Winter tires Oh no but it is still summer!

[Lucky1]

Thank you for sharing! The next time you have a chance can you let us know the exact make/model of your tires so we can look them up?

Originally Posted by vanbmw

LUCKY1...I had a set of really soft Blizzaks on my wife old G35 sedan. I think they were the older equivalent of the WS60 blizzack. They were really really soft. The tire wear in the dry was BAD. The rear tires were in bad shape after only one winter, granted my wife has a heavy foot on the throttle. We have a place at Whistler so they got lots of use in snow and cold. Their traction in snow was great. Their traction in ice was AMAZING! I would be driving around Whister watching cars slide past stop signs or have trouble going (most would have snow tires on up there) but the G35 would stop and go with no ABS or traction control intervention. The tires performance in the rain was great and in the dry was also good. Treadwear was a problem. In comparision, the "high performance Blizzak winter tires" I have on my 135 are good in the snow and rain and fine in the dry. Treadwear is not a problem. I used them last winter and my rears had maybe 10% more wear then the fronts. Compared to the softer Blizzaks, I'd say my snow traction was vertually as good but they were not as good in pure ice. I used them in a few light snowfalls but also in a few really heavy snowfalls last year. I made it out of my place in Whistler after 30cm of fresh snow no problem and all the way back down the famous Sea-to-sky highway in that same heavy snow no problems. The only place I found they fall short of the softer Blizzaks (such as a WS60) was in the ice. Those soft Blizzaks did miracles on ice.

[Lucky1]

Originally Posted by dalrx

Well got the tires delivered yesterday. I must say that Tirerack.com is the best tire outfit to deal with. They put anything in local shops here in london to complete shame. You go to any of these places and tell them the car you have, they have little experience dealing with BMW, they hum and haw and look through all their books (ie. Kal Tire) and can't give you a strait answer on anything. To boot they are all way over priced. Go to tirerack.com and you can see a multitude of tires and wheels for your car and reviews from others as well. On top of that you can talk to Gil Gilmer who owns a 1 series and is a sales rep for them. Everything in the process was flawless, I got them all in one piece no prob, and just have to bolt em on come the snow. Here are some pics. Overall anyone looking for winter's the tirerack is the way to go imop.

Did the wheels come from tirerack too? They have the BMW emblem?
Did you have to order that special?

[dalrx]

Look back at previous post in this series. Wheels came from tirerack too sport a7's. The bmw emblem is $9 a piece they just put them in for you if you ask. The sport center caps came in a box.

[Ffejeroo]

Dalrx, thanks for blazing the trail for me. I followed suit after trading e-mails with Gill at Tirerack.com - I ordered the 205/55R-16 Bridgestone Blizzak WS-60, the 16 inch sport edition a7 wheels and the BMW center caps.

I should get the stuff next week.

Given what BMW charges for their winter wheel packages, I'm really happy.

[1HungryMan]

sold

[vanbmw]

Originally Posted by Lucky1

Thank you for sharing! The next time you have a chance can you let us know the exact make/model of your tires so we can look them up?

I have the LM-25 Blizzaks on m,y 135. The old pair on my wifes G35 ...I don't know which model. I got them about 7 years ago and sold them with that car. I remember their big claim to faim was the ability to "grip" the ice. They sure did work well...just had poor tread life.

[dalrx]

Here is a great video at tirerack on winter tires vs summer and they compare the ws60 on a bmw coupe. As matter of fact all their test videos on tires seem to be on bmw's which is great imop!

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...y.jsp?ttid=116

[Jammer005]

Good find dalrx!

[Ffejeroo]

That video makes me even happier about my winter tire selection!

[Ffejeroo]

Tires, Rims and BMW caps arrived from Tirerack yesterday. All I had to do was pop out the generic caps and snap in the BMW ones. They look awesome. I was a bit sceptical of ordering tires from the US using Tirerack. I've had nothing but hassles ordering stuff as basic as a US made t-shirt from the US - crazy brokerage fees, etc. However, I had absolutely no problem with Tirerack. I think I saved a ton of dough using them! Definitely get in touch with Gill via e-mail to place your order (see the main "Tire Thread" for contact info and details) - he was very helpful. BTW, the BMW caps are only available if you speak to a sales rep - they aren't on the web page.

[1HungryMan]

Good for you Ffejeroo. Gill and TireRack are pros. They make it easy.

[E93_M3]

Hey guys, we are starting a group buy on winter tires let me know if you guys are interested
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showt...86#post5768886

[ronster]

Originally Posted by E93_M3

Hey guys, we are starting a group buy on winter tires let me know if you guys are interested
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showt...86#post5768886

How about a group buy of 17" for the 135i folks as well?

[E93_M3]

We could do that too with tires
let me know how many of u are interested I will try my best to work out something for you guys

[greg k.]

damn just bought today....

[E93_M3]

I will try to start a thread tonite for the group buy
for da 1,3,5,x n the M

[E93_M3]

what do you guys think of 17" m6 rep for winters???

[amiller212]

Personally, I'm not too picky on what the rim actually looks like. I'm more concerned with price.

[magha]

those look nice!!

[ronster]

Originally Posted by E93_M3

what do you guys think of 17" m6 rep for winters???

Would look awesome with correct offset for 1er... I am with Miller... price is an important concern...

[E93_M3]

Thx for the interest. I will try to get u more info next week hopfully we can start the group buy soon

[magha]

anyone tried gizlavid tires? am contemplating getting a set