Quote Originally Posted by ontarian_frog

You know, if you can't get the car stopped properly, stay off the road. If you don't want to follow my advice, do as you like. My advice is 4 tires or none, but if you are going to get only 2, put them in the rear.

Any good shop will recommend that. The studs are not only traction to move forward. It's actually more important to stop than to move forward.
ok i hear ya. sounds like you have plenty of experience in this field, so im not arguing with you. 4 it is.

now- how about brands? do you have any prefrence? im pretty new to the whole studded tire thing, so i dont really know what would be good.