F10 M5 - tyres ?

[jackal]

Guys, anyone know a good place/price for 295/30R20 Pilot sports and 265/35/R20's ?

Am I correct in assuming I want the "*" designation which means BMW ? (as opposed to say "MO")


I am seeing £243.20 rears and £259.62 with Event Tyres, includes fitting/balancing at your home etc..

[rassi]

• is BMW approved, MO is Mercedes original. I struggle to think that there would be enormous differences between the two but if the price difference is minor, of course go for the * ones.

Can't help with the prices.

[jackal]

Cheers for that


Pneus are £90 cheaper but no fitting.

[BRUNBERG]

I buy all my tyres from tyreleader.co.uk. Germany based but guaranteed free delivery in 48-72 hours on stock items. Yet to find cheaper for top end tyres even factoring in fitting/balancing costs

[PGNCerbera]

Jackal, bit far from you but http://www.wembleytyres.co.uk/ were around £220 a tyre.

[jackal]

BRUNBERG said:

I buy all my tyres from tyreleader.co.uk. Germany based but guaranteed free delivery in 48-72 hours on stock items. Yet to find cheaper for top end tyres even factoring in fitting/balancing costs

great stuff , thanks, £840 all in which is a fab price

will get my local porsche specialist to fit them carefully

Long live the Euro !

Edited by jackal on Thursday 26th February 12:22

[Skrambles]

jackal said:

great stuff , thanks, £840 all in which is a fab price

will get my local porsche specialist to fit them carefully

Long live the Euro !

Edited by jackal on Thursday 26th February 12:22

Great fleet you've got there and great write-ups about each of the cars.

[jackal]

Cheers fella, much appreciated.

[TG20T]

I did a bit of research on the bmw marking when buying supersports for my M3. I changed wheel size so went for the f80 fitting, which was available in the * marking. Got in touch with michelin about the differences

Long story short, as they were initially really vague, the * marking in the particular size I was looking at was developed for the f80 m3, and had a slightly harder compound.

I think that depending on the specific tyre, it may be modified for
- tread pattern (less often I think)
- fit (May have more rim protection, thicker / thinner sidewall for rigidity or comfort)
- compound (harder/softer for tread life or grip)

So the outcome is that they're specifically tuned for the model they were developed for. It's unlikely that you'd get a straight answer even from their product tech people, they just say 'they were specifically designed for your bmw and we recommend that you fit them'.

I spotted mine from the fact that the A/B/C markings (fuel, wet braking etc like your washing machine) were different between the * and the non * tyre

[BobSaunders]

BRUNBERG said:

I buy all my tyres from tyreleader.co.uk. Germany based but guaranteed free delivery in 48-72 hours on stock items. Yet to find cheaper for top end tyres even factoring in fitting/balancing costs

+1 for this. Cheaper and fast delivery with no issues.

I took the tyres to the local tyre fitter and got him to fit them for £20 for all four. He had not balanced them right as it turns out (wobble over 90mph - not that i would know..), so took it to to BMW main dealership and they balanced them for free.