Winter tyres - yay or nay

[dizzyblonde]

Its what the winged one has been wanting on the car all year.


What are the toyos like? We can't get any grabbers in our size, so thats the next choice as far as cash is concerned.

Gazza get a set of steel wheels 16" from a primera. same size and spacing as xtrail. These are pretty common at scrappys unlike xtrail wheels. unfortunately i only found out that nugget after buying the 16" alloys. mines a T30 as well (01-07)
yours will be 215 60 17. you need 16 inch wheels with 215 70 16 grabbers

[Gazza77]

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

I would have suggested the grabbers, but as you've already found out they dont fit, I shant !

Saying that we have a set on our 4 x 4 and havent had any problems in the winter... Liz was reading on another forum the the Grabber UHP that Dizzy was saying about dont give as good grip in off road conditions as the AT2's though.

I looked at Winter tyres for our Audi, but in the size it needs they are IMHO prohibaitvely expensive, so I'm going to get a set of these instead.

http://www.autosock.co.uk/

Might be a cheaper option than shelling out for new tyres ? I know you'd need four for the xtrail though to really make the most of it..

I did think of those, the main concern is slushy and frozen conditions however, and I don't think a set of those would last long then. Plus taking them on and off all the time as conditions changed all the time I reckon would be a right royal pain.

I'm currently looking at getting some Nokian WRG2 SUVs, which although not cheap, come highly rated. They are also suitable for use all year round (according to their US website at least), so shouldn't wear too badly if kept on longer than intended. I do around 10k per year in the 4*4, and around 6-7k of that is between October and March, so winter performance is more important to me than summer.

[Gazza77]

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

Its what the winged one has been wanting on the car all year.


What are the toyos like? We can't get any grabbers in our size, so thats the next choice as far as cash is concerned.

Toyo's: no idea. I had Yokohama Geolander AT/S, which were good in the snow and wet, but I found used to make the abs kick in a bit quick if it was just cold but dry.

[Gazza77]

Originally Posted by Kilted Ginger

Gazza get a set of steel wheels 16" from a primera. same size and spacing as xtrail. These are pretty common at scrappys unlike xtrail wheels. unfortunately i only found out that nugget after buying the 16" alloys. mines a T30 as well (01-07)
yours will be 215 60 17. you need 16 inch wheels with 215 70 16 grabbers

Mine's a T31 though; 2008 model.

Originally Posted by Gazza77

Unfortunately, Nissan in their infinite wisdom decided to fit wheels to the 07 on X Trails in sizes that AT tyres such as the Grabbers aren't available in. The only ATs made that I can find are Yoko G012s, and that's what I had on the Suzuki.

Originally Posted by Gazza77

Mine's a T31 though; 2008 model.

make your mind up mate

If you go to the xtrail forum there are spec sheets for wheel size, hole spacing etc. iirc they are still the same size 0n the 30 or 31 but could be wrong.

[fizzwheel]

What actual size are they, I know you said 17" but what width and side profile.

I think its 225/55/17 but not 100% sure...

They're well worth it if you can get hold of em, some sizes will be difficult to get. Even the council around where I used to work payed for all their fleet vehicles to have them and fitted/swapped; November - March.

[Gazza77]

Originally Posted by Kilted Ginger

make your mind up mate

If you go to the xtrail forum there are spec sheets for wheel size, hole spacing etc. iirc they are still the same size 0n the 30 or 31 but could be wrong.

As I said: "on the 07 on model" (the T31 was launched in 2007).

As far as I can see, the X trail forum fitment guide doesn't cover the T31.

http://www.x-trail-uk.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=3664

I'm happy to be corrected if you can point me in the right direction though.

The size required is as you said however, 215/60/17, so it would just depend on the offset, etc being correct.

[fizzwheel]

Just had a quick peak at Kwik Fit, would these not do ?

Continental 4x4 Winter Contact, Tyre Size 215/60H17, Winter Tyre 4x4 Tyre

Not as cheap as the Grabber though, I think I paid £90 a corner for our last ones, the Continentals according to Kwik Fit are £154 fitted, but I bet you could get cheaper than that.