Snow tires for Wrangler

[Lionel]

What are you guys using for snow tires on a Wrangler ?

[xjoex]

I put a set of Bridgestone Blizzaks on my wrangler. They don't look as cool as beefy Mud Terrains but they have amazing grip. I drive from 8500' down to 5000' through a twist winding canyon every day and never had a problem. Some people even use chains in the canyon. This is the first winter I did not use use studs and I don't think I'll go back to studs. I have heard good things about DuraTracs, they are severe winter weather approved, but not a true winter tire. However the duratrac has bigger knobs so it will work better in deep snow.


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-Joe

[Lionel]

Thanks Joe. What size rims are you using and what size tire ?

[zachateseverything]

I put a set of Bridgestone Blizzaks on my wrangler. They don't look as cool as beefy Mud Terrains but they have amazing grip. I drive from 8500' down to 5000' through a twist winding canyon every day and never had a problem. Some people even use chains in the canyon. This is the first winter I did not use use studs and I don't think I'll go back to studs. I have heard good things about DuraTracs, they are severe winter weather approved, but not a true winter tire. However the duratrac has bigger knobs so it will work better in deep snow.

I can confirm that that DuraTrac is an awesome workhorse of a tire. It does everything well and it's got the 3-peak mountain/snowflake label so it'll be good in snow and ice but it isn't a snow tire. However, you can run it all 4 seasons.

[xjoex]

I have 17" x 7.5" wheels (the rubicon wheels painted gloss black for the Willy's edition) with 265/70R17 Blizzaks. The stock Mud Terrains are 255/75R17 .

I agonized over the DuraTrac vs snow tire decision last year. A bunch of people up here run the studded DuraTrac, I know the wrangler can get going in snow, but stopping on ice was my major concern and the Blizzaks had amazing reviews. No complaints, that doesn't mean I might not try the studded DuraTrac one day...

-Joe

[Lionel]

Thanks. My wife's Rubicon came stock with apparently shitty bridgestone summer tires that seem to get across the board bad reviews. The rims are 18" which makes tire selection here more challenging.

[cny rider]

Don't have a Wrangler but we have had excellent performance in bad conditions on very hilly rural terrain with both Blizzaks and Michelin X-Ice.
They both are common tires and probably come in the size you're looking for.