Bridgestone G3 RFT Tires take the shock out of runflats

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Interesting Article .... Bridgestone G3 RFT Tires take the shock out of runflats ...

also ... comments at the end

informative video by Michelin (apples to RV's however to all cars as well) scroll down to the posts left after the main article for the Michelin video.

You may be wondering .... what Generation of Run-flats are on your car? Further you be wondering ... why are they (BMW and Bridgestone) not recalling the first and second generation (G1 & G2) Run-flats and give me a better, saver, smoother as they claim G3 Run-flat. Are you wondering? ... I do.

Someone said in the posts (left in the below above) July 2009 "I'd add that the 3G RFT is already in production in Japan and is set to debut later this year on an BMW product" when was your car build and what generation do you have G1 or G2 ... do you have G3 if so how do they feel .... care to share your comments?

Article Dated July 2009 G3 Bridgestone RFT -----> http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/06/reviewed-bridgestone-3g-rft-tires-taking-the-shock-out-of-run
 
Just checked my car ... was build in May 2009, so my Tires are Bridgestone Potenza RE050A RFT, no II :(

What are yours? ... did you check?
 
I actually rang Bridgestone to ask about these in June, as I needed new tyres for my 1 Series.

According to the person I spoke to in their technical department they're currently only available on a limited basis in Japan and he's not expecting them in the UK before early 2011, and possibly later than that.
 
Until they make a decent RFT that can be repaired, and not just binned then i will keep to Falkens or Avon ZZ3's :D
 
chris said:
Until they make a decent RFT that can be repaired, and not just binned then i will keep to Falkens or Avon ZZ3's :D
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too tired to find the link now, but they do... michelin has revised their thinking and let their ZP's be repaired in the same way as normal tyres :thumbsup:

IIRC the only caveat is that the early tyres had dont repair on them - and the advice for those is the same - dont repair.

I will fish the link out tomorrow :D

edit... wasn't that hard to find: Repair ZP
 
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