I’m currently looking at tyres as my rears will need replacing soon, they are the standard z4 sizing of 255/30/19. When I bought the car it had Michelin super sport on the front and Falken 452 on the rear. When I change the rears I’d prefer to keep the same brand of tyre all round, I know it’s not a problem to run different brands front to rear but I’d prefer not to.
The main issue is tyre availability, if i change from 255/30/19 to 255/35/19 there is so much more choice available at the moment. I know some people have gone up a little on the sidewall for comfort reasons so is anyone else running that profile?
I have b12 suspension setup if that makes any difference.
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Tyre size advice.
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235 + 265 are no issue on OE wheels as well as upscaling profile by one (35 to 40 and 30 to 35)
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Depending on your rim sizes you could look at 235/35 19 265/30 19 as well
255/35 19 MAY under certain circumstances cause DSC related issues like failing to detect punctures…
255/35 19 MAY under certain circumstances cause DSC related issues like failing to detect punctures…
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Interested to hear why you would think this ?
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Mine came on the 326's which had MPS4S all round - the rears are 255/35/19 and are due for replacing but the fronts (225/35/19) are still fine .
I've had no issues at all and when I took the wheels off to check them none were cracked or had been welded - suffice to say I will be ordering the same size for replacement hopefully later this
I've had no issues at all and when I took the wheels off to check them none were cracked or had been welded - suffice to say I will be ordering the same size for replacement hopefully later this
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I know 255/30/19 is the size the car came with but after over a decade of rim cracking and unnecessary tramlining most of the E9x community have adopted 255/35/19 as a healthier alternative for the rears - more compliant and protects the rims more and they fit without issue. I haven't put a 30 profile on my rears for a very long time now - across E46, E92, and now two E85's.
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Forgot to add that I'm running 235/35 F and 255/35 R on my style 367s.
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