M135I winter tyres??

[bennyboysvuk]

FocusRS3 said:

You dislike the car? Can I ask for what reasons

Loads of things really, but they all come down to lack of driver involvement, lack of decent setup (ARBs/suspension/LSD) or over-nannying from the car. It's just not sporty enough for my liking, so now I just pretty much pootle around in Eco mode most of the time.

[ashway]

shim said:

I have a set of winter rims and tyres from my old long gone M135i sitting in the garage in BMW tyres bag carriers if anybody is interested

BMW style (replica) 313 Performance rims 17 x 8J et 34 with Vredestien Xtreme tyres 225/45 17RF 91V M+S with 4.5 to 7.0mm tread on

£400 pick up from Herts, will go on ebay soon

Interested in these could you PM or ring me, sent you an email.

thanks

Edited by ashway on Monday 21st November 13:41

[ian in lancs]

PorkInsider said:

This ^^

I have an F30 330d and completely agree. I've just put my winters back on and the difference in surefootedness in the cold/wet is remarkable.

I got an F25 X3 3.0d M Sport in September so still getting used to it. It was BMW AUC and came with fresh Pirelli's all round - more than happy with the handling and grip playing around on a few testing handling roads and passes in the lakes. I just happened to find a set of BMW winter wheels / sottozero tyres on ebay for £450 and jumped at the chance to try them out. I even managed to get to the dales at the weekend, -1.5c and snow / ice on Buttertubs, so a good test. They are impressive. Standing water, no pulling, slush, snow, ice no problem just plenty of grip. Being a loon can over power them but the margin is so much greater than normal tyres. I especially noticed the increased lateral grip pulling a tighter line on wet corners.

I'm sold on them! I'm now looking for some for my wife's F30 325d but can't get near the price I paid for the X3 ones.

[PianoJD]

I have a set of winters from an older BMW - wondering if they'll be ok to fit my M135i.

The tyres are 225/40 R18 x4 but on rims that say 8*18 inside
- the standard fronts on mine are 7.5 so will this set of winter be ok?

[LocoBlade]

It will largely depend on the wheel offset I'd imagine