Winter tires for GTS?
Hello everyone,
My GL63 has me enthralled with AMG products and so now I'm going to jump into a 2016 GTS. I would like to get winter tires to I can drive it year round. Obviously, I wouldn't drive it in deep snow, but love the improved handling of snow tires in cold weather. The sales dept has told me there are no winter tires available for the rear. Has anyone found anything that works? Thanks! |
Not sure why they lied to you. Up here in the great white north Mercedes sells winter wheels and tires. I personally purchased 2 days ago a set of Pirelli Winter Sottozero Series2 winter 270's in the factory 19/20 sizes. Michelin also makes a rear in stock sizes in the Alpin Pa4 with a slightly narrower 255 width front tire as well. The Pirelli's are actually branded as Mercedes recommended
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I had posted this earlier this year:
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Winter wheels
With the front offset at 61 and rear at 68 the best I could find in a rep was 45 and it worked for the rear but stuck out too much in the front. I got a deal of a lifetime on a factory set of 19/20 wheels so I went that way.
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Originally Posted by orenlasko
(Post 6953896)
Not sure why they lied to you. Up here in the great white north Mercedes sells winter wheels and tires. I personally purchased 2 days ago a set of Pirelli Winter Sottozero Series2 winter 270's in the factory 19/20 sizes. Michelin also makes a rear in stock sizes in the Alpin Pa4 with a slightly narrower 255 width front tire as well. The Pirelli's are actually branded as Mercedes recommended
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Nope.
Bought another set of AMG wheels my dealer sold me which is the original stock 19/20 wheel and I'm using those.
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Originally Posted by eclapton24
(Post 6954025)
I had posted this earlier this year:
I'd appreciate any help. I couldn't find "Dragracing" wheels. To many things come up on google. L( Totally stoked with the car otherwise. I'm in Rhode Island, and we've had some days over freezing, so I've been able to cruise around in the batmobile. Soooo much cooler than the 911 I traded away for the GTS. Cheers! John |
Congrats on the car! Sorry for the late reply. I was out of town. The wheel is called dragracing DR 48 with 19 inch wheels. If you don't have a discount tire near you, they can be ordered online from discount tire direct according to my rep. They're not the fanciest wheels in the world, but they certainly do the job and are easy to keep clean.
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Thanks! It's snowing now and I timed out. I ended up getting Pirelli Sottozero Serie II tires in sizes matching the stock wheels. I spent 2 1/2 hours this morning watching tire guys at Firestone point at my tires, point at the machine, point at my tires, etc. They finally did it.
I had to get N=Porsche tires in front because that's what was left. That meant two separate orders from tirerack. They wouldn't send N tires and normal tires in the same order. I think there is 1 Sottozero Winter Serie II 265/35/19 left in the USA, and Pirelli isn't sending more. One person is allowed to get a flat. |
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Would you mind sending a pic of these on? I am about to mimic your approach with the Drag 48's squared. Thanks so much.
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Originally Posted by Gedalneil
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Would you mind sending a pic of these on? I am about to mimic your approach with the Drag 48's squared. Thanks so much.
Here you go! |
Originally Posted by Gedalneil
(Post 7290394)
Would you mind sending a pic of these on? I am about to mimic your approach with the Drag 48's squared. Thanks so much.
Originally Posted by eclapton24
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I have a friend...
who has a factory set of wheels and tires for sale. Everything is located in Toronto. I can find out
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Went with same set up with Drag wheels and bought 255/40/19 SottoZeros used. One important point here is the tire size. With these wheels, if we went with the 265/35/19, the front wheels may rub. Side note, they stopped making these wheels to get ready for SEMA. Thanks again.
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Does size matter?
I live in the Chicago area and have a 2018 AMG GT on order. It should arrive in February. For the winter, I found Pirelli tires and Zito wheels that should work. I went with the factory sizes for the 19/20 tires and wheels 19x9/20x11. Are there any issues going with the factory sizes for the winter? I spoke to a supercar wholesaler and he suggested that at a minimum, I should have gone with more narrow tires for the winter. Thoughts? I thought that I should be fine by matching.
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Originally Posted by jstewperry
(Post 7307801)
I live in the Chicago area and have a 2018 AMG GT on order. It should arrive in February. For the winter, I found Pirelli tires and Zito wheels that should work. I went with the factory sizes for the 19/20 tires and wheels 19x9/20x11. Are there any issues going with the factory sizes for the winter? I spoke to a supercar wholesaler and he suggested that at a minimum, I should have gone with more narrow tires for the winter. Thoughts? I thought that I should be fine by matching.
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I checked again with my dealership and they agreed that while you can go with a different setup, going with OEM sizes for winter should be fine. One of the other challenges I had was finding wheels that fit. Evidently the calipers are pretty big on the GT and not all wheels can clear them. I originally ordered Savini BM12s that were listed as ok for the GT. Once I placed my order, I got a fitment call from them stating that the 19 fronts would not work. They said that I would need to do a 20/20 setup. I did not want to do this, plus I had already received the 19/20 Pirelli Sottozeros. So that order was cancelled. Fortunately, I saw Zito Wheels on this forum. Not only do they state that the ZF03s fit, but I saw several photos of the actual wheel on the GT, and I spoke directly to the distributor as well. The price was reasonable.
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Originally Posted by eclapton24
(Post 7017036)
Congrats on the car! Sorry for the late reply. I was out of town. The wheel is called dragracing DR 48 with 19 inch wheels. If you don't have a discount tire near you, they can be ordered online from discount tire direct according to my rep. They're not the fanciest wheels in the world, but they certainly do the job and are easy to keep clean.
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Did anybody drive on the SottoZeros 3 and can comment on the difference from Series2?
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Originally Posted by NYML63
(Post 7332493)
Did you get all 4 of the DR 48 in 19x9.5? |
Originally Posted by eclapton24
(Post 7333197)
Yes, all 4 are the same size. |
Originally Posted by NYML63
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Thank you. I just picked up the last set of these from DT. Did you get the run flats? Also, what TPMs? |
Thanks for all the replies.
Did you have to use any spacers in the back? 9.5 for DRs instead of 11 for the factory would make the DRs look pushed in? |
Originally Posted by eclapton24
(Post 7333197)
Yes, all 4 are the same size. |
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