sumitomo's
in your case.

 

This...

 

Neither, sumitomos are not real great tires and Nitto 555s are a soft compound tire, where are you planning on buying them? For a longer lasting tire id reccomend Yokohama S drives or Michelin pilot sports. Just my .02 tho

 

im guessing your getting them from AM... i got the sumitomos mounted on 17in bullits for my car, took it out one day last winter for 12 seconds and threw it back in the garage! our cars are not meant for snow... but I'm from minnesota so we get like 1-2 feet

 

just get some snow tires on cheap 15" wheels, then put 150lbs of bagged sand or salt in the trunk along with a shovel.

These are the basic steps to make any rear wheel drive car work better in the snow.

You want tall skinny tires with squirmy tread for snow. This is the opposite of a summer or even high performance all season tire.

The good news is you have a V6. It's a lot easier to reign in a smaller herd of horses when the going gets slippery!

 

I DD my car in the winter too. I wouldn't mess around with all seasons in the snow. Buy a set of steel wheels or cheap stock ones that fit your car and buy snow tires for them. I have Blizzaks and with 150lbs in the trunk I've never had any trouble in the snow, Still have to drive carefully though, the key is to really be gradual on the throttle , especially on hills and turns

 

Thanks guys but Im getting the 13" front brakes so i gotta run a bigger wheel, so wherever i gettem ill be stuck with them for a while cause money is tight. but i was going to go with either of those tires cause i can get the kits at lrs or am.

 

why are you upgrading to 13"..just curious...

 

need new front brakes and not really sure lol... just increased stopping power

 

Don't waste your money on a big brake kit. You can only stop as fast as your tires will let you; if you can lock up your tires (or trigger ABS if you have it) you will NOT see *any* improvement in stopping distance from bigger brakes. If you want a brake upgrade, flush your fluid, put in SS lines, and stop buying parts-house brake pads (they ALL suck, especially the lifetime warranty ones).

Bigger brakes exist for ONE reason: heat management. If you're driving hard enough to see brake fade (which is nigh impossible on the street), only then will you see benefit from bigger brakes.

Other than that, bigger brakes are actually detrimental. It's just a big mass of unsprung weight.

 

Make sure.. When you upgrade to 13" brakes.
You need bigger calipers too. Or the Disc's will gain you no stopping power.

Just get Slotted/Drilled with a set of Performance Brake pads.
That's probably more stopping power right there than a 6er would need, unless you're seriously going to race that sucker hard.

 

I answered your Q as asked, but I agree, its still not a good choice.

 

LOL

Did this a couple years ago, was like part two of another. By the time I started recording for the hell of it. It was so slick i could get a good donut going But sumo's in ice/snow

 

I Spun my car around in the rain at the mall parking lot the other day, Bout made my wife puke. it was fun.