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Post by Scrappy-Z4 » Mon Sep 25, 2017 3:42 pm

Hiya All,

I have just become a proud owner of a lovely Z4 SDrive 3.0i Convertible. I am in complete awe! Had my eye on it for sometime now and as my midlife crises is kicking in, I thought why not start it with this purchase!

I have had it for a few days now and its simply awesome! There are a few things I would like to do on it in the up and coming months. Firstly its the tyres....Its currently got;

Bridgestone RF's 225/40/18 on the fronts and 225/35/18 on the rears. They will need changing soon so I was wondering whether to go for the same again or look at alternatives. On all my other cars I have had conti's which I have always been happy with.

is ok OK to have the different widths on the fronts to the rears

Any recommendations?

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Post by metal licker » Mon Sep 25, 2017 3:45 pm

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Post by GBZ4 » Mon Sep 25, 2017 4:07 pm

Hi and welcome to the forum, any piccies of your ‘mid life crisis’. I ask crisis what crisis we’re all still boys at heart :thumbsup: :P
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Post by Marlon » Mon Sep 25, 2017 4:10 pm

Welcome to the forum, the general consensus here is to ditch the run flats as they deaden the feel of the ride particularly on the E89
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Post by Mr Tidy » Mon Sep 25, 2017 8:57 pm

Hi and welcome to the forum OP. :thumbsup:

The tyres will be different sizes front and rear because most (maybe all) 18 inch rims are staggered - the rear wheels are wider than the fronts.

Everyone who has switched to non-runflat tyres always reports positively - I'll find out soon when I swap mine!

The other bonus is non-runflats are about half the price! :lol:
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Post by Scrappy-Z4 » Tue Sep 26, 2017 10:02 am

Hey Guys,
Thanks for the messages.

Here is a picky of my beauty! I do like the idea of run flats as there is no spare wheel etc etc... but if people are going for Non Runflats I may decide to go the same way...

The local garage near me also stated that the rears should be a wider tyre so will prob go for 255/35/18 and have the front as 225/40/18... how does that sound?
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Post by Rusky » Tue Sep 26, 2017 8:24 pm

welcome :thumbsup:
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Post by Zoomer » Tue Sep 26, 2017 8:37 pm

Welcome. I'd be very surprised if you've got 225 on the rear. I would expect 255 on the rear but if you go to f1 tyres website and put your ref in,it normally will give you the original tyre sizes. I would drop the run flats though they really are pants
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Post by Mr Tidy » Tue Sep 26, 2017 8:38 pm

Scrappy-Z4 wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2017 10:02 amHere is a picky of my beauty! I do like the idea of run flats as there is no spare wheel etc etc... but if people are going for Non Runflats I may decide to go the same way...

The local garage near me also stated that the rears should be a wider tyre so will prob go for 255/35/18 and have the front as 225/40/18... how does that sound?
Your car looks lovely OP - E89s look great in Deep Sea Blue. :thumbsup:

Most people who go for non-runflats carry a can of tyre sealant (Holts Tyreweld is an example) and a compressor.

Those sizes you've just mentioned look like a typo. The sizes you quoted in your first post sound right - those are what my Coupe has.

You need a wider tyre on the back because the rear wheel rims are wider. But to keep the diameter of the tyre the same the wider ones are a slightly lower profile - the aspect ratio of the tyre is a percentage of the width, so a 225/40 has a sidewall that is 40% of 225mm and a 255/35 has a sidewall that is 35% of 255mm - i.e near enough the same. :wink:

If you change significantly you're likely to end up with an inaccurate speedometer. :(

Good luck with whatever you decide. :thumbsup:
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Post by buzyg » Tue Sep 26, 2017 10:36 pm

Lovely looking Z4 OP. Welcome to the forum. :)
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Post by jabber » Wed Sep 27, 2017 2:27 am

Hi and welcome to the forum
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Post by Scrappy-Z4 » Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:11 am

Thanks for the Advice Guys... Appreciated.. and Yes 'Mr Tidy' it was a typo...

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