Respect to those with 19s

excoupe · 04-09-2011, 08:49 PM

I just put 18s (From 16s) on my car with 225/40 255/35 tires; car looks great but I got mad respect for you guys with 19s.

Didn't anticipate the how much the tires would track uneveness in the road, or the increased steering effort (To say nothing of, I think my car is noticeably slower, serves me right for getting a 323), or the rougher ride.

Couldn't imagine getting 19s.

John_01 · 04-09-2011, 09:12 PM

I guess you got original BMW rims with runflats.

Bartman619 · 04-09-2011, 11:54 PM

...funny, mine doesn't feel that way at all. If anything it's a bit more harsher on impacts, but you learn to drive conservatively on bad roads you should be fine. Steering is better now that the runflats are gone. must be your type of tires or runflats causing your ride issues.

e90332255 · 04-10-2011, 09:49 AM

Try running 20s

DJKhan85 · 04-10-2011, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by excoupe

I just put 18s (From 16s) on my car with 225/40 255/35 tires; car looks great but I got mad respect for you guys with 19s.

Didn't anticipate the how much the tires would track uneveness in the road, or the increased steering effort (To say nothing of, I think my car is noticeably slower, serves me right for getting a 323), or the rougher ride.

Couldn't imagine getting 19s.

I swapped from my 17 inch winter rims to 19 inch summer. Every single year the change in steering, slow down in accel (thanks to much more unsprung weight) and more pronounced understeer catches me by surprise. It takes about 2-3 weeks for me to be come comfortable again with the car.

excoupe · 04-10-2011, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by John_01

I guess you got original BMW rims with runflats.

Haha yeah I did. Trust me when their time is up I'm switching to conventional tires.

remmib · 04-10-2011, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by e90332255

Try running 20s

LOL, I was gonna say the same think, what about us that are running 20".

John_01 · 04-10-2011, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by excoupe

Haha yeah I did. Trust me when their time is up I'm switching to conventional tires.

Yeh that will be an improvement in ride quality and the steering feel will be better. Typically you can expect to save around 2lb of weight per tyre when you swap over.

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John_01 Colonel 237 Rep 2,643 Posts Drives: E90 325i, E82 135i Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia iTrader: (0)	I guess you got original BMW rims with runflats.
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Bartman619 Captain 25 Rep 701 Posts Drives: Bimmer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: SDCA iTrader: (2)	...funny, mine doesn't feel that way at all. If anything it's a bit more harsher on impacts, but you learn to drive conservatively on bad roads you should be fine. Steering is better now that the runflats are gone. must be your type of tires or runflats causing your ride issues.
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e90332255 Private 0 Rep 56 Posts Drives: 325i Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Australia iTrader: (0)	Try running 20s
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