Endersshadow

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Would winter tires really help a lot on a 94 formula? I live up near Chicago and I'm sure winter will be crappy as it always is.

Also...seeing as how I have a Firebird and the headlights pop up I was wondering if anyone has any experience with them getting stuck? I'd imagine that they would get ice down in the compartment and then get stuck....Does that happen?

Oh and one more question....what would be a fair asking price for a tune up? I know someone who is willing to do it...he told me to name my price and he'd see what he could do.

SPEED#1

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IN chicago too huh yea blizzaks will be ur best bet and a lot of weight in the rearend...sandbags, cinder blocks.lol..whatever you want.

Torque Fiend

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I live in chicago, and yes I have some blizzaks. Get them in 225s max with on a stock 16" wheel.

They're really good. I could get out of parking spots and into them, just give it light throttle, don't go crazy. I also had a 75lb bag of sand in the T-top conpartment for leverage of weight over the rear. My car is down right now, but when it's back up it'll have 150 lbs over the rear.

If you drive w/ light throttle it'll do real good. Stops good too. I was driving out in about 8" of snow last year, it was beginning to be a struggle at that much snow though.

Parking got harder too, needed to really clean the spot for that.



Oh my TA lights do get stuck too, especially coming down, but my motors aren't good either. Up was fine, down wasn't.

bufmatmuslepants

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instead of spending a couple hundred bucks on snow tires buy a beater s10 blazer or explorer. way more fun and keeps your car out of harms way if someone else ***** up and slides into you.

93TAJ.C.

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Yeah like this! lol You can not stop this thing, i go pull people out of the ditches with it in blizzards. Its stock ride height with a built 4.3 "w" code vortec and 31"x10.5" bfg mtr's with the torsion bars jacked up, fenders cut, and firewall bfh'd back, no rubs .

I know the tires say bfg at, but theyr recaps and actually have a goodyear wrangler treadwall. 375 mounted and balanced, you cant beat that.

AutoRoc

225/55/16 snow tires were a blessing on my first F-Body. Much more confidence in bad weather. Also, if you take care of them and don't wear them out too much, they have an OK resale value after a year or two.

Putting weight in the trunk.. also priceless. I'd shoot for around 200lbs myself. Keep gas tank full also.

Oh I had Blizzaks BTW.

67goatman455

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i went with a 195 65 16 (i think) Firestone winterforce. $70 a pop and a lot of traction surprisingly!

gregrob

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Who drives a damn F body in the snow?

tittan1500

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me for 4 years. with weight and good all season tires they do just fine

Oh and I live in WISCONSIN

bore.me

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people with good driving skills

I had some cheap 215/60R16 snow tires last year and they made a big difference driving through the "lake-effect" snow on the hills of upstate New York. This year i got some Dunlop 225/55's and they should help out even more. I keep a small bag of sand, and ice scrapper, and a small shovel in the back of my car. Also, I always carefully scrape the snow/ice off my headlights before i pop them up. F-body's are an adventure in the snow but once you play around in it for a while then you'll have good control.

A tune-up might be expensive because the spark plugs are so hard to reach. You can do a search to find what the best plugs are to buy. I think they're NGK-555 or something

pillarpod

best time to fish tale and whip a couple of shittys it easyer on the tires too

Torque Fiend

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I wish I could get a beater, some douche slid and hit my mom's forester yesterday morning.

Luckily my car is down right now but should be up with in the next few weeks.

It's a little hard to get a beater for lets say 500,plus registration 275 plus city sticker 75 plus insurance 30-50. That's not so cheap, especially when I got my tires for under 300 shipped.

IanWatson

Me. And it's A LOT of fun. At least in my subdivision. I get serious out on the road.

and i live in MICHIGAN.

2manytoyz

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Huh,same the tire money and buy a $500 s-10 4x4 rust bucket,youll be glad you did when the salt is on the roads

bore.me

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Sometimes that $500 s-10 can turn into a $1500 s-10 by the time it's registered, insured, and repaired. Everyone has a different situation

ThoR294

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I have my g5 and a 92 dakota for the snow. My TA sits. not even worth it to put snow tires on it. i got my dakota for $800 and all I did was put a tbelt in it and 2 studded snows in the rear and some sandbags. its awesome

kinglt-1

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I do not care how much weight you put in the back or what snowtires you buy, driving a f-body in 8" of snow is dicey at best. I vote keep the salt off the fbody and get a winter beater.

OneBadTA

Ive used Blizzaks, Michelin X-Ice, and now using General Altimax Arctic tires. The General tires are actually working better than the high priced stuff. Im in South PA where we get anywhere from 4-8" here and there. Also gotta make my way up a 1300ft somewhat steep uphill dirt driveway with a few turns. Its like a snow rally getting to my house. lol

CamaroRacing12

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find a beater if u can. if not def put weight in the rear and get ahold of some snows.

PsychoticX

I've heard Blizzaks rip through snow like crazy, but for just wet cold roads (90% of what you'll be driving on in Chicago) they're not the best. I got some dunlop winter sports on my z this winter. During that storm a week or two ago I was on an uphill and unplowed road and had no trouble getting up it from a dead stop. To me that's all you need really. This way you can also get some performance driving on warm winter days. The way Chicago has been lately one day it's -10 F then it's 50 F the next.

Just going from what I heard on the blizzaks though, I know some guys swear by them.