The Brian Spilner ..... EVO

[scheides]

OEM size is fine. I'd recommend any of the following:

Nokian Hakkapeliitta RSi (best snow tire ever, hella expensive)
General Altimax Arctic (Nokian Hakka rip, second best snow tire ever, very affordable)
Hankook W409 (Nokian Hakka rip, not as good as the General and louder on dry pavement...still great tire)

The above are all kinda 'marshmallow' snow tires...epic in the snow and ice but on dry pavement they are a bit soft and marshmallowey.

'Performance' snow tires...made for sports cars, better in the dry:
Hankook w300 (great snow tire fo the $$, lots of people I know have run them and love them)
Hankook w310 (these are new version of the w300 I think?)
Dunlop Wintersport M3 (longtime great snow tire with tons of great reviews)
Dunlop Wintersport 3D (new version of the M3)

I will recommend the Generals to everyone; I had them on my evo and they are on my wife's GLI. They turn even a FWD wheelspinner into a fukin snow cat. That being said, I can't get them in 18" for my X, so I'm probably getting either the M3's or the W310's. If you can, get them mounted on a second set of stock rims and simply swap them on right when it snows the first time, that's what I always do. Otherwise, order them, have them waiting, and once the temp is consistently below 35°, have them swapped on.

[goodhart]

Not gonna lie, I kinda like the red seats, but I would be concerned about the red paint on blue seats turning some total poop color. yikes.

Scheides pretty much said all there is to say about winter tires. Bizzak's are good too obviously, I have never had a set but a handful of friends have had them and I've never heard a complaint. I wish firestone had made winterforces in 17's when I had my Evo, I loved them on the dyke mobile. Pretty sure they still only make them in smaller fatter sizes like a 215-65/16 for example, not a low-pro like a stock 235/45-17 Evo tire.

[cmspaz]

I'm running the Nitto SN2s, and they're a marshmallow tire as well. Very very awesome in the snow, I was doing 60mph while pushing snow with the front bumper a couple times last year with near perfect stability. They do suck in the dry, and in the wet I can get the car to crab walk in second just rolling onto it. A nice tire, but once they're gone I'll probably go with something more "sporty."

[turbotalon1g]

I like both winterforces and blizzaks. Good luck.

On the seats i think the red insert looks pretty neat and as long as it isn't bright I think it will look nice

[Goat Blower]

Definitely black on the seats, and a wing. I wish I would've dyed my seats black, even though I didn't own it that long. All black looks great without spending dough on the IX seats.

[Cammaxon]

Thanks for the snow tire info. I'll keep you updated on what i get :)

[A//// Guy]

I had Michelin X-Ices on my old Audi, loved those tires and they handled well.

[Cammaxon]

I ordered winter tires today... The Toyota dealer in Winona was running the "Buy 3 get the 4th for $1" kind of deal. I'm also picking up a set of 8 wheels on Thursday. .... I want to powder coat them.

[CornFed2.4]

you'll need to powder coat them! LOL. Nice evo by the way

[Cammaxon]

Thanks :) and how will powdercoated wheels hold up against the salt?