Downsizing tires on Sunfire GT

yes, the gt's have the same brakes as the se's, so you could also go down to

Given the 14 inch rims fit, I'd get a set of the narrowest/highest profile snow tires you can get with the right rolling diameter and put them on. Impossible to drive safely in our winters with 4 "flying saucers"

i use 185/75/14's for winters and 225/50/16's for summer

Sounds about right to me.

Thanks for all the replies guys.

So does this mean that it is actually better to downsize to get better traction etc. as compared to going for winter tires at the original

Any side effects for doing that? Handling, etc...?

going with a narrower tire will help you in the snow and ice, reason being your contact patch is smaller, so the same amount of weight is distributed over a smaller area making a higher pressure per square inch, thus you'll be less likely to float on top of snow and ice. The downside is you will have negatively affected the cars dry traction as there wont be so much rubber touching the pavement, but unless you drive the car particularly hard in corners you wont notice a difference.

You got pimpin wheels on your car or something? Why not just stick with regular all season tires.

good luck

Harryface