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New shoes rock!
Finally ditched the runflats today. Even on the short drive home from the tire shop the difference was like night and day. I went with the ever so popular Conti ExtremeContact DWS all seasons in 225/35/19 and 275/30/19. Ride quality has much improved. Going over manhole covers no longer feels like the car is in an earthquake. The tires are very quiet compared to OEM. Steering feels lighter. I'm going on a 300 mile drive on Saturday which gives me plenty of time to break them in. I can wholeheartedly agree with everybody on the board to ditch the runflats! I should have done this 3900 miles ago. Feels like a completely different car. -Marc PS: If anyone is interested in buying my barely used Bridgestones for track tires PM me. I bought a tread depth gauge today so I can measure remaining tread on them. |
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Happy to hear it, well done! What size did you get?
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I am still amazed at the difference. Just wish I had done the 275's. lol |
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sounds great, cannot wait to ditch the RFT's myself. Guess I am going to go 275 in the rear and 235 in front. I am going with the DW as it is rarely below 45 during the day here in coastal SC in the winter. Thanks silver and others for the input and info.
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1. Depends on your wheel size. Assuming you have 19" wheels I would go 235/35 front 275/30 rear. 2. Anywhere you can find it cheap. Depends on your location. Ebay, Discounttires direct, America's tires are all good choice. Shop around. 3. Anywhere you can: Ebay, Craigslist, E90post, Bimmerfest forums...
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The 275's do change the look just a bit. No longer looks like an ultra slim tire like the OEM. However, I'm more than willing to compromise on the looks if it saves my rims! The overall sidewall height went from 3 inches (stock) to 3.24 inches. Additional sidewall height was one of the reasons I went with a 275.
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Try this:
* Locate your local Tire Rack installer. * Ask them if they would match or beat Tire Rack's prices. It worked for me, I pay the same price as Tire Rack but save on the shipping fees.
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as most of you know we went with the Contact DW, 235 front and 275 rear. I took the Tirerack price down to my local Discount Tire store and they matched it; the local option also saved me money because they did not charge me the shipping that Tirerack would have even though they had to order them from a non-local Continental distributor via UPS. it was a great deal and I will never have RFTs on another "sports" car, what a joke - if my wife raves about them over the RFTs you know they are pretty good.
now I have to play with air pressure because I am thinking the RFT recommended pressures in the door sill are too high |
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why is everyon wanting to get wider tires than the stock ones?
i have the stock 18's so they are 225/40/18 and 255/35/18 what benefit does the wider tire have over the stock size? any negatives about the wider tires? thanks. |
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Two reasons for me. First I think it looks better. Second, the wider rubber can transfer more energy to the street than thinner tires. With the OEM it was pretty easy for me to get the traction control to come on when I really punched it. Less likely to happen with wider tires.
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You could lower the air pressure to make the touch area bigger, but that reduces the pressure on the ground and changes nothing either (if the friction would be linear, which I don't know if true in this case). I agree with your first point, wider tires look better. Last edited by tot; 10-07-2010 at 09:12 PM.. |
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You cannot upsize the rear with the 18" wheels because you are already at the limit in width with the 255. Only the guys with the 19" wheels which are 9" wide can go 275. We can upsize the front tires up to 235 but it would make the front tires larger than the rear in height which would not be especially good. I would have loved to be able to put 275 myself but couldn't so I strongly recommended Marcw to do it.
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