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Old 01-09-2007, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by heezy545i' post='375844' date='Jan 9 2007, 03:31 PM
Where are you located? I've never heard of this brand before.

For a cheap, but good performing tire, the General UHPs are getting good reviews.
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Vredesteins have been around but they pulled out of the US market (I was told) in the 90s and only now are making a comeback. They came back last year and everyone who has them are raving about them. Beautiful looking tire too. They're big in the tractor/agricultural side and bicycle tires as well.
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I think most of US guys here only know tires selling on Tirerack.com (me included )
Vredestein is mainly making bicycle tires
http://www.vredesteinusa.com/specialty.html
Old 01-09-2007, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by heezy545i' post='375818' date='Jan 9 2007, 02:48 PM
Mind you, the 285s come standard on the M5 which of course has much more power. On lesser e60s, the 285s can possibly slow you down and introduce more understeer. For the 530 and the 545/550, 275s are more than enough.
I was planning on getting the 166 with for my 525i:

255/40R-19 (front)
285/35R-19 (rear)

So does this mean with these wheels and tires my car won't go as fast???? :'(

Or can I simply get 275s and that will do the trick? Man I had my heart set on the 166 but I don't want to be slowed down by them...
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Originally Posted by nebullaone' post='375979' date='Jan 9 2007, 06:29 PM
I was planning on getting the 166 with for my 525i:

255/40R-19 (front)
285/35R-19 (rear)

So does this mean with these wheels and tires my car won't go as fast???? Please someone confirm this........
I'm not sure the 40 and 35 will fit.... why not run 35/30 to be safe?
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Originally Posted by MikeBuzzsaw' post='375980' date='Jan 9 2007, 06:32 PM
I'm not sure the 40 and 35 will fit.... why not run 35/30 to be safe?
How can it not fit, those are the standard specs on the 166 for the tires

http://www.e60.net/information/options/wheels/style166/
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I think those tire sizes are for M5. Regular E60 wheelwell and fender are not wide and big enough to accomodate that big of the tires.
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Originally Posted by nebullaone' post='375979' date='Jan 9 2007, 03:29 PM
So does this mean with these wheels and tires my car won't go as fast???? :'(

Or can I simply get 275s and that will do the trick? Man I had my heart set on the 166 but I don't want to be slowed down by them...
The 285s do look good. I think they may slow you down a bit, but honestly you probably won't notice the difference.
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Originally Posted by nebullaone' post='375982' date='Jan 9 2007, 06:35 PM
How can it not fit, those are the standard specs on the 166 for the tires

http://www.e60.net/information/options/wheels/style166/
Those are M5 specs, they have bigger wheel wells and fender, like my530i said.
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