To fellow owners:
I live in western N.C. and recently purchased a 2007 Forester. When asked about chains, the salesman said, initially, no chains. Then, only front wheel chains. Then, he contacted a dealer in vermont and they said to get good snow tires. So, since my road is rather steep and people with chains slide down often enough, i measured, and there is ~25mm of clearance between the tire and the suspension in the front, and ~15mm in the rear. I looked on:
tirechain.com
Got a pair of the diamond chains for 215/60R16. put them on the front, and they fit just fine and no interference with the rest of the car. drove about 20 miles on them so far on ice and snow, and the Forester now rides like a sherman tank, but i have unbelievable traction (in a vehicle that already had really good traction).
here are some pictures:
flickr.com/photos/politovski/4356451727/in/photostream
now, i have a set of low profile diamond chains coming for the rear wheels (they only need 10mm of clearance), hopefully to make getting to work a bit less hair raising. later.
-P
:starwars:
I live in western N.C. and recently purchased a 2007 Forester. When asked about chains, the salesman said, initially, no chains. Then, only front wheel chains. Then, he contacted a dealer in vermont and they said to get good snow tires. So, since my road is rather steep and people with chains slide down often enough, i measured, and there is ~25mm of clearance between the tire and the suspension in the front, and ~15mm in the rear. I looked on:
tirechain.com
Got a pair of the diamond chains for 215/60R16. put them on the front, and they fit just fine and no interference with the rest of the car. drove about 20 miles on them so far on ice and snow, and the Forester now rides like a sherman tank, but i have unbelievable traction (in a vehicle that already had really good traction).
here are some pictures:
flickr.com/photos/politovski/4356451727/in/photostream
now, i have a set of low profile diamond chains coming for the rear wheels (they only need 10mm of clearance), hopefully to make getting to work a bit less hair raising. later.
-P
:starwars: