Any Advice on new non-runflat tires.
02-17-2005, 11:39 PM
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Hello,
After have driven 48000 km with the factory runflat tires, I need to change my tires.
Yesterday I had the tire-puncture warning. After having called BMW Service and having checked the tires, it seemed they didn't have enough pressure.
Anyway I was planning to get new tires (initially I would have taken RFT's)
I asked the service guy about the runflat-tires... he told me I should definatly get the normal (non runflat tires). The RFT are too hard, and after driven your car to the nearest dealer with RFT after a puncture, the tire is mostly ready to be thrown away.
So my question to you guys out there is...
Has anyone swapped their RFT to Non-RFT for 124-wheels?
What tires did you take? And what's your experience with the new tires.
Thanks alot!
After have driven 48000 km with the factory runflat tires, I need to change my tires.
Yesterday I had the tire-puncture warning. After having called BMW Service and having checked the tires, it seemed they didn't have enough pressure.
Anyway I was planning to get new tires (initially I would have taken RFT's)
I asked the service guy about the runflat-tires... he told me I should definatly get the normal (non runflat tires). The RFT are too hard, and after driven your car to the nearest dealer with RFT after a puncture, the tire is mostly ready to be thrown away.
So my question to you guys out there is...
Has anyone swapped their RFT to Non-RFT for 124-wheels?
What tires did you take? And what's your experience with the new tires.
Thanks alot!
02-18-2005, 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by dvw' date='Feb 18 2005, 02:39 AM
Hello,
After have driven 48000 km with the factory runflat tires, I need to change my tires.
Yesterday I had the tire-puncture warning. After having called BMW Service and having checked the tires, it seemed they didn't have enough pressure.
Anyway I was planning to get new tires (initially I would have taken RFT's)
I asked the service guy about the runflat-tires... he told me I should definatly get the normal (non runflat tires). The RFT are too hard, and after driven your car to the nearest dealer with RFT after a puncture, the tire is mostly ready to be thrown away.
So my question to you guys out there is...
Has anyone swapped their RFT to Non-RFT for 124-wheels?
What tires did you take? And what's your experience with the new tires.
Thanks alot!
After have driven 48000 km with the factory runflat tires, I need to change my tires.
Yesterday I had the tire-puncture warning. After having called BMW Service and having checked the tires, it seemed they didn't have enough pressure.
Anyway I was planning to get new tires (initially I would have taken RFT's)
I asked the service guy about the runflat-tires... he told me I should definatly get the normal (non runflat tires). The RFT are too hard, and after driven your car to the nearest dealer with RFT after a puncture, the tire is mostly ready to be thrown away.
So my question to you guys out there is...
Has anyone swapped their RFT to Non-RFT for 124-wheels?
What tires did you take? And what's your experience with the new tires.
Thanks alot!
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The ride is much quieter now. I am planning to swap out rear tires in about 10K more miles.
Other good tires:
Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3
Bridgestone S-03
02-18-2005, 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by bmw545' date='Feb 18 2005, 05:26 PM
[quote name='dvw' date='Feb 18 2005, 02:39 AM']Hello,
So my question to you guys out there is...
Has anyone swapped their RFT to Non-RFT for 124-wheels?
What tires did you take? And what's your experience with the new tires.
Thanks alot!
So my question to you guys out there is...
Has anyone swapped their RFT to Non-RFT for 124-wheels?
What tires did you take? And what's your experience with the new tires.
Thanks alot!
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The ride is much quieter now. I am planning to swap out rear tires in about 10K more miles.
Other good tires:
Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3
Bridgestone S-03
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Don't believe the hype. Non RFs are fine - finding a dealer to fit them could be hard...
I'll be looking at F1's myself
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