1LE Camaro Tire Dilema
 

With GM dragging their feet on releasing/building the 1LE it looks like they won't be hitting dealerships until the fall/winter. Since they come with summer tires that presents a problem living in a state with winter. That leaves me with 2 options.

1. Wait to order the car. Meaning it will be another half a year before I get the car.
2. Replace the tires and enjoy the car when it's cold.

I would like to make #2 happen. However, does anyone make winter tires in that size? What are the ZL1 owners running for winter tires? If there are no winter tires, then has anyone one all season tires in the cold with good results? If so, then which tires have you run?

Buy a set of stock ss rims from the classified section. Then slap on a set of nitto motivo all season tires. Then enjoy.

Do the motivo's work well in cold weather? I don't plan to use the car in snow, but the Goodyear Eagle Supercar G:2 that come stock supposedly crack below 40 degrees. Will the motivo's provide adequate traction in the cold compared to summer tires?

If not in snow, you could also just run the factory SS tires. They are also a summer tire, but I haven't had any problems in cold temps. Never drove it in snow though.

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Cold temps? You live in SoCal man?! Jk lol

Much worse. I live in Chicago. :mad0260:

Did some math in a ZL1 tire thread. Just replacing these bad boys every 15k miles will come to $11,333 in tires once you reach 100k miles. :confused0068: Not many people in that thread were getting 15k miles out of the goodyears.

The stock tire size on the 1LE is suppose to be 285/35R20. There is no Motivo tire in that size and in fact I can't find anything except the goodyears in that size. But......it looks like the 275/35R20 Motivo should be a adequate replacement? I am far from being a tire expert, so can someone with tire knowledge give me their input?

The goodyears that will come stock have an overall diameter of 27.9
with a width of 11.4. Those numbers are pretty much dead on with the
Motivo's and you would expect those numbers out of a 285/35R20 tires instead of a 275/35R20.

Overall diameter on the Motivo: 27.87
The overall width: 11.38

Compare that to the Invo's that also come in 275/35R20

Invo Overall Diameter: 27.6
Overall Width: 10.67

That seems more what I would expect out of a 275/35R20 tire.

get a set of used SS rims and put 275/40/20 Pirelli Scoprion Ice & Snows on all four corners. That's what I do for the winter and the car handles better than my old Wrangler.

It also looks like Pirelli has a set of winter tires in 285/35R20. The sotozeros.

It isn't the only place I've lived. I lived I Vegas before San Diego. Winters there got fairly cold. Even had snow my first winter there. Plus I've travel a lot in the time I've had her.

Do what I did, I ordered a beautiful set of 245/45/20 Pirelli Scoprion Ice & Snows for all 4 corners. The skinnier the tire the better it will handle in the snow and it will only add roughly 3% spedo difference (pratically nothing). I went throught Bestwheeldeals.com and ask for Jon. Super fast shipping and this guy was amazing. I got the tsw nurburgring wheel , gunmetal finish and I cant even describe how cool these look. He also gave me painted to match center caps and powder coated lug nuts for 2850 with free ship!

I would have to agree with Steiger and BLKSS1LE with the seperate tire and wheel combination as I will be doing the same once I get my car. This will save on the wear compared to getting all seasons and you should get more life out of the tires. It will also be pretty easy to swap out the tires instead of having to bring them to a shop and swapping out the tires only.

Should I be looking for used SS wheels then or will the 19" 2LT wheels from the V6 fit?