Winter tires.

I can snap a pic at lunch. Please don't judge the lack of center cap. I keep forgetting to put them on.

Rims fit fine, no clearance issues.

Pic of 8th Gen Si rim on car

I bought winter wheels and tires from tirerack. Sport Edition 17" and Uniroyal Tigerpaw ( i believe 225/50/17). I made it through the first snowstorm without a problem. My friend wrecked his wrx the same day. I had to come to a complete stop on a hill when a plow truck got stuck. After the driver came out of the truck and said "it's going to be a while." As he walked back to his truck, i drove right around and on my way home. The LSD of the Si combined with snow tires was better than my 4x4 explorer on all seasons. Starting, stopping, and maintaining were all perfect.

Konig 17x8 +35 215/50/r17 general altimax

I'm running 235/40/18 Michelin X-Ice XI3 tires on the stock wheels.

I live in Minnesota, and we typically get a lot of snow and cold weather for at least 5 months each year.

On several of my wife's new cars the original tires were just terrible in the snow, and when they were changed out to non-stock all season tires after 30-40K miles, those cars all handled much better.

I was expecting the same situation with my EX-T with the 17" stock mag wheels on them. I started looking at sets of 16" wheels with winter tires at www.tirerack.com , but I procrastinated. Note: There were about $1100 a set. I decided to wait to see how the stock tires did in the snow. I also hate having two sets of wheels/tires to deal with.

I'm glad I waited, because the stock 17" tires are doing just fine. It isn't like a four wheel drive vehicle, but I've been able to get decent traction consistently with the stock tires, so I"m going with them.

I thought this was worth posting. Don't assume the stock tires won't work good in the snow. Especially the 16 and 17" sizes. I"m not sure what brand tires I have, but if someone it interested, I will go check

Take care, JP

I posted this link about Snow tires in the wheel and Tire area. Very good info here..

I live in Canada(Southern Ontario just outside Toronto) and just picked up my 2018 Touring Sedan in October, with Winter approaching, or so I thought, as we are yet to get more than a very light dusting of snow I thought it a good idea to purchase winter tires and wanted to preserve the OEM touring rims (thinking of powder coating black as I think will look good with the Metallic Grey and cheaper than upgrading to 18" rims and tires) so was in the market for Wheels and tires but having just purchased a new vehicle and although not a luxury vehicle stretched my intended budget a bit when I sprung for the Touring Sedan.

Long story but I bought Eskay Winter Plus 225/40/17 on 17" steelies for $800.00Cdn installed. thought it a good deal as every other quote for more well known tire brands with rims was coming up over $1000.00Cdn. Haven't heard much on these tires but read one review and they said this is a good budget brand, handle and stop pretty well in snow. I haven't had a chance to try, but handle well in the wet and although the ride is slightly louder than the stock rubber all seasons they are actually not bad and the tread and shape inspires confidence they will handle well.

Longevity is questionable according to the review as it is just performance and not long-term test but my brother had a similar set on his 2008 CRV for 4 seasons and he said for someone who has never had winter tires he could definitely feel the difference in wet and snowier drives and were good for the 4 seasons.

I have also never drove on winter tires as having worked in the rental car industry for a long time and being assigned fleet vehicles with all seasons never bothered to worry about winter as rentals are generally low mileage and have fresh all seasons. Anyways so far I think the tires are great but maybe after a good snow fall I will re-post a shorter commentary on the performance.

RYSBRNR said:

I got my wheels and tires through tire rack. Not steelies, they’re sport tuning st4’s or something like that. They look almost identical to the stock wheels which I’m sure most people will say is lame but I honestly like my cars to look stock so no one thinks there’s anything of value in them. I think they were 136 per wheel.

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Hey, RYSBRNR! I'm looking to buy these same wheels right now. Have you experienced any negatives with them? Do you have any pictures of your civic with them on?