135i tyres
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RGambo

Original Poster:

876 posts

190 months

Friday 8th April 2011
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I'm looking to get rid of the runflats on my 135. Finding tyres is proving to be aproblem. The rears are fine 235/35 18 these seem to be availble in all brands, including my prefered choice of michelin ps.The fronts on the other hand are proving to be a little troublesome, 215/40 18. I have looked on the usual places on tinternet but as yet I can only find cheap brands or pirelli. any ideas?
Appologies for another tyre thread, but needs must as they say.

Gaygle

322 posts

229 months

Friday 8th April 2011
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You sure they are 235 rear and not 245?

Vladimir

6,917 posts

179 months

Friday 8th April 2011
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You can get P Zeros, Conti Sport Contact 2s (and 3s) in that size. I run the CSC3s - Very decent tyres.

RGambo

Original Poster:

876 posts

190 months

Friday 8th April 2011
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sorry yes 245 on rear. the fronts are the PITA at the moment.

clived

577 posts

261 months

Friday 8th April 2011
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I need to put runflats back onto my 135i to p/x it. Interested in swapping for my P-Zero Neros?

CRACKIE

6,386 posts

263 months

Friday 8th April 2011
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I replaced the 19" Bakelite RE050A runflats on my 335i earlier this week with Falken 452s. Delighted with them, good grip, relatively the car rides like a 7 series now and they're great value relative to the Dunlop, Michelin, Pirelli, Continental competition. Worth a search on t'interweb, they seem popular on other BM forums too.

They're available in the 18" sizes you're looking at ~ 215/40 & 245/35.



Edited by CRACKIE on Friday 8th April 15:22

rm163603

656 posts

269 months

Friday 8th April 2011
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What you want is 225/40 front and 235/40 rear, works perfectly.

Michelin PS3 or Eagle F1 Asymetric seem popular although Falken etc are available if you are on a budget.

Take a look over at Babybmw.net this has been discussed loads of times.

Steff

1,420 posts

284 months

Saturday 9th April 2011
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you can go 225/40-18 & 255/35-18 on the standard rims which are cheaper than the standard fit 215 / 245

jon-

16,534 posts

237 months

Saturday 9th April 2011
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I just got back from the launch of the Continental Sport Contact 5 and one of the track cars was a 135i.

Unfortunately there were no competitor tyres to compare against directly, but I can tell you the tyre felt good on the vehicle and withstood some epic abuse (think 10 laps of pure drifting without falling apart)

Fox-

13,483 posts

267 months

Sunday 10th April 2011
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jon- said:
Unfortunately there were no competitor tyres to compare against directly
This is a shame. Do they not have confidence in the product?

jon-

16,534 posts

237 months

Sunday 10th April 2011
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Conti never do it as they believe it's too easy to rig. Instead they provide comparisons with their older products.

Fox-

13,483 posts

267 months

Sunday 10th April 2011
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How did it compare with CS3?