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[Gilberto]

Nice thread, some good information.

This is the first winter i'll be driving on winter tyres went for 225/40/18 front and 245/40/18 rear.

[mark my words]

Nice thread, some good information.

This is the first winter i'll be driving on winter tyres went for 225/40/18 front and 245/40/18 rear.

wont the 40 profile rub on the front?

[shambolic]

I bought a 51 plate suzuki vitara instead of winter tyres for probably the same price as winter tyres and wheels. Pick it up tomorrow
Will also do for the two hounds for the shooting on a Saturday.
Will only need it a couple of days over four winter months for wife's commute.

[Gilberto]

Nice thread, some good information.

This is the first winter i'll be driving on winter tyres went for 225/40/18 front and 245/40/18 rear.

wont the 40 profile rub on the front?

Don't think so, it's the recommended profile for winter tyres.

[2alpsade]

Might as well chuck in my 2p-worth in case any Alpina owners (current or prospective) are after info. Up until this year, we always had a fwd workhorse which coped admirably in the rare white stuff seen here. However, we now only have 2 rwd cars, so just in case.....

Bought one set-up (fits both cars with some spacers required for the offset on the D3BT if required on her). Setup is as follows:-

17"x8J ET40 aftermarket MSW21 (by OZ) wheels £503 inc spacers (for D3BT), delivered from Wheel base
225/45x17 Contiwintercontact TS810's, p/w from Mylo tyres (ebay shop) with min 5mm tread for £160 delivered
Total cost inc fitting and balancing, £693

Setup is exactly as prescribed by Alpina with the exception of the offset which is a little less than optimium (ET44), but a trial run has revealed no issues.

We went new aftermarket as too much hassle getting decent ebay wheels with correct offsets ... and can't stand our cars looking trashy with crap wheels .

[_bondy_]

Hi all, first post here and a quick question...

I'm looking at 16's over winter, for cost purposes - I've no issues with running steelies during the snowy period, I'd rather protect my 18s but I'd like some clarification over the wheel sizes themselves.

As far as I'm aware, my standard 18's run -47mm offset (8") on the front and -50mm (8.5") on the rear...

The 16" steels I've found so far are 7" x16" ET20 - will I run into any issues here? Will the inset look ridiculous? Any clearance/cooling issues?

thanks in advance...

[JDM]

Hi all, first post here and a quick question...

I'm looking at 16's over winter, for cost purposes - I've no issues with running steelies during the snowy period, I'd rather protect my 18s but I'd like some clarification over the wheel sizes themselves.

As far as I'm aware, my standard 18's run -47mm offset (8") on the front and -50mm (8.5") on the rear...

The 16" steels I've found so far are 7" x16" ET20 - will I run into any issues here? Will the inset look ridiculous? Any clearance/cooling issues?

thanks in advance...

Hi bondy, welcome to the forum.

What car are you running? if its the 3.0Si then you wont fit anything below a 17" on the car due to the calipers. If it's not an Si (pre-facelift) then you will be fine with 16".

Re the offsets. have a look on this website, should help you out a little.

http://www.1010tires.com/wheeloffsetcalculator.asp

PS - How about an introduction in the newbies section with some pics?

[sars]

Just gone online to buy the Falkens and they have gone up in price by about 10% in the last week

As if they aren't expensive enough!!!

[JDM]

Just gone online to buy the Falkens and they have gone up in price by about 10% in the last week

As if they aren't expensive enough!!!

Glad I bought mine last week then

I payed £119 each for the fronts and £156 each for the rears. What are they now out of interest?

[_bondy_]

Hi all, first post here and a quick question...

I'm looking at 16's over winter, for cost purposes - I've no issues with running steelies during the snowy period, I'd rather protect my 18s but I'd like some clarification over the wheel sizes themselves.

As far as I'm aware, my standard 18's run -47mm offset (8") on the front and -50mm (8.5") on the rear...

The 16" steels I've found so far are 7" x16" ET20 - will I run into any issues here? Will the inset look ridiculous? Any clearance/cooling issues?

thanks in advance...

Hi bondy, welcome to the forum.

What car are you running? if its the 3.0Si then you wont fit anything below a 17" on the car due to the calipers. If it's not an Si (pre-facelift) then you will be fine with 16".

Re the offsets. have a look on this website, should help you out a little.

http://www.1010tires.com/wheeloffsetcalculator.asp

PS - How about an introduction in the newbies section with some pics?

Thanks JDM - Sorry I should have popped that bit in... it's an early (03) 2.5i so I was pretty sure the 16's would be fine - it was more a concern over the offset..

Assuming an ET of 20mm on the 16s, and -47/-50 of my current 18s, I'd be looking at an inner clearance of 54mm less (front) and 51mm (rear) though I've no idea if that'd cause any issues!

I'll pop something in the newbies section once I've given it a clean

[sars]

Just gone online to buy the Falkens and they have gone up in price by about 10% in the last week

As if they aren't expensive enough!!!

Glad I bought mine last week then

I payed £119 each for the fronts and £156 each for the rears. What are they now out of interest?

For 225/45/R17 they are now £137.00 fitted from my tyres.....Grrrrr

[JDM]

Just gone online to buy the Falkens and they have gone up in price by about 10% in the last week

As if they aren't expensive enough!!!

Glad I bought mine last week then

I payed £119 each for the fronts and £156 each for the rears. What are they now out of interest?

For 225/45/R17 they are now £137.00 fitted from my tyres.....Grrrrr

My price of £119 was for 225x40x18 but not fitted.. Im having my local garage fit and balace 4 tyres for £10

I guess the prices will just keep going up and up. Better to get them now

[DanEvs]

Anybody used any of the cheap ebay winter tyres? Hifly and Jinyu.

I'm sceptical when it comes to tyres and generally go for Michelins as I know they offer the best grip on the market but I don't know where I stand with the winter stuff.

[oli445]

I bought some 'cheap' winter tyres from eBay, not used hem yet but they look and feel like they will be 100 times better than summer tyres when the snow comes! Bought them from:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205-55-16-91H ... _500wt_689

Negotiated fitting and balancing for £6 per tyre too. They also offer a storage facility that was £12 a tyre when they swap over. (£24 to fit the winters then £48 every March to put your summers on and £48 every November to put your winters on)

Based in Macclesfield

[Marco]

When are you having these fitted, would love to know how you get on with them!

Are you having these fitted to your current Alloys or buying new ones? If you are fitting them to the current Alloys, I have heard storeis of tyres getting ruined by putting them on and taking them off numerous times, any thoughts on that?