the power down out of turns and DTC doesn't kill your revs. Combine that with super smooth shifts from the steptronic and you can change gears mid slide without upsetting things. I've had more fun driving this car with this setup than anything I've ever had in the snow.

Everything off was delicate as expected. The balance between a slide and a spin is knife edge.

I tried some hill starts on a street that I know to be 18%. The snow here is pretty dry and was falling on dry pavement, so conditions were admittedly ideal for snow, but the car did great. From a dead stop, in second gear it started just fine.

Overall, and without too much experience to go on so far, I'd say that this car on snows is a match for my previous Mini with Dunlop Wintersports. That said, I'll save any blizzard condition ski trips for the FJ Cruiser.

[cadeucsb]

Originally Posted by bimmerbarlow

Tried it out with standard DSC + DTC, only DTC like the manual suggests for snow driving, and with nothing on. DSC + DTC felt a lot like my previous front drive cars in that it just brakes the outside front like crazy to induce understeer.

Just DTC is awesome. It let's the tail slide just enough to stay in control but not lose it. With the traction from the snow tires you can really put the power down out of turns and DTC doesn't kill your revs. Combine that with super smooth shifts from the steptronic and you can change gears mid slide without upsetting things. I've had more fun driving this car with this setup than anything I've ever had in the snow.

Everything off was delicate as expected. The balance between a slide and a spin is knife edge.

I tried some hill starts on a street that I know to be 18%. The snow here is pretty dry and was falling on dry pavement, so conditions were admittedly ideal for snow, but the car did great. From a dead stop, in second gear it started just fine.

Overall, and without too much experience to go on so far, I'd say that this car on snows is a match for my previous Mini with Dunlop Wintersports. That said, I'll save any blizzard condition ski trips for the FJ Cruiser.

nice, glad to hear it. I have the Jeep out and about today, but always curious how you 1er in the snow folk are doing when the snow starts coming down. CO (non mountains) doesn't see many bad storms, maybe a couple days/yr where we get a day of really deep stuff.

[BrokenVert]

Those are really nice wheels man. Would you mind posting specs? I havent seen em before and I really like em. I am planning on downsizing to 17 inch snow tires next winter as I live in Syracuse now and I want a deeper snow tread.

Thanks

[Ash83]

Nice rims

[bimmerbarlow]

Originally Posted by BrokenVert

Those are really nice wheels man. Would you mind posting specs? I havent seen em before and I really like em. I am planning on downsizing to 17 inch snow tires next winter as I live in Syracuse now and I want a deeper snow tread.

Thanks

I'm really stoked with how it turned out. At first I was a little worried about going gray on gray when I was looking at the mock-up on Tire Rack, but I stuck with my first instinct and I think they look sweet. $138 a piece isn't too bad for a second set either!

17 by 8 Sparco Pista front and rear
225/45R-17 Bridgestone Blizzak LM-25 RFT

[Caleb]

Originally Posted by bimmerbarlow

I'm really stoked with how it turned out. At first I was a little worried about going gray on gray when I was looking at the mock-up on Tire Rack, but I stuck with my first instinct and I think they look sweet. $138 a piece isn't too bad for a second set either!

17 by 8 Sparco Pista front and rear
225/45R-17 Bridgestone Blizzak LM-25 RFT

Do you know if the BMW center caps will fit on those wheels?

[BrokenVert]

Originally Posted by bimmerbarlow

I'm really stoked with how it turned out. At first I was a little worried about going gray on gray when I was looking at the mock-up on Tire Rack, but I stuck with my first instinct and I think they look sweet. $138 a piece isn't too bad for a second set either!

17 by 8 Sparco Pista front and rear
225/45R-17 Bridgestone Blizzak LM-25 RFT

Thanks for the info, I just found em on Tirerack. I still want OZs but if he money doesnt come through next winter these look like a nice alternative...thanks

[R0n1n]

Just got my car a few days ago and slapped these on for winter.