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01-12-2007, 09:44 AM

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Our increasingly crappy weather is making me consider a set of snow tires. BMW offers a package for the M5/M6 which consists of the double spoke 184M (18") with Michelin Pilot Alpin PA2s. My car has the M-sport suspension (Canadian car). The dealer says they may or may not rub due to the offset. Any one know for sure? They are a non-returnable special order ($1,116 per wheel) so a maybe they will, maybe they won't answer doesn't cut it. I also have a call into BMW Canada to try to get an answer.

Does anyone have any knowledge of this combination? Thanks.

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01-12-2007, 10:02 AM

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Your dealer doesn't seem to have the slightest clue at all.

They are 8x18 with a 20 offset and will not even fill the arches properly. These will fit any E60/61, lowered or not, no matter if M-sport pack or not, either.

These will fit without getting anywhere near to a problem 1000% (if such a thing does exist)

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01-12-2007, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by olli_535d' post='377301' date='Jan 12 2007, 11:02 AM

Thanks olli_535d! My expectations of my dealer are very low so I'm not disappointed. Is there something that would fit/fill better that you know of (given that I need to run snows...) I run the 19" 172s currently and they seem a bit small to my eye in terms of filling the wheel wells.

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01-12-2007, 11:26 AM

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But how can the dealer be this stupid

The best winter setup (for your car) is 17" OEM and 225/50 17" wintertyres (use Search)!

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01-12-2007, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Westcoast 550' post='377321' date='Jan 12 2007, 08:14 PM

For a winter setup I would go away from the thought of filling the arches. For bad, wintery conditions less is more. On my 535d M-sport, I also run 8x18 (the style 135 wheels) I like my big summer wheels in 19 or 20 inch, filling the arches as much as possible, but for the about usually 4 bad months of the year, I prefer to have less look and more function/safety. Don't forget, the wider the tyre, the less it's water and slush cutting ability and the bigger the risk of swimming up.

If you want a bid more arch fill without going wider on the tyre/wheel combo, you could always think about spacers, to bring the wheels closer to the arch.

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