E60 M5 Tyres

[StuH]

My rears are now well and truly shot to pieces so I'm looking at a decent replacement.

Currently running Michelin PS2's but at £330 a corner I'm wondering if anyone has experience of the Falken 453 or the Vred Ultrac Sensata - both around £200?

[sinizter]

Can you even get Michelin PS2s any more ?

[Cheburator mk2]

sinizter said:

Can you even get Michelin PS2s any more ?

Plenty of places still stock them...

[Plainview23]

There's a new Vred that's supposed to be excellent - not sure if it's with the tyre shops yet: Ultrac Vorti; supposedly has a different tread construction for the fronts and rears, with narrower fronts being focussed on rain dissipation and the wider rears on grip/traction, 285's in this case.

[Boogsie]

Have you found Vreds in the correct size?
I couldn't when I looked about 4 months ago and I didn't want to put odd sized tires on.

[Jazzer]

Stick to the PS2s...they make a massive difference to M5s.....and they last fairly long too.

I wouldn't touch the likes of Faulkens etc

[Plainview23]

The new Vreds come in the right size I believe. Somebody else told me they do, but I haven't checked them yet.

[ecain63]

Vreds are excellent and are a real bargain from the right dealer. I used them on my RS6 with excellent results and will be fitting them to the M5 when i get back from LM24.

[playalistic]

ecain63 said:

Vreds are excellent and are a real bargain from the right dealer. I used them on my RS6 with excellent results and will be fitting them to the M5 when i get back from LM24.

I can second Vreds after having them on both a Noble & Z4M (OK not an M5 but still high performance cars). They're a little noisy and pretty hard compound so take a while to get to temperature but great tyres and nothing matches them for the price IMO.

[CSLchappie]

What about Continentals? The last pairs of rears I had fitted cost a smidge over £500 via Kwikfit.

[magnus911]

Here to third the Vreds'. Had them on Cayenne Turbo and they will be fitted to my M6 in a few hundred miles. Previously had them on an S3 also and they are excellent tyres.

[Aeroresh]

If theres a single thing Ive learned from owning a few bmws, is that they are very sensitive to different tyres and M cars seem to be even more sensitive in this respect.

If it was me Id only stick to OEM issue.

[EssexIan]

Used Vredestein on my E39 M5, excellent tyres, as already stated a little noisy but better than many. Also had Falken 452 on it brand new when I first bought, OK for a short while and then turned to play dough, have never understood what people like about them! Currently running Conti 5p on a well modified 335d, these are superb tyres although again not the quietest.

Ian