Richard.

Is anybody making a winter tire for these OEM wheel sizes yet

jumper5836

Try finding Pirelli Winter Sottozero Serie II or Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32

These should come in sizes that would fit OEM wheels and still be within the rolling diameter tolerance. The Pirelli would be the best fit since the Blizzaks would be stretched a bit more on the wheel.

Richard.

thanks I will look into the Pirelli's

Richard.

I only see 265 wide for the rears ?? whereas the Blizzaks are 275 and already a massive stretch

FRUNKenstein

Would you be better off buying a set of narrower wheels and using them as a set of dedicated winter wheels and tires? Not sure how easy it would be in Switzerland, but in the US it's fairly easy to find an inexpensive set of winter wheels secondhand. I realize this doesn't answer your question but just a thought that you will probably want narrower wheels for winter tires.

jumper5836

Pirelli should have 295/35/18's

jumper5836

265 on a 10" rear wheel is the best, even works stretched out on the oem 11" wheel but the sidewall doesn't protect the wheel because it sticks out.

Richard.

I simply can't live with 10's on my 996 TT it makes it look weedy & pathetic

Richard.

so from what I can determine NOBODY makes any Winter tyres 285/35s or 295/35s for 18 inch wheels and the best thing I can do is get some 19 inch wheels where loads of people do ?

breakfast

buy a proper set of winter wheels.

breakfast

its winter, everyones car looks weedy and pathetic with their smaller winters on

Freddie Two Bs

I do have 285/35 18 Dunlop SP Winter Sport 3D on OEM turbo twist wheels.

It's not a great choice though because the front needs to be 235/40, which is 0.5 inch shorter than rear, which is 1.8% off / 16 revs per mile, which is supposed to be within tolerance level but still not great. I thought long and hard about what to do and I wanted to go with a different setup but then I decided to go with it in the end.

jumper5836

what about these

Dunlop SP Winter Sport 3D

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/dunlop/dunlop-tires.jsp

Richard.

Rick what is the road noise & ride like, how many miles have you put on with these ?

Freddie Two Bs

I only put them on last week and I've done about 100 miles, in 2 degree celsius temperature on dry pavement. Road noise is a little higher than the summer tires that were on the car when I bought it but not overwhelming. Engine and exhaust noise still dominate the overall sound, by a long stretch. Ride is not bad, feels a bit softer than summer tires at same temperatures.