All Terrain/Off Road Tires

[KnucklestheRS]

Has anybody here put any All Terrain or Off Road tires on their Sonic? I had some Yokohama Geolander AT/S on my Ralliart and they were awesome on the snow (and pretty much everything else). I was just wondering if anyone had done anything similar to the Sonic.

The reasons for this are listed below:

1. Very good winter grip (not as good as dedicated snow of course but pretty close)
2. Good high temp durability (if your like us in Indiana, we have snow and then it's 55-60 degrees the next day, obviously high temps destroy snow tires pretty quick)
3. A very long lasting tread. The Geolander AT/S have been known to last until 90k miles.

If you have done this, post up some pics!

 

[ryan.a.o]

Bump. I have wanted the same tire, but I am not sure if the smallest size they offer, 205/70 R15, would clear the front strut spring cup They are an extra 1.3 inches larger in diameter than the stock 195/65 R15. I read on another thread that someone had rubbing on 25.3" tires, so that may not be possible without some modification of some sort.

If anyone has any ideas of how it could be done, if at all, I'd love to hear it.

 

[mitdr774]

205/70/15 on stock 15" wheel with RS struts and Eibach lowering springs did not have any rub issues. Speedometer was off for sure though. Roughly 5 MPH at 70 MPH indicated if I recall correctly.

 

[ryan.a.o]

205/70/15 on stock 15" wheel with RS struts and Eibach lowering springs did not have any rub issues. Speedometer was off for sure though. Roughly 5 MPH at 70 MPH indicated if I recall correctly.

Is that so? I was for sure that it would rub on the bottom spring retainer on the front strut....at least it seemed like it. Well, if that is the case, I know what tires I'm getting

Just to be sure, though, how are the RS struts different than the other trims?

 

[carsNskis]

Is that so? I was for sure that it would rub on the bottom spring retainer on the front strut....at least it seemed like it. Well, if that is the case, I know what tires I'm getting

Just to be sure, though, how are the RS struts different than the other trims?

5mm lower and faster reacting... that's all the difference. I've run 225 50r17 snows in rally with no issue at all with bumps or rubbing

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[zomby woof]

I used Hankook Ipike snows for rallycross. They stood up well and had great traction. Wife used them on her Cobalt as a snow tire, they lasted 9 winters and were sstill good for another

 

[carsNskis]

My General Arctic Altimax 225 50r17 are great on and off road on stock RS wheels.

Haven't had a chance to run the rally tires yet, but no clearance issues with maxxis 185 65r15 on stock 15s

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[ryan.a.o]

My General Arctic Altimax 225 50r17 are great on and off road on stock RS wheels.

Haven't had a chance to run the rally tires yet, but no clearance issues with maxxis 185 65r15 on stock 15s

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I figure it the Altimax would be good for that in winter. I wish they made that tread style and pattern in a more summer-friendly tire for good on/off road traction in the sonic's small tire. Those winters will practically melt in the summer right?

 

[carsNskis]

I figure it the Altimax would be good for that in winter. I wish they made that tread style and pattern in a more summer-friendly tire for good on/off road traction in the sonic's small tire. Those winters will practically melt in the summer right?

They're squirmy in warm weather, lots of tread block, but it's predictable.

You can see the two on the left are more worn, that's 5k more dry miles on them than the right two (25k vs 20k miles) which worked out great because I have two freshies for winter and rally.

I run 18s for summer and fall, 40 series sumitomo HTRZIII so I can save my winters

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[KnucklestheRS]

Pirelli Scorpion ATR 205/70R15 on my painted LT wheels.

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