Winter Tyres

[Franzino]

IMO the oem Z4M rear wheels are too wide to fit a good set of winter tyres. Wide tyres are useless in snow and really cold (wet) weather. I have a set of oem dubbelspoke 164M wheels (+ 225/40/18 Continental winter tyres). It's the winter set-up that BMW delivers for the Z4M and e46 M3. They are great!

Interesting. What sizes of wide winter tyres have you tried? I run 265/30/19 Vredestein winters on the rear of mine and have found them excellent in just the conditions you describe

They are not useless, that's a little to extreme to say. But in my opinion a narrower rear tyre worked better in the winter then a wider wheel-tyre. Just something I noticed when driving different RW car's in the past years with different tyres in really harsh winter situations... Maybe the winter tyres are of better quality then let's say 8 years ago..?

[WLH]

Franzino, I actually tried to source a set of 164's for a reasonable price after getting the ///M but the price was a shock...
They are IMO the best winter wheels you can have for the ///M...
The ideal solution for winter driving...
I recall reading somewhere they were developed for the CSL which required an 18 inch wheel.

[Franzino]

Franzino, I actually tried to source a set of 164's for a reasonable price after getting the ///M but the price was a shock...
They are IMO the best winter wheels you can have for the ///M...
The ideal solution for winter driving...
I recall reading somewhere they were developed for the CSL which required an 18 inch wheel.

Indeed...when you buy them new they are really expensive. I bought my set on Ebay last winter. The Continental tyres were completely new (sticker were still on there) and the wheels had no damage and are oem BMW. The total price was ₤1.000

[Darren M]

The ideal solution for winter driving...
I recall reading somewhere they were developed for the CSL which required an 18 inch wheel.

Indeed...when you buy them new they are really expensive. I bought my set on Ebay last winter. The Continental tyres were completely new (sticker were still on there) and the wheels had no damage and are oem BMW. The total price was ₤1.000[/quote]

Are they a straight fit on the Z4 M, without having to use spacers? Wouldnt mind a set of these as a spare set especially for winter.

[WLH]

Are they a straight fit on the Z4 M, without having to use spacers? Wouldnt mind a set of these as a spare set especially for winter.

Yes. a direct fit...

Front 7,5x18 ET 41

Rear 7,5x18 ET 25

[Franzino]

They are a straight fit on the E46 M3, M3 CSL and Z4M. They are the oem winter wheel option from the BMW factory for these 3 cars. So no spacers...

[Gilberto]

Just fitted my winter tyres this morning after i woke up to frost on the windscreen for the first time since last winter.

[Hark]

I'm selling a set of 224/40/18 Yoko Winters.

Check for sale section

[cj_eds]

Right. It's now been a fortnight since I ordered the wheels & tyres mentioned earlier in this thread - and I've not even had a dispatch date yet. Payment not taken off the credit card, and despite prompting them twice for a dispatch date they're been non-committal. At this point in time I'd definitely not recommend mytyres.co.uk. Least they could do is give me an estimated time!

I got the order above eventually. Quite pleased with how they look - Avon Ice Touring that look pretty chunky and like they'll do a good job. Eager to try them out in wintry conditions, but I'm yet to see under 7degs on the car enough to warrant putting them on.

[Wondermike]

cj_eds, I ran Ice Tourings on my SLK, they were great, you won't be disappointed.