Snow Tires

[sjkarrow]

I have a 2010 SHO PP and am finally buying dedicated snow tires, been running Conti DWS for the past few years but had some $ to burn and figured why not.

I took car to the dealer and had price things out for a set of Blizzak WS80's and a set of Enkie Performance PDC Rims. All together for rims/tpms/tires/alignment/etc was $1,500 which I didn't think was too bad.

My question is will 17's really fit? Prior to ordering everything I figured I'd ask the group.

tires: 235/60R17
rims: 17x7.5

photo of rim/tire combo from tirerack (which shows this as an available combo for the SHO)

 

[sjkarrow]

After reading the EcoBoost website and having some discussion on FB, I opted for the 235/55R18 size which matches the Taurus SEL, now I don't have to worry about clearance issues.

 

[Crazyeights]

I have those Blizzaks on 17" SPORT wheels and had no issues on my 2011 PP with H&R springs. No clearance issues. The speedometer was off by 2 MPH on the lower side. I will be putting them on my 2015 late November. This will be the 4th season with them and the tires show no real wear.

 

[limited02]

I have those Blizzaks on 17" SPORT wheels and had no issues on my 2011 PP with H&R springs. No clearance issues. The speedometer was off by 2 MPH on the lower side. I will be putting them on my 2015 late November. This will be the 4th season with them and the tires show no real wear.

I’d like to see a picture with those wheels on!

Edit: I read that as you having ‘17 Sport wheels (from the Explorer) and then realized you’ve been using them the pass 4 years. Either way, pictures never hurt! Lol

 

[Crazyeights]

I’d like to see a picture with those wheels on!

Edit: I read that as you having ‘17 Sport wheels (from the Explorer) and then realized you’ve been using them the pass 4 years. Either way, pictures never hurt! Lol

I have pictures on my laptop at work. I will post them tomorrow. They are "Sport Wheels" brand name. See picture above.

 

[Crazyeights]

17" Sport Wheels with Blizzak WS80 tires on the 2011 PP, #136 0f 602 manufactured in Ingot Silver Metallic, #1138 of a build of 4845.

 

[sjkarrow]

Got my snow tires installed and had he dealer put on new TPMS bands and now my car is saying fault. Any thoughts here? They tried 2 different sets and got same error each time. I saw On an older thread that BPD had started someone said in May of 2010 ford switched band styles, mine was before May.

Any thoughts on making the error go away? They unplugged he battery for 15-20 minutes then retired and still got the same error.

Bought the rims off tire rack and opted to go with ford sensors vs. the ones tire rack offered.