Acura Integra Winter Tires & Wheel Packages

Below 7°C, because at that point, all-season rubber hardens and stops loading up smoothly through a corner. Instead of building grip in proportion to how much you ask for, the tire holds, then releases, with very little warning in between.

Temperatures usually reach that threshold around mid-October, which is when you'll want to install your winter tires.

Both Acura Integra winter tire and wheel packages use RWC alloy wheels with the same X-Ice Snow compound, so traction is identical. The difference is how each handles the road underneath it.

17-inch is the choice for winter resilience. The taller sidewall sits between the road and the rim as a buffer, which counts for a great deal by February once freeze-thaw cycles have worked over the pavement. On a sedan with limited ground clearance, that extra sidewall is real protection against the pothole edges that open up every winter.

The narrower tread also cuts down through unploughed snow to firmer ground instead of floating on the loose layer.

18-inch is the choice for drivers unwilling to soften the vehicle's responses over the winter. A lower profile keeps turn-in crisp and steering feedback direct, holding the car closer to its warm-weather character. The trade is less cushioning over broken surfaces. Best matched to winters spent mainly on maintained highways and treated arterial roads.

In addition to helping your Acura Integra overcome harsh Canadian winters, our winter tire and wheel packages offer several advantages.

• One short appointment: Tires already mounted and balanced on their own wheels turn the seasonal changeover into a bolt-on visit rather than a half-day wait behind the late-October rush.
• More life from both sets: Mounting and dismounting rubber twice a year stresses the tire bead and risks scoring the inner barrel of the wheel. Removing that cycle lets your winter and summer tires reach full usable life instead of aging from handling.
• Untouched summer wheels: Salt, calcium chloride, sand, and gravel work on exposed wheels for five straight months. A dedicated winter set absorbs all of it while your warm-weather wheels sit protected in storage.

Ontario regulations have required every auto insurer in the province to offer a discount to drivers who install winter tires since January 1, 2016, typically 3 to 5 percent.** Most insurers require the tires to be installed from around November through April, though the exact window is set by each insurer rather than by the province, so check your policy.