Primarily you want thin and narrow. I ran all season Falken-512 195 50 15 last winter and had no problems.
Pros: no problems
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
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Just put 'em on this weekend. ASA AR2 18x8 wheels from the Tire Rack. Tires are Kumho SPT. They look great in person, especially for the money.
Pros: look great in person
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
I have the same tires on my Golf, we had 15\" of snow last week and the car behaved wonderfully. I only got stuck once, in my driveway because I was snow plowing. I've taken my car up to Mt. Baker a few times and was able to drive on snow and some ice.
Pros: car behaved wonderfully
Cons: got stuck once
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
I'm running 255/40-17 RT615s on 17x8 ET35. This is on a "regular" MK4, not an R32. It should not be an issue, the additional grip provided over 225/235 is noticeable.
Pros: additional grip noticeable
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
225/40/18 falken ze512's on an 18x8.5" wheel - and those are correctly sized for the mk4 - rolled shoulder extreme...
Pros: correctly sized, rolled shoulder
Cons: extreme stretch
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
The tires are great in the rain, great in the dry, quiet and give a good ride quality. People have had bad luck with bubbles, yes, but I had no such luck in the past.
Pros: great in rain and dry
Cons: bad luck with bubbles
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 22530 km
When i bought my GTI 1.8T it came with the Nexen n3000 and personally i liked them the road handling was quite good and they seem to handle well in the wet also. The tread lasted me quite long and id say for about 14000 miles and they still had 6-7/32 tread left when i sold them. Honestly i am thinking of buying them again!
Pros: good road handling, good wet handling, long tread life
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 14000 km
I run 245/40/17 Michelin Pilot sport cups on 17x8" Et 35 rims with stock springs -> no rubbing
Pros: no rubbing, stock springs
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
It is an EXTREMELY common problem on Mk4's to show cupping on inside of rear tires even with everything at spec. After you rotate them, the \"good front\" tires on rear will then begin cupping also, and the noise problem will increase as they wear more... the rears will \"sing\" with the cupped fronts (formerly on rear) and you can get some pretty loud droning at low speeds, only becoming less noticable at high speeds.
Cons: cupping on inside, noise problem
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
I have Yokohama AVSDBs they are pretty bad in the snow But fun in empty parking lots
Pros: fun in parking lots
Cons: bad in the snow
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
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