I read a few other threads and still cant decide 16’s or 17’s for winter wheel/tire combo.. Any one have experience with going a step down in rim size but adding more sidewall ? Pros vs cons ?
My only fear is steering becoming softer or becoming less snappy. I know that is also dependent on tire sidewall design etc... And driving in snow should not matter, but I still care for dry pavement. Although the CX-5 is not a sport car, I dont want to lose its snappy steering feel or not lose too much of it at least. My Mitsubishi Evo 9 steering was soo snappy, that moving it a mm would snap the car in that direction , almost like driving a go-cart. But when I changed the tires to all season and different brand, I felt a slight loss of that super crisp steering response due to the softer side wall tire.
I would probably get the RPF rims as the 16” weights in at 13.7 lbs per rim and the 17” weights in at 14.7 lbs per rim.
My only fear is steering becoming softer or becoming less snappy. I know that is also dependent on tire sidewall design etc... And driving in snow should not matter, but I still care for dry pavement. Although the CX-5 is not a sport car, I dont want to lose its snappy steering feel or not lose too much of it at least. My Mitsubishi Evo 9 steering was soo snappy, that moving it a mm would snap the car in that direction , almost like driving a go-cart. But when I changed the tires to all season and different brand, I felt a slight loss of that super crisp steering response due to the softer side wall tire.
I would probably get the RPF rims as the 16” weights in at 13.7 lbs per rim and the 17” weights in at 14.7 lbs per rim.