I recently picked up a '94 Sentra LE (limited edition) for a daily driver while my 98 SE gets garaged. Living near the Pocono Mountains in PA I was planning on getting some snow tires for this winter for it (studded perhaps, maybe Blizzaks) and I was wondering what everyone's experience is regarding these. I have heard good things about the classics in the snow with the proper tires; I can't take another winter driving on Pirelli's in blizzards. :eek: :biggthump

Also, if anyone can chime in with their opinion of the various snow tire types for the B13's that would be great.

Hmm dunno bout those..but my Azenis did pretty well over this past winter. Didn't do to much accidental sliding :biggthump How you like the LE? Power everything?

i have some snow tires from i picked up on tirerack.com they were the like the cheapo tires, i cant recall any problems with them in the snow but on pavement i hated them.. guess im use to riding on azenis and yok. avs's..... im also in PA too.. scranton area.

Scranton is only like 45 min from where my dad lives. Sanyo it's a decent car and yes power!

Hmm dunno bout those..but my Azenis did pretty well over this past winter. Didn't do to much accidental sliding :biggthump How you like the LE? Power everything?


the 2 door LE I had (back from 1995-1998) didn't have power windows or locks..

My SE-R (with lsd) is unstoppable with decent tire. With 1 ft of snow, I was almost the only car on the road. I was for sure the only one that got to work before 10:00.

I plan to get some Blizzaks before this winter, as the tires I was using are done.

I had fun with the 91 and Nokian's. Does the LE have a LSD?

My 92 SE-R was awesome when equipped with Michelin Artic Alpins in the stock 14 in size.

14 " Blizzaks all around you will be unstoppable. I got great tread ware on them. Ran a set 5 months a year for 7 years on the same set. Compount they are made of feels like those old erasers that had on ball point pens. They feel like they have grit in them. When you put them on you will have to adjust your driving a little. I always had a day or 2 that I was chirping them at stop lights like some rice-a-roni-baffonni.

Just do it. Put em on steel wheels for that gettotastic look! :cool: :biggthump

They're great in the snow, but as you all know, it's more about the tires than the car.

Four or five years ago, we had a severe (well, what we consider severe) snow storm and I drove around on Dunlop D60A2s with no problem whatsoever. The interstate looked like a parking lot with all the abandoned vehicles (SUVs included).

This year, I tried the same thing with SO3s and let's just say I had to walk up the hill to my house.

I had fun with the 91 and Nokian's. Does the LE have a LSD?


Nah, I mean I don't know for sure, but it's only a GA16DE, pretty sure those never had LSD regardless of trim level

My 92 SE-R was awesome when equipped with Michelin Artic Alpins in the stock 14 in size.


Got a price or link for those?

The SE-R is unstoppable in winter conditions! :bigthumb:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/aklucsarits/SE-R/SE-RFrontLeftinSnow.jpg

It's got great ground clearance, FWD, LSD, relatively light weight... What more could you ask for in the snow? :) AWD?? Overrated! The picture below was taken at a Philly region SCCA autoX. It snowed, and we ran anyway. 18 AWD Subarus showed up to this event. My bone-stock SE-R on snow tires beat all of them except for one...
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/aklucsarits/AutoX/02-15-03/AndyKSe-r1.JPG


Got a price or link for those?

Those are the snow tires that I have. I put them on a spare set of 14" SE-R alloys. Try TireRack. IIRC, mine were about $240 shipped for a set of 4 Michelin Arctic Alpines.

Andrew

My se-r sucked last winter compared to my old XEI think it was the mix of me not used to it and the lsd that got me ***, I live in Ohio and we usually get a month or 2 tops of snow covered roadway and I am debating on whether or not blizzaks are necessary, I may just pick up some falken ziex all seasons and be done with it

i've got a set of studded tires for mine and i can drive it about as hard as i want on the snow/ice...i forget what brand they are but they're awsome

I've got some used blizzaks on my egg - great low speed traction, but gets real squirrelly above 40 or so. I think they have too much traction, so when you ride in some ruts in the snow, they try to climb up and out of them, lose traction at the top, then fall back in - they've freaked me out more than the stock Dunlops. I plan on driving the blizzaks till they wear out then replace w/ decent all-seasons like the Dunlops (good for everything but ice)

My se-r sucked last winter compared to my old XEI think it was the mix of me not used to it and the lsd that got me ***, I live in Ohio and we usually get a month or 2 tops of snow covered roadway and I am debating on whether or not blizzaks are necessary, I may just pick up some falken ziex all seasons and be done with it
well I ordered the ziex, ill have em on this weekend, ill report back when the snow hits

Here's a question - is it a bad idea to only purchase studded tires for the FRONT wheels only to save money, and leave the back tires with all seasons? Just figuring since our cars are FWD (obviously :) ) perhaps I could save some cash.

Here's a question - is it a bad idea to only purchase studded tires for the FRONT wheels only to save money, and leave the back tires with all seasons? Just figuring since our cars are FWD (obviously :) ) perhaps I could save some cash.
I was thinking the same exact thing but I just got my new tires today
http://d3studio.com/likenz/FALKENS2.JPG
http://d3studio.com/likenz/FALKENS.JPG

Cool. How much and from where?