326M Tyres - A few Questions.

[Colin_E]

I appreciate all your various thoughts & insights. I'm probably less clear on where i'm going here than when I asked the initial questions.
Options have grown from a simple buy non-RFT tyres or not to:
* Keep the current setup & wait & see (5 years and counting with no cracks....yet I'm aware of the risks)
* Get premium PS4S tyres in a configuration that MIGHT improve wheel resiliance (as well as other benefits)
* Get cheaper non-RFTs to avoid throwing money at what some see as a foregone conclusion.
* Buy new wheels & tyres (which ones? how much? new or 2nd hand? same sizes or....?)
...and if the latter keep the old wheels /tyres in case I want to sell the car OR try to sell (Where? how? what price target?)

A lot of unchartered waters here for me. Never before ventured into buying new wheels.....bearing in mind that the cost of new wheels & tyres (especially if the old ones prove worthless) could be expensive relative to the value of the car AND I don't know enough about it has even made me consider (briefly) the "nuclear option" of selling the car before it becomes a moneypit. Hopefully it won't come to that.

But I think before I proceed further I need to try to figure out a good 'bang for buck' new wheel option and get a better idea of what my 326Ms might realistically fetch.

 

[Ben f]

I need 2 rears on same 19 inch wheels want to order 35 profile rather than 30, sounds like this will be fine, although a bit confusing, is there anyone whose had any problem with doing this and is there any chance the tyre fitter wont fit them because they are different to what's coming off? Thanks in advance

 

[mr wilks]

The 326 & 296 are both a9j rear which is why a 245-35 is a perfect option over the 255-30 or a 255-35

Sligtly off topic.. for my winter tyre set on 17" rims very limited choice on 9J type rear rims in 255..so I'm probably going to go for a 245/40 rather than 255/40

sorry only just seen this , 245 on 9j perfect but a 40 profile on 17inch :? i would have thought at least a 245 45 on 9j for E89 given the large arches .

 

[Anonymous]

The 326 & 296 are both a9j rear which is why a 245-35 is a perfect option over the 255-30 or a 255-35

Sligtly off topic.. for my winter tyre set on 17" rims very limited choice on 9J type rear rims in 255..so I'm probably going to go for a 245/40 rather than 255/40

sorry only just seen this , 245 on 9j perfect but a 40 profile on 17inch :? i would have thought at least a 245 45 on 9j for E89 given the large arches .

I dug myself a hole by trying to keep my lovely Pro-Race 1.2 asymmetric alloys..

Finding a suitable winter tyre in a 255/40/17 version..so it’s either a 245/40 or a slightly earlier tyres generation on a 255/45/17?

 

[mr wilks]

Sligtly off topic.. for my winter tyre set on 17" rims very limited choice on 9J type rear rims in 255..so I'm probably going to go for a 245/40 rather than 255/40

sorry only just seen this , 245 on 9j perfect but a 40 profile on 17inch :? i would have thought at least a 245 45 on 9j for E89 given the large arches .

I dug myself a hole by trying to keep my lovely Pro-Race 1.2 asymmetric alloys..

Finding a suitable winter tyre in a 255/40/17 version..so it’s either a 245/40 or a slightly earlier tyres generation on a 255/45/17?

Why not a 245 45 17 :? https://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/nokian/wr-a4/245-45-r17-99v-526035

 

[Anonymous]

sorry only just seen this , 245 on 9j perfect but a 40 profile on 17inch :? i would have thought at least a 245 45 on 9j for E89 given the large arches .

I dug myself a hole by trying to keep my lovely Pro-Race 1.2 asymmetric alloys..

Finding a suitable winter tyre in a 255/40/17 version..so it’s either a 245/40 or a slightly earlier tyres generation on a 255/45/17?

Why not a 245 45 17 :? https://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/nokian/wr-a4/245-45-r17-99v-526035

Mr Wilks, thnx, I’ll ponder them when I come to popping some replacement winter tyres on those 17 rims..I’m just a Conti bigot..although I just have bought some Goodyear F1 5s on my 18” rims..