VW Beetle tire question

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On Nov 11, 10:03 pm, 86GolfDiesel
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> myy 99 beetle has 205-55-16. Stock. Looking at snow tires. 215-55-16.
> Will these be too wide? will they work?

For Winter tyres you want then less wide not wider for best snow
performance. Modern winter tyres are called Winter tyres rather than
Snow tyres. They are using different technology than the old Snow
tyre designs.

They tried to design them without studs. But they are still available

"dave AKA vwdoc1" > wrote in message
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> AFAIK
> Blizzak tires maybe?
> And keep the narrower size so they can cut through the snow like a knife!
> ;-)
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> > wrote in message
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> On Nov 11, 10:03 pm, 86GolfDiesel
> > wrote:
>> myy 99 beetle has 205-55-16. Stock. Looking at snow tires. 215-55-16.
>> Will these be too wide? will they work?
>
> For Winter tyres you want then less wide not wider for best snow
> performance. Modern winter tyres are called Winter tyres rather than
> Snow tyres. They are using different technology than the old Snow
> tyre designs.
>
I have Blizzak studded snow tires on my 86 Diesel Golf for two years now.
From tire rack . Its the bomb. Gets around better then my 4 by 4 Chevy . Its
very difficult to get them to spin. They grip awesome.