My front tyres on my blobeye wrx sti will need to be changed in winter. Currently fronts are Re070 and rears are S001 Bridestone.

Has anyone ran Re70 all round in winter without any problems, such as under steer and lack of control, as these tyres are summer semi slicks?

Regards.

 

I can't imagine they'd be too cleaver! I don't like mine in the damp. Once they've got some heat in them there a different tyre.

Joe

 

Theyre alot of fun when its wet, never run them in winter always changed to my 18s, would say they will be a handfull when icy

 

They aren't very good if there's a decent amount of snow about.

dunx

P.S. I ran Vredestein Ultrac Sessantas on mine in the cold/wet.

 

Why risk it mate?

I had Potenza re070 on my blob sti they are an ok summer tyre, not the best even in the dry imho

Get a set of winter wheels and dedicated snow tyres!! It will cost a lot less than repairing a bump or even worse case a right off

 

If you have not got DCCD forget it, I ran mine in the snow on my old car and it was great fun once the dccd was locked but wind it back and it just wanted to do donuts

 

Hi.
Winter = winter tyres !!!

Budget winter tyre will be MUCH better than BEST summer rubber.
Winter tyres are made from different compound (very soft) compared to summer ones.
And the other way round, winter tyres in summer conditions are ABSOLUTELY crap !

 

I use winter tyres but changed them a little early this year and got caught with re070 in the snow, no comparison at all, I quickly changed them back. Never got stuck but had a lot of difficulty with traction and braking compared to my winter tyres, in fact only real way to get the re070 to work was by locking centre diff and sliding about. Good for sideways action but not safe when other traffic about.

 

+1

 

I had them on the spec d over winter. As long as you drive to the conditions there fine, dccd really helped though. I was worried but I got every where with it.

 

thanks guys, think i need to get some bridgestone s001, which iswhat i have on the rears, but the fronts are re070. do you thin Michelin pilot sports are better or bridgestone?

 

I run RE70 in summer and Michelin PS2's in the winter on my Spec C

 

They are fine in winter ran them for 8 years, although i avoided snow.

 

Great summer tyre, been using them since 2004, just don't run them in snow, one touch on the brake will show you why, I now have a dedicated set of winter tyres for that on the spec c

 

I'd be very interested as to why you think they're just an OK tyre.

Personally I found them to be absolutely fantastic in the dry.
They were pretty good in the wet too, just not so good when it was dampy or greasy

Definitely wouldn't want to show those tyres any winter conditions

 

I agree totally - apart from the 'tramlining' - and I have run them in the winter in the early years of having the car, and you're correct, not good in winter