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02-27-2010, 02:27 PM
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My Ride: 2006 530i Sport
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The Sumitomos I am buying are $116 each.
FYI, Tire Rack is shipping them directly to my BMW SA at the dealership, who is expecting them (I called him to let him know). They'll be mounted on Thursday.
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I have not tried Sumitomos yet but am in the market to replace my RFTs soon.
On your link, it looked like they performed very well---would you agree that the handling and road noise are good??
Did you go same size all around or bump up the rear tire size?
FYI, Tire Rack is shipping them directly to my BMW SA at the dealership, who is expecting them (I called him to let him know). They'll be mounted on Thursday.
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I have not tried Sumitomos yet but am in the market to replace my RFTs soon.
On your link, it looked like they performed very well---would you agree that the handling and road noise are good??
Did you go same size all around or bump up the rear tire size?
They are quite good. Very low noise, reduced bumps/harshness. Still breaking them in so I can't press them to see how they do. Any time you go to a softer sidewall the turn-in will be less crisp, but that would be the case on any non-RFT.
I used to run the HTRZ-II tires on my old Jetta (17") and they never gave me any trouble. They stacked up very well against the Pilot Sports and Toyo Proxes T1-S I had on that car before.
I put 245/40 18" all around, the size recommended by TireRack and the owners manual.
02-27-2010, 02:30 PM
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03-01-2010, 04:24 AM
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My Ride: '06 530i Silver Gray/Black, Sport, Prem., Logic 7, Cold Weather, Auto, M Aero package, Nav, Comfort Seats, IPod aux
They are quite good. Very low noise, reduced bumps/harshness. Still breaking them in so I can't press them to see how they do. Any time you go to a softer sidewall the turn-in will be less crisp, but that would be the case on any non-RFT.
I used to run the HTRZ-II tires on my old Jetta (17") and they never gave me any trouble. They stacked up very well against the Pilot Sports and Toyo Proxes T1-S I had on that car before.
I put 245/40 18" all around, the size recommended by TireRack and the owners manual.
I used to run the HTRZ-II tires on my old Jetta (17") and they never gave me any trouble. They stacked up very well against the Pilot Sports and Toyo Proxes T1-S I had on that car before.
I put 245/40 18" all around, the size recommended by TireRack and the owners manual.
Thanks!
03-01-2010, 09:57 PM
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EH ? The monitoring system has no working parts attached to the wheel . IIRC, it's all done through ABS sensors comparing rotational speed of one wheel vs the others.
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