About to purchase a set of LM22s from tirerack and have them installed locally. Speaking with the local installer (one man shop) who said he did 3 S2000 snow tire installs last year, he was strongly convinced that going 205/55/16s all around was the way to go.

This conflicted with what I thought (going with same as stock sizes) so I figured I would ask you guys what you thought.

I brought up the stock Honda sizes, the diff. betw. our S02 225s and normal 225s, etc...and he seemed to know all of that. He mentioned how it was very similar for the CLK and Porsche?

In the end he will do whatever, but really pushed to do 205s all around. Thoughts?

FYI -- I'm in the Boston area, drive about 20-25 minutes to work...15 minutes of which is highway (I-90 and I-93).

Thanks!

 

Disclaimer: I'm not an expert!

My gut feeling is that winter tires are primarily going to see cold but dry pavement. They do need to accommodate snow, of course, but generally speaking the roads you drive on usually will be snow-free except immediately after a snowstorm. (Of which there may only be a few.)

Given how tail happy the S2000 seems to be, especially as the temperature drops, I'd rather have more tire in the rear simply for added rear grip on cold, dry pavement. If it snows, narrower rear tires are arguably better... but what percentage of the wintertime will see snow sitting on highways and major roads?

 

I'd look for a new tire guy.