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Old Dec 15, 2006 | 09:54 AM
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I am ready to replace the piece of crap RFTs on my two weeks old 530. I spent serious $$ on a beautiful car but it pissed me off everytime i drive over a bump on the road....feeling like driving fred flintstone's car.
The new tires are on ordered at Costco.
I don't want to bring the RFT home and take up space in my garage. I feel bad throwing away brand new tires. Hopefully I can find a buyer in my area that want RFT.
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Old Dec 15, 2006 | 11:37 AM
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does costco have 19"s?
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Old Dec 15, 2006 | 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by kxn530i07' post='367891' date='Dec 15 2006, 06:54 PM
I am ready to replace the piece of crap RFTs on my two weeks old 530. I spent serious $$ on a beautiful car but it pissed me off everytime i drive over a bump on the road....feeling like driving fred flintstone's car.
The new tires are on ordered at Costco.
I don't want to bring the RFT home and take up space in my garage. I feel bad throwing away brand new tires. Hopefully I can find a buyer in my area that want RFT.

Easy sell on ebay
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Old Dec 15, 2006 | 01:18 PM
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I noticed my front tires are 275/35ZR18 95Y and my rear are 245/40R18 93Y rated. I ordered the same front and rear ratings, but I got these. Is this OK, or does it make a negative diiference? Should I go back to costco and complain?
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Old Dec 15, 2006 | 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by katheikia' post='367154' date='Dec 14 2006, 01:08 AM
All I can say is WOW!!! What a difference, I cant beleive I waited a year to do this. The car finally feels the way I thought it should. Its a shame BMW uses run-flats,

Yes, you are right : fitted PS2 two months ago and same impressions!
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Old Dec 15, 2006 | 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by katheikia' post='367154' date='Dec 14 2006, 01:08 AM
All I can say is WOW!!! What a difference, I cant beleive I waited a year to do this. The car finally feels the way I thought it should. Its a shame BMW uses run-flats,

Yes, you are right : fitted PS2 two months ago and same impressions!

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You save 4-5 Kg/tire .
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Old Dec 15, 2006 | 01:28 PM
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I wonder if the load ratings are different simply because the sizes are different? It's probably no big deal in any case. I didn't even pay attention to mine. I just checked Tire Rack and they list load ratings for the A/S PS2's the same as what you got from Costco.
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Old Dec 15, 2006 | 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by katheikia' post='367961' date='Dec 16 2006, 12:18 AM
I noticed my front tires are 275/35ZR18 95Y and my rear are 245/40R18 93Y rated. I ordered the same front and rear ratings, but I got these. Is this OK, or does it make a negative diiference? Should I go back to costco and complain?
If anything, it should be the other way round - 245 front and 275 rear.

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Old Dec 15, 2006 | 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by mirage.za' post='367966' date='Dec 15 2006, 05:30 PM
If anything, it should be the other way round - 245 front and 275 rear.

Alex

Yea, sorry I mixed up front and rear, but what about the Z and speed ratings being different. I ordered them to be the same. Does it make any difference?
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Old Dec 15, 2006 | 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by katheikia' post='367970' date='Dec 15 2006, 05:37 PM
Yea, sorry I mixed up front and rear, but what about the Z and speed ratings being different. I ordered them to be the same. Does it make any difference?
I think that is just the actual measured effective load rating of the tire in that size. Same material in a substatially different profile would have different load bearing capacity. Seems perfectly plausible and likely nothing to worry about.
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