New Dunlop RF Tires
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Last month my dealer replaced my OEM Dunlops with Michelin Pilot sports under warranty I was thrilled, they even paid for the alignment. After driving the car for a couple of weeks, I felt there was to much road feel at certain speeds the ride just was not as smooth as it was with the old Dunlops. I called my SE and brought the car back to have the wheels re-balanced. I was shocked when my SE called me me to say the BMWNA wanted to change the tires again, my new Pilot Sports only had 200 miles on them so I'm thinking he's crazy. His explanation was that Dunlop and BMW had worked together on a replacement tire that was designed for cars with active steering and my car would perform best with these new tires. They did not have any as yet but would in a week, tomorrow I get my car back. I believe they are planning to contact their customers and change out all original Dunlop OEM tires. I'll post again after I get my car back, but I cannot say enough about how well my dealer and BMWNA have treated me. Vista Motors is a first class dealer.
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Originally Posted by jochet' date='Jun 9 2005, 05:29 PM
I believe they are planning to contact their customers and change out all original Dunlop OEM? tires.
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I'm still in hang fire with them replacing the split wheels. No final verdict yet -- working through the dealer. They really lucked out on the Dunlops because when I replaced, it evidently was with the new design. I have aksed them to take that into consideration on the wheel adjustment.
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Originally Posted by jochet' date='Jun 9 2005, 05:29 PM
Last month my dealer replaced my OEM Dunlops with Michelin Pilot sports under warranty I was thrilled, they even paid for the alignment. After driving the car for a couple of weeks, I felt there was to much road feel at certain speeds the ride just was not as smooth as it was with the old Dunlops. I called my SE and brought the car back to have the wheels re-balanced. I was shocked when my SE called me me to say the BMWNA wanted to change the tires again, my new Pilot Sports only had 200 miles on them so I'm thinking he's crazy. His explanation was that Dunlop and BMW had worked together on a replacement tire that was designed for cars with active steering and my car would perform best with these new tires. They did not have any as yet but would in a week, tomorrow I get my car back. I believe they are planning to contact their customers and change out all original Dunlop OEM? tires. I'll post again after I get my car back, but I cannot say enough about how well my dealer and BMWNA have treated me. Vista Motors is a first class dealer.
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However, I am a little concerned about your feedback on the Pilot Sports. I have heard nothing but good things about the Pilot Sports on this vehicle and that is what I was planning on going to when I had to replace my Dunlops out of my pocket.
Tires designed for active steering sound great, but have you looked at the replacement cost of the Dunlop RF's. I believe you are looking in the $1800+ range, where the Pilot sports are about $1150.
See if you can obtain a service bulletin on this from your dealer, or where they got the info from.
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Does Michelin Pilot Sport exist in RFT version in the US ?
In france not as far as I know.
In france not as far as I know.
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Originally Posted by jsal' date='Jun 10 2005, 02:03 AM
[quote name='jochet' date='Jun 9 2005, 05:29 PM']Last month my dealer replaced my OEM Dunlops with Michelin Pilot sports under warranty I was thrilled, they even paid for the alignment. After driving the car for a couple of weeks, I felt there was to much road feel at certain speeds the ride just was not as smooth as it was with the old Dunlops. I called my SE and brought the car back to have the wheels re-balanced. I was shocked when my SE called me me to say the BMWNA wanted to change the tires again, my new Pilot Sports only had 200 miles on them so I'm thinking he's crazy. His explanation was that Dunlop and BMW had worked together on a replacement tire that was designed for cars with active steering and my car would perform best with these new tires. They did not have any as yet but would in a week, tomorrow I get my car back. I believe they are planning to contact their customers and change out all original Dunlop OEM? tires. I'll post again after I get my car back, but I cannot say enough about how well my dealer and BMWNA have treated me. Vista Motors is a first class dealer.
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However, I am a little concerned about your feedback on the Pilot Sports. I have heard nothing but good things about the Pilot Sports on this vehicle and that is what I was planning on going to when I had to replace my Dunlops out of my pocket.
Tires designed for active steering sound great, but have you looked at the replacement cost of the Dunlop RF's. I believe you are looking in the $1800+ range, where the Pilot sports are about $1150.
See if you can obtain a service bulletin on this from your dealer, or where they got the info from.
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[/quote]I'm not sure what the truth is regarding tires, ride etc. BMW and my dealer so far have been great. My guess is the Pilot Sports were a mistake and BMWNA wanted the newest version of the Dunlops on their 545i. We just have to wait and see? As far as cost goes for replacement tires, your right, hopefully prices will drop a bit when I'm ready for another set.
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Originally Posted by FJPM' date='Jun 10 2005, 03:41 AM
Does Michelin Pilot Sport exist in RFT version in the US ?
In france not as far as I know.
In france not as far as I know.
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No, the Pilot is only available as a great high preformance regular tire.
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Originally Posted by jsal' date='Jun 10 2005, 01:03 AM
[quote name='jochet' date='Jun 9 2005, 05:29 PM']Last month my dealer replaced my OEM Dunlops with Michelin Pilot sports under warranty I was thrilled, they even paid for the alignment. After driving the car for a couple of weeks, I felt there was to much road feel at certain speeds the ride just was not as smooth as it was with the old Dunlops. I called my SE and brought the car back to have the wheels re-balanced. I was shocked when my SE called me me to say the BMWNA wanted to change the tires again, my new Pilot Sports only had 200 miles on them so I'm thinking he's crazy. His explanation was that Dunlop and BMW had worked together on a replacement tire that was designed for cars with active steering and my car would perform best with these new tires. They did not have any as yet but would in a week, tomorrow I get my car back. I believe they are planning to contact their customers and change out all original Dunlop OEM? tires. I'll post again after I get my car back, but I cannot say enough about how well my dealer and BMWNA have treated me. Vista Motors is a first class dealer.
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However, I am a little concerned about your feedback on the Pilot Sports. I have heard nothing but good things about the Pilot Sports on this vehicle and that is what I was planning on going to when I had to replace my Dunlops out of my pocket.
Tires designed for active steering sound great, but have you looked at the replacement cost of the Dunlop RF's. I believe you are looking in the $1800+ range, where the Pilot sports are about $1150.
See if you can obtain a service bulletin on this from your dealer, or where they got the info from.
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Isal,
I contacted Dunlop and they told me "With the new DESIGN change I shouldn't have a noise problem".May you know something that they don't about a compound change.
cheers
vern
I contacted Dunlop and they told me "With the new DESIGN change I shouldn't have a noise problem".May you know something that they don't about a compound change.
cheers
vern
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Originally Posted by jochet' date='Jun 9 2005, 06:29 PM
Last month my dealer replaced my OEM Dunlops with Michelin Pilot sports under warranty I was thrilled, they even paid for the alignment. After driving the car for a couple of weeks, I felt there was to much road feel at certain speeds the ride just was not as smooth as it was with the old Dunlops. I called my SE and brought the car back to have the wheels re-balanced. I was shocked when my SE called me me to say the BMWNA wanted to change the tires again, my new Pilot Sports only had 200 miles on them so I'm thinking he's crazy. His explanation was that Dunlop and BMW had worked together on a replacement tire that was designed for cars with active steering and my car would perform best with these new tires. They did not have any as yet but would in a week, tomorrow I get my car back. I believe they are planning to contact their customers and change out all original Dunlop OEM? tires. I'll post again after I get my car back, but I cannot say enough about how well my dealer and BMWNA have treated me. Vista Motors is a first class dealer.
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