Winter tyres on 19 inch alloys

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resjud

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 SW London
Hi all

I've had a quick look at previous posts on here but can't find the answer.

Is it possible to put winter tyres on 326m alloys? I don't really want to buy a whole new set of alloys and the 17 inch alloys don't look right on the car in my view...

Thanks
 
It is possible it just doesn't really make sense (at least in my opinion it doesn't)

Given the effects of salt and risk of damage etc, opting for a cheaper set of sacrificial wheels is often the choice for many, not to mention winter tyres are cheaper for 17" wheels over 19".

Plus it adds to the winter look of the car. :lol:
 
Basically what he said, he's pretty much always cheaper to pick up a shabby set of 17 inch bmw wheels, pay £200 for some part worn winter tyres, and Robert's your mother's brother.
 
Go check out prices for Winter tyres on 19" wheels. You'll change your mind and want a cheap set of 17"s in a heartbeat. Then as said, you also get the bonus of keeping your 19's in good shape. Personally I live in a city and there's never been an issue using my normal tyres (yet anyhow). If the weather turns super bad, I'll work from home.
 
So you would like to change the tires on your 19" rims every season? That is certainly not a good idea, in particular if you intend to keep the original runflat tires for summer: It seems that the runflats can be mounted only once (see http://bit.ly/1gFkO79 with pics).

Best regards

Mick
 
Maniac said:
Personally I live in a city and there's never been an issue using my normal tyres (yet anyhow). If the weather turns super bad, I'll work from home.
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+1

I don't exactly live in the city but having owned and used E89s over the last 4 winters I've not used winter tyres, never had a problem.
 
Always best to have the appropriate winter tyres fitted, if it was Law like in some countries it would be interesting to see the difference between the country carrying on as normal or grinding to a halt in a few inches of snow. Would also be interesting to see how accident statistics would change.

For the OP, the 17s are fine on the Z4, the main point being safety over vanity.

Tim.
 
Hmm, yes Tim, but virtually any rear wheel drive car, especially with a long wheel base, has trouble on snow and ice regardless of what tyres are fitted. :)

Its not only zeds that have this issue, the rest of the BMW range does as well.
 
dr_john said:
Hmm, yes Tim, but virtually any rear wheel drive car, especially with a long wheel base, has trouble on snow and ice regardless of what tyres are fitted. :)

Its not only zeds that have this issue, the rest of the BMW range does as well.
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Thats my point john, fit winter tyres and unless your on solid sheet ice you will keep moving 95% of the time as opposed to not at all in most cases on standard summer runflats . I was always a bit dismissive of winter tyres until the bad winter of 2010 when I had the 1 Series on runflats as was amazed how hopeless the car was, getting stranded etc and then the car being off the road for 3 weeks. the following winter fitted winter runflats and no further problems. My Z3 has all seasons fitted and drove like a dream in 6 inches of snow and compacted ice we had last March, would never have summers on again during winter.

Tim.
 
A belated thank you to all the responses. Living in London, it's not like I'm going to need winter tyres regularly and 've decided to fly to the Alps rather than drive down there. Not so much fun but it does solve the problem!
 
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