I think Nokian Top winter tire is now the RSi... but J, would know more about it since Nokian pay him to advertise.
Top of the line is the hakka4 studded, which we can't get in the states yet. Nokian WR is top of the line high performance winter tire Nokkian Hakka2 is top of the line studded winter tire (available in US) Nokian RSi is top of the line studless winter tire I use exclusively Nokian tires for winter. No, I don't get paid to advertise Vic. ;-) (man, wish I did.. I'd be a rich man!)
I call all local tires company, some don't carry. All I know winter performance ice/snow studless Hakka Q, Hakka 2, Nordman. I was phonin tire company they mention about the RSI, are those all Seasonal?
Anderson motorsport has the best pricing on Nokians: http://www.andersonmotorsport.com The RSi is replaceing the hakka Q.. RSi is a studless snow/ice tire. Pretty soft, R speed rated (106 MPH) The hakka2 is meant to have studs, but it can be run without studs fine (many do that here in MN). It is not as stiff as the WR, and not as soft as the RSi (or older Q). It's T rated (118 MPH) WR is techincally all weather tire, but many run it as high performance winter tire, since it's snow and ice grip are much better than any all season, but yet it still performs decent on the dry. It's H (130 MPH) or V (150 MPH) speed rated. I don't know anything about the Nordman 1. It's not listed on Nokian's official site http://www.nokiantyres.com , and on the US site, it's listed under new tires with no info, and it's design appears similar to the old hakka1. (That may be a website error? )
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by tbone Nordman 1 nokian tyre http://www.nokiantires.com/newsite/tires_popup.cfm?id=3&size=205/55R16 <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> Looks very old tech.. I'd take the hakka2 over it any day.
So you're saying the WR is all season but it does better in snow/ice than the nokian tires even when they are made for the snow/ice?
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by LVT So you're saying the WR is all season but it does better in snow/ice than the nokian tires even when they are made for the snow/ice? <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> Lou, WR's are made by Nokian. WR are all season but has a Winter rating and will do pretty well in snow/ice but they won't be as great as the dedicated snow tires (Hakka's). Get it? Got it? Good.
i know they're made by nokians i forgot to add "other" in that sentence. Those are what you have on yours right now right? But ok thanks for the reply. Was just wondering about that.
The WR and RSi are also hakkas. Like Vic said, the WR is an "all weather" tire, that is the least agressive in snow/ice of the Nokian line suitable for winter. Considering it's snow and ice performance, it does very well on the dry, hence it straddles the line of all season / winter tire. Basically, it's a high performance winter tire. The Nokian RSi is the most agressive studless tire Nokian currently makes. It does very well especially on ice, but only "ok" on the dry. THe Nokian Hakka2 performance falls between the RSi and the WR in all conditions. Not as good on the dry as the WR, but better than RSi. Not as good on ice as the RSi, but better than the WR. It's made to be studded, and this description of performance is assuming you are NOT running the studs since they are illegal here (otherwise obviously they'd rule in the ice) -Jordan
I just bought set a nokian hakkaQ RSI. That came with the BMW factory rims. What offset size does it have, would it fit my 5X100?
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by tbone I just bought set a nokian hakkaQ RSI. That came with the BMW factory rims. What offset size does it have, would it fit my 5X100? <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> BMW rims won't fit your car.. different bolt pattern and offset. However, what size are the rims? And, what size are the tires? (I have a friend with a BMW that has been looking for a used set of rims) -Jordan
The size is 205/55r/16's. i might take it out and replace on my oem 6 spoke rims. And I will sell the bmw rims without tires. I will posted up when I have them. Thanks jordan
