Just curious if anyone runs these year round or offroaded in them. The tred pattern isnt to agressive but they seem to be fairly knobby. I didnt if snow tires like these had softer compound so they wouldnt be good for offroad or every year use.

 

Ben

I never used them offroad but I put them on my wifes vw jetta when she used to drive that in the winter. Good tires, no complaints.

I was thinking yearround. There cheaper then dirt on tirerack. Also new to tirerack they have the BFGoodrich TA All terrains for sale in 14inch now. I havent seen them on there before.

Lost in the shuffle bump.

chances are they wont last year round very well at all. I know that a lot of winter tires are made of a softer compound than year round tires. Therefore if you run them yearround they will be bald by the end of the season because they were not designed to be run in warmer weather. At least thats what happened with a buddy of mine who tried to run Blizaks (sp?) year round. If you want a tire you can run year round get some all seasons. Not really the greatest in the snow but ive been making due with them for years.

AT's are great for snow. As well as year round driving.

 

Winterforce are good for what they are called "Winter" don't run them year round, you'll be buying tires alot.

Nokian is the only manufacturer I know of that sells a snow tire for 4 season use..

http://www.nokiantires.com/

 

 

specifically the WRG series.

 

too bad only about 10 suppliers in our whole state that sells them.

Edited December 16, 200916 yr by bheinen74

Nokian is the only manufacturer I know of that sells a snow tire for 4 season use..

http://www.nokiantires.com/

 

 

specifically the WRG series.

 

too bad only about 10 suppliers in our whole state that sells them.

 

 

Those Finnish people know their winter tires.

They are softer-compound. so in warmer temperatures they will wear faster. I wouldn't use them for much offroading, they would probably get pretty good traction, but they'd probably come apart fairly easily.

 

A buddy of mine used to run them year-round on his Astro-van. but he would drive quite a lot of miles every year, and replaced them every fall.

like others have said, they won't last long in the summer time on the pavement. I just bought a new set of these myself for the winter season. They are quite a bit softer than all-seasons so I aired them up a bit to firm up the ride.

i used them in the clay mud, they suck fot that. they load up too much, but there awsome in the snow and ice