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[sipark]

For those who don't live in the south and ordered sports package...

Do you plan on purchasing another set of wheels/tires for winter seasons, or replacing the tires with all season tires?

[Mark]

I bought myself a set of winter tires/wheels last season, and its one of the best decisions of my life, heres why:

1) EASY. I can put the winter setup on my car in the convenience of my own home because all I have to do is change the wheel instead of going to a wheel shop to get the tires mounted

2) SAFE. nothing like winter tires in the snow, i'm telling you, I was running circles around SUVs in my little tiny rear wheel drive BMW that has coilovers and is lowered to the ground, why ? because its all about tires and snow tires will outperform any all season tire any day of the year in the snow

3) CHEAP. snow tires will last for a few seasons, this last season i used maybee 1/4th of the tread, so this set can last me quite a long time (probably the life of this car), and all those winter months i'm running on my snow tires, i'm not wasting the tread on my summer tires.

[Black325i]

Its good to know that with the snows, there should be no problem in the snow, which is basically 1/3 of the year here. How much should I expect to pay for rubber and winter rims. I'm just looking for something that is not ugly, and likely 16".

Any guidance is very much appreciated.

[YYimports]

Originally Posted by Black325i

Its good to know that with the snows, there should be no problem in the snow, which is basically 1/3 of the year here. How much should I expect to pay for rubber and winter rims. I'm just looking for something that is not ugly, and likely 16".

Any guidance is very much appreciated.

There's a sticky at the top of this forum for winter tires/wheels sets from tirerack.. here's the link.

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=631

[JVFan]

The car I just sold- 2001 VW Jetta 1.8T Sport Luxury Package- came with 17 inch rims and all season tires. Every year I slowly and dangerously made my way around town as the winters here can get pretty nasty.

I decided that if I could afford a new BMW I should get a decent set of winters.

At www.tiretrends.com, I went with 17 inch Dunlop Winter M3 Sport DSST's on Replica Wheels M3 rims. I am looking for a huge improvement in how I get around in the cold months.

I found it difficult to find run flat winters. It seems that only Pirelli and Dunlop are producing them...here in Canada anyway.

Goof luck!

[mikepinkerton]

I used the links in the sticky but the tires available in the package aren't runflats. Better hope that flatbed is near when you run over something bad

And $1200 to boot with the cheapest set of rims. Ouch!
-Mike

[scottz5]

I am teacher and dont have to work when it snows so I dont really care about snow tires, plus the wife has an RX330 if I need to go out.