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Winter wheels help please

Specific discussion about the E89 2009 Z4 (sDrive35is, sDrive35i, sDrive30i, sDrive23i)
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Winter wheels help please

Post by Sgreen » Wed Nov 12, 2014 9:40 am

I am looking at purchasing some winter wheels for my car and was wondering what tyre widths to go for. I am going for a set of 17's, but when I look at the web sites they are saying 7.5J front and rear, is this right as on the front I have 225's and rear 255's? What do people recommend?

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Re: Winter wheels help please

Post by mr wilks » Wed Nov 12, 2014 10:07 am

Depends on the offset numbers but 4 x 7.5 or 8 will be fine for winter wheels & just for your Zeducation all 16 or 17inch Z4 alloys are non staggered .
The staggered widths are 18s or 19s ( although it is possible to get staggered 17s but these were never standard on Z4s)
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Re: Winter wheels help please

Post by sars » Wed Nov 12, 2014 1:27 pm

Just to add 225's x 17" all round are the BMW recommended winter tyre size for the e89
mr wilks wrote:Depends on the offset numbers but 4 x 7.5 or 8 will be fine for winter wheels & just for your Zeducation all 16 or 17inch Z4 alloys are non staggered .
The staggered widths are 18s or 19s ( although it is possible to get staggered 17s but these were never standard on Z4s)
Not quite true the 35i came with 17" staggered as standard :P
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Re: Winter wheels help please

Post by Baronbb » Fri Nov 14, 2014 9:39 am

Looking at winter wheel set now. Is this really cheap or really expensive!!!???!!!
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Re: Winter wheels help please

Post by TitanTim » Fri Nov 14, 2014 1:39 pm

Baronbb wrote:Looking at winter wheel set now. Is this really cheap or really expensive!!!???!!!
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Lol what do you think :wink:

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