05-23-2022, 03:28 PM | #1 |
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Winter/Summer wheels & tires setup
I have a Thundernight Metallic, square setup with the 19" 791M wheels with all-season run-flat tire. I'm not in love with the look or the dynamics of the setup. I'm in Wisconsin and drive the car in the winter, so it slides around in the cold and drives poorly in the Summer. I run dedicated winter tires and wheels on my other cars and I want to do the same here but because of limited wheel options its not as easy to plug and play on the major sites.
In the summer I do back road driving on the weekends and a couple of trips to Road America for cruises on the track, nothing crazy. I'm looking at non-bmw wheels as I don't want to pay that premium. I also drive it through some snow in the winter so I don't want to lower the car. What would be thoughts on the best options? Keep the current wheels and use them as winters with dedicated snow tires? Go to a staggered setup for summer with summer tires? Go to 20" instead of 19" for the summer? I'm not great at visualizing these things so thoughts on what colors go with the purple/shadowline package...would bronze be a good option? Thanks for the help. |
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I'm in Chicago, so similar weather. I also plan to take it to the track and well as some ski hills in WI. Thus, a winter set is a must imo.
If you don't have the wheel & tire package with the bigger brakes, you can go 18's in the winter if you choose, or stick with 19's. I personally think 20s look too big for summer (and the tires are much more expensive). I think the 797M's or you 791M's in a square setup will work for winter an the 893M staggered setup for the summer. |
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05-24-2022, 07:49 AM | #3 |
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I have the ZTK package with the larger tires and brakes and ordered 18" wheels from TireRack for winter and they fit! I used the 22' G20 M340 xdrive in the configurator. 18"x8 MSW wheels with Pirelli Sottozero 3 225s square. They drive very nicely.
For the OP; I would probably just use the stock square wheels and buy snow tires for them. It's considered a good idea to go down a diameter for snows, but not a big deal if you don't. I'm not I'm love with the ZTK wheels (893s?). I think they are kind of blah looking. 13mm spacers helped the look. I ordered it primarily for the increase in cooling, brakes, and top speed. The Michelin PS4S tires are ok performance wise, but seem stretched to fit wider tires. I like a taller, beefier sidewall. If I have to replace them I may go up a size 245/255 to 255/265. If I was considering a new performance set, I would wait to see what APEX wheels is developing for this car. I love the way they looked on my previous m240 and would definitely consider a track oriented 18" set from them.
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Hi Badger. Im in the same boat. I found this set from BMW for 1500 https://www.shopbmwusa.com/PRODUCT/1...GUN-METAL-GREY
Does anyone know if this will this fit on the m240i with ZTK and is a good set? |
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Same boat here too.
The ZTK brakes, and also the M performance Brakes (not the ones you order with the car) will work with 18" diameter wheels, however you do need to be sure the front of the caliper will clear your chosen aftermarket wheels. Hpirx Yes also like to get 18"s for a summer performance setup and for a slightly beefier sidewall. |
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If that's the 898 M Performance winter set for the M340i it totally fits the M240i as well, I have it and drove on them all last winter. The web site may not list it but the computer at the dealer shows it as compatible (I had them check the ETK).
I don't have ZTK but I doubt that makes a difference, they're 19" so the rotors should clear. Dealer parts desk can confirm. |
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Sorry, they are in storage now, or I would take a picture. I don't recall the model number.
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As for size, maybe get a good set of staggered wheels/tires for summer, and limp along the existing run flats for winters. Obviously if you can't live with them, you can't live with them...but given our winters suck the life out of us here in WI (I'm in MKE), I'm not doing much spirited driving that time of year. I think bronze would be pretty groovy with purple... Last edited by Zaxer; 06-28-2022 at 03:10 PM.. |
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I realize you said they are in storage but don't you have an order email or can check or can't you log back into the site to see what you actually got? It would help out a lot of us. |
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Non ZTK here. Waiting to hear back from my dealer, but they said they have 17" wheels on 225/50r17 tires that should fit non-ZTK.
Big fat sidewalls, should be good if they can get confirmation from BMW Canada that they will fit.. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vp5...ew?usp=sharing $2350 as well for the set, which isn't bad AT ALL for OEM.
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23 M240xi winter wheels and tires
I have the 23 M240i with WHEELS: 19" X 8 FR & 19" X 8.5 RR M DOUBLE SPOKE (1VX) -inc: Black, Style 791M, Tires: 225/40R19 Fr & 255/35R19 Rr Perf Non-RFT.
Went to TireRack, put in 22 M340i and MSW type 43 18x8 dark gray all around with Sottozero 3 Winter 225/45R18 and they fit great. |
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