So its time for me to get some new tires, im looking for mud and snow because i go to tahoe alot during the winter but i want to best traction possible for dry surface too, i have the stock 16 by 6 rims on my legacy gt my current tires are the kumho 716hp4's 205/55 R16 they were fine in the snow the past few years but didnt get the traction i was looking for on dry days, i can get tires wholesale from tire rack from a buddie of mine and was thinkin of the kumho ecsta's mambe 205/50's or 45's wut do u guys think? thanks alot for ur inut

 

I'm running Pirelli P-Zero Nero M+S. They have great everyday traction and I'm expecting around 30k out of them. I've never taken them to the snow, but I'm almost positive they're great tires in there too. As for price, I got mine for 100$/tire (225/50/16)

 

Im running the same tires. I bought them for the same reason. All the reviews said they were great in the wet and dry.

Mine were a bit more for 235/40/18s

 

i picked up the falken ze - 512's for winter driving. they were pretty cheap and i've driven to tahoe a bunch with them. they are way better than my summer tires (falken azeni's) in the rain/snow, a lot quieter, and i'm really happy with them. of course i swap em out when its dry though....

 

+1 for Falken Zeix 512. I've even used those for track days when my track tires weren't ready. I'm currently trying Toyo Proxes 4 on my winter setup. I've read great reviews for them, and they seem good so far but I don't have much of my own data yet.

 

+1 for Pirelli. I drove them through a winter in Syracuse, NY. The US capitol of snow and crap weather.

THe look of the tread will throw you off. Before getting the, I couldn't imagine how they would do well on dry or wet but they do. Well worth it. And 30k mileage for sure.

 

Might as well run 215/45/16 on your Legacy GT wheels. I have BFGoodrich G-Force KDWS, they came on my car with the stock wheels and I like them pretty well for wet / dry traction.

 

Neovas!!!

 

this months car and driver has a review on the best street tires. Take a look the goodyear f1 took 1st prize.

I secound there review I have the goodyears and I love them, awsome on the dry and in the wet.

 

+2 for Falken ziex 512's. I've owned a couple sets. pretty good all around tire in wet and dry and is a decent performer when taken to the slopes.

 

P-zero M&S.... ask daredevil...lol i have been on some drives with him and those tires are damn good..

 

If the stock tires are 205/55/16 like the WRX, the speedo would be off if he went to 215/45/16 ( http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/infoTireMath.dos ). Like me, at 225/50/16, it would be .5 mm difference in entire tire diameter, which would make it much of a closer speedo reading. Though, if LGT wheels are really only 6" wide (WRX is 6.5 and older RS wheels are 7") then it'd look weird to go to a 225...

 

I'm pretty sure the Legacy GT wheels before 05 were 16x6.5

If you guys know sonic_yellow (Jon) he's been running 215/45/16 on his set of lgt wheels. But yea the speedo will be off more using 45 vs 50. Thats if he cares about that, pretty soon I'm getting another set of 16'' RS wheels and I'll have a 45 sidewall on it... may be a lil bit less accurate speedo but I think I can live with it.

 

http://www.caranddriver.com/article....ticle_id=10252

Car and Driver did a test for tires happy shopping!

 

dry/wet performance tires and all season (mud and snow) tires are two different things....