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Old Dec 5, 2010 | 06:29 PM
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Default Re: Acceptable Snow Tire Sizes

Originally Posted by Joliet John
Not sure. I just put Conti Extreme Contact DWS on my XFire for the winter. I went with 235/40/18 on the front and 285/35/19 on the rear. Those are a little taller and wider than stock. Drove in the snow for the first time yesterday and was impressed with these tires.
Cool, thanks. That response was just what I was looking for. The stock tires give a 3.6% revs/mile difference between the front and rear, your setup is a 5.4% rev/mile difference.
 
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