535d tyre pressures - what are you running?

[silver16v]

Hi all,

I have a 535d m sport with the 19" wheel option. The pressures suggested by bmw seem to
give a very poor ride quality. Would like to hear what tyre pressures you guys are running/would recommend. Also, do certain tyre brands perform better in this regard than others? My car is currently on Continentals.

many thanks,

B

[richterswil]

I've got the 19" wheels (172M) on my 535d - the car came with Michelin tyres which have been pretty good - covered 20k. I'm having Continentals fitted next week - let's see how they go.

Got to say I love the car but ride quality isn't brilliant (although a lot better than a previous E46 330d Sport) but I guess that's the price you pay for 19" wheels!

Not sure about my tyre pressures exactly - 32psi rings a bell though (haven't checked them for months).

[pwafer]

Not sure what pressures mine are running, but I had Conti's on but now run the Goodyear Assy's.

Find them quieter, grippier and the rears have done very well considering the non-DTC grief I give them daily.

Paul.

[535dman]

I've been running 34 up front and 38 round the back - got 18k out of my last conti's....

Got these from lads on another forum and they're mostly running this... HTH

What are you running on now?

[silver16v]

Hi,

Im running 34 all round at the moment. How do you find the ride quality with 38psi at the back?

[Aeroresh]

The contis do give a harsher ride than the michelins.
In fact my 20" schnitzer wheels equiped with michelins give a better ride than the old 19" 172's with contis.

I run 36 psi at the front and 39 psi at the rear.

[gizlaroc]

Conti run flats are truly shocking tyres on the 535d, I lasted 800 miles on mine and swapped them for some Pirelli P Zero Rosso's, it was either bung for proper tyres or sell the car. transformed it, the next 20 odd thousand miles were a pleasure after that.

The new Pilot Sport Zero Pressure is the only run flat I would consider.

[Redlake27]

I've just swapped from 17" Run Flat (Goodyear NCT5) to 18 non run flat on my 530..... to my surprise, the ride quality was actually much better on the run flats. Tyre engineers say that runflats ride like tyres an inch bigger, but in this case (subjectively) i'd say the difference was less than I expected.

I run standard pressures all round