New winter tire and rim setup

flyinbrian · 11-02-2006, 09:28 AM

Please give opinions. Please remember these are winters and I wanted them to be functional but also look decent.

Breyton Flame 18x8.5 ET35
Dunlop Winter Sport 3D 225/40-18
12mm spacers in the rear

HRC · 11-02-2006, 09:47 AM

Nice set of winter shoes!!!

Danny

remmib · 11-02-2006, 10:03 AM

Very nice winter setup

wamy · 11-02-2006, 11:41 AM

looking good

NJjustin · 11-02-2006, 11:53 AM

did you get the runflat or regular winter sport. I was looking at these on tirerack but I dont see a single review for either.

bora · 11-02-2006, 12:27 PM

I ordered today M6 wheels in 8X18 whith the same tires (dunlop winter 3D 225/40/18). I'll have them next week

MrSilver · 11-02-2006, 12:36 PM

Looks good to me.

Gitta · 11-02-2006, 12:37 PM

flyinbrian · 11-02-2006, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NJjustin

did you get the runflat or regular winter sport. I was looking at these on tirerack but I dont see a single review for either.

I got the regular winter sport 3D. Pirelli is the only 18" runflat I could find and they were sold out tell next season supposedly. I figured the low profile and the standard non runflat tire would be a good compromise for ride and performance in the snow.

flyinbrian · 11-02-2006, 04:07 PM

I will post how they work as we are supposed to get a couple of inches in the next couple of days.

Mark Chen · 11-02-2006, 04:21 PM

Nice winter set up!!
where did you get them?

flyinbrian · 11-02-2006, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Chen

Nice winter set up!!
where did you get them?

From an independent tire shop which bought them from the Tire Rack. So the same ones you can see and purchase from the tire rack. I decided on these after researching winter tires and rims for awhile. I thought that these would perform as they should in the winter and would not totally ruin the look of the e90 with the sport package. I just couldn't see putting 17" on the vehicle and many of the rims offset would of pushed the tires to far in. Plus some of the other tires nearly look like knobbies from the side. The Dunlop still has an agressive tread pattern but they seemed to do a better job at masking it.

Kentster · 11-03-2006, 12:58 AM

Not bad for an entry level BMW I suppose.

NJjustin · 11-03-2006, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Kentster

Not bad for an entry level BMW I suppose.

haha...look at this douche.

I would have went with mercedes..except my grandma owns one.

stressdoc · 11-03-2006, 09:31 AM

I guess it wouldn't fit in the dumpster...
Woooohooo, my first pathetic attempt at a flame!
Can't do it. Nice winter set up Brian, nice MB Kent -- but what snow tires are you using to get around the lake effect blizzards?

flyinbrian · 11-03-2006, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Kentster

Not bad for an entry level BMW I suppose.

From across the parking lot you hear a voice.... "hey nice car"!!!

You answer with pinky in the air..... "why thankyou, its a Saks fifth ave addition"..... lol

flyinbrian · 11-03-2006, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stressdoc

I guess it wouldn't fit in the dumpster...
Woooohooo, my first pathetic attempt at a flame!
Can't do it. Nice winter set up Brian, nice MB Kent -- but what snow tires are you using to get around the lake effect blizzards?

Dunlop Winter Sport 3D 225/40-18

ALPINE6SPD · 11-06-2006, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kentster

Not bad for an entry level BMW I suppose.

PUTZ

stressdoc · 11-07-2006, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flyinbrian

Dunlop Winter Sport 3D 225/40-18

Yeah, I got that from your post earlier. I was asking the MB poseur what he was using to get around South Haven with in the winter. Trying to be friendly and all that...

I am still waffling between non-rft Dunlop M3s, Contis, and Michelin alpin pilots. And I can't decide if I want to keep the OEM 162 rims for the snows and sell my rfts, then get summer 19" rims and PS2s. Or get rims for snows and just keep my stock summer rfts on the 162s. The rfts were getting such bad reviews, but a lot of folks now seem to like them. And the price of 19" rims w/PS2s -- ouch! I want a significant change for that amount of $. I wish I knew how much I could sell my new rfts for. If I could sell them for the price of the snow tires ($800) then I would be willing to pull the trigger and go full non-rft. I had ordered Pirelli sottozero 18" rft snows, but we know the name of that tune...

Any thoughts on how the 162s will fare as winter rims? Some wheels are bad at collecting slush buildup and freezing, causing balance and clearance problems.

flyinbrian · 11-08-2006, 09:06 PM

162 would be fine but for me it didnt make much since getting snow tires for the stock rims and then trying to find other rims for the summer. I like the 162's and I also like my breyton/winter setup. So economically it made more sense to just get dedicated winter setup and then put 162 back on for summer months. The dunlops are quite the handling is not all that bad. They are not the stockers but for winters handle fairly well.

ska///235i · 11-08-2006, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kentster

Not bad for an entry level BMW I suppose.

"Not bad for an entry level E Class I suppose."

E63 my ass.....you cant fool ppl here

flyinbrian · 11-11-2006, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ska

"Not bad for an entry level E Class I suppose."

E63 my ass.....you cant fool ppl here

E63 ha ha Now that is funny. I didn't even see that.

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flyinbrian First Lieutenant 23 Rep 358 Posts Drives: 2011 535i Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Michigan iTrader: (1)	I will post how they work as we are supposed to get a couple of inches in the next couple of days.
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flyinbrian First Lieutenant 23 Rep 358 Posts Drives: 2011 535i Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Michigan iTrader: (1)	162 would be fine but for me it didnt make much since getting snow tires for the stock rims and then trying to find other rims for the summer. I like the 162's and I also like my breyton/winter setup. So economically it made more sense to just get dedicated winter setup and then put 162 back on for summer months. The dunlops are quite the handling is not all that bad. They are not the stockers but for winters handle fairly well.
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