A friend traded in his 99 V70R AWD and sold me a spare set of Blizzaks mounted on nice alloy wheels. The tires came from Tire Rack about 2 years ago and look as if they were never mounted on the car. My friend never used the snows after he bought the car from the original owner who included the spare wheels and tires.

I've got a 99 S70M on which I had planned to mount the snows but am wondering if these wheels and tires will fit on my 94 945. My S70 is a 5-speed and is very easy to drive in the snow. The 945 doesn't have great tires to begin with and was somewhat sketchy last winter.

The Blizzak set is 205 55 R16. My 945 has 195 60 R15 Toyo all-seasons on stock Volvo alloys. I tried figuring this out on the Tire Rack site but don't know enough about wheels and tires to be sure.


As a side note, does anyone know where to buy those tubes of sand?

Thank you!

Jeff

99 S70M 104K
94 945 165K

The tires will fit- the wheels won't. FWD rims feature a different offset than most RWD.

The tires would be correct if you had the optional 16" rims for the 940.
The 940 should get a set of snows, mounted either on the stock rims (save the all-season's) or a second set of rims just for snow tires.
Get 195/60-15 or 185/65-15 tires for snows. I found a pair of Gislaved Nord*Frost III's for my Virgo rims, in the 195/60-15 size. They seem very nice and have a great reputation. Any Gislaved snow tire is going to be great. I've also used Bridgestone Blizzaks with great success. I just picked up a pair of Dunlop Graspics for the other 240, and we'll see how those work.

I do know that all-season tires on a 700 or 900 are not going to make you feel safe in the snow. Some, and I'll cite the Pirelli P400 here, are absolutely useless, even when new.

All-around best snow tire? Probably the Nokian Hakkapellitta. Sounds weird, but they are probably the most capable snow tire made in the world today. Darn good on dry pavement as well.
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Rob Bareiss, New London CT ::: '87 244DL/M47- 234K, '82 245T/M46-182K, '84 242DL/AW70-100K, '89 244DL/AW70- 212K and I miss my: 86 244DL 215K, 87 244DL 239K, 88 744GLE 233K, 88 244GL 147K, 91 244 183K

So, if I pick up a set of steel wheels for the 945, I can use the Blizzaks in the size that I have? I realize they're not the optimal size but will they be worth using at all? I don't know how much longer I'll keep the wagon anyway and don't want to spend a lot of money on tires for it. Where would be a good place to get a set of steel wheels?

I thought maybe since the alloys were for an AWD they had some chance of fitting on the 945.

Thanks!

Jeff

The wheels will not fit, and the tires appear way too big. Check the 700/900 FAQ for information on maximum tire sizes for these cars. For snows, it is generally better to buy a narrower, taller tire.

205/55R16 is the stock size for a '90 745T which is bascially the same as a 945T. The problem is that the V70R's FWD rims won't work on a 940 unless spacers are used due to the rims offset. You are right though, narrower, taller tires are better for winter driving...
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Chris. Halifax N.S. '91 745Ti, 291K km and '91 745 NA, 385K km.