I ran LM22's on my S2000 the last 2 winters. I plan to replace them with WS50's next year. IMO LM22's are marginal in snow, true they are very good when the roads are dry you'll notice minimal handling differences under most driving conditions. But if you anticipate much driving when there's snow on the road I think WS50's are a better choice even though dry weather handling will be some what compromised. I have been using WS50's for 10 years now on my beater, a 1992 Mazda MPV which is a rear drive vehicle and am amazed at how efficiently these tire get me thru some truly nasty winters.

 

didn't know that..surprises me

 

i have 15" ws50's
are there any steelies that would fit our s2000's?

 

15" rims may not clear the brake calipers. Better double check on this.

 

Hmm, I still have some 15" steelies that I had on my itr with Nokians on them. I'll try to mount them up (at least the fronts) and see if they'll clear the brakes.

 

I've ran Blizzak LM-22s for 3 winters (goin on 4th) and I agree with what others have said with respect to LM series vs WS series.

In my case the LM's worked out best because I really don't need to take my S out in 6in+ snow storms. In Milwaukee, we only get 6inch plus snow maybe 4 to 6 times a winter. Those are days (if it's a workday) I just dial into the office.

I run my LMs from Thanksgiving to last week in March. 90% of that span I'm driving on cold, wet/dry, salty pavement. The other 10% might be packed or fresh snow. Considering all of this, the LM's are A-OK for me.

Spring/Summer/Fall I run S-02s. The LMs are in some ways a bit of a soft-ride relief to the rock-hard S-02s

 

Why dont the LM Series show up when I search for winter S2k tires?

 

Just go to the Bridgestone part and seek out the sizes you want:
http://www.tirerack.com/winter/bridg...ridgestone.jsp

 

Hey Sarge ... what size LM-22 are you running on the rear?

 

For reference, we have 2 other owners local to me who run the LM-22. They are using the OEM sizing (205 front, 225 rear).