gpfarrell

Had a weird tire failure today. The right rear Goodyear Eagle RSA has had a slow leak for the last few days. We've topped it off a few times to keep the TPMS screen from scolding us and I was going to get it checked this coming week when today the tire went completely flat on my wife. So I went to change it out (thanks for a spare on our cars, BMW!) and was dumbfounded to see our 22,000 mile car had worn a hole in the tire!

The tire actually looks like it was flat-spotted, 85% of it looks pretty good, but 15% of its inner tread is all threads and steel belts. I've got another tire with a bulge... so I really need to buy 2, but I planned on fitting Blizzaks to the factory 17" this fall and buying a sweet set of 18s next spring with summer tires.

Instead, I'll be buying the 18s tomorrow! Pittsburgh has some pretty rough roads so I can't see the risk of bending 19s.

I think I've narrowed it down to Beyern Meshes from Discount Tire with Yokohama S.drive tires, with new TMPS sensors and shiny wheel bolts fro $1686 delivered or Breyton Race GTSs with Bridgestone Potenza RE760 sports with sensors for $1949 with shipping.

Any words of wisdom before I give them the number on my Visa card?

narvselius

Breyton Race GTs is a great looking wheel, and what I've seen from tyre tests the Bridgestone is superior to the Yokohama, so I would go for this option. Good luck with the purchase!

ModBargains II

If it was my car, I'd go with the Breyton GTS wheels over the Beyern wheels because of the looks.

mvd

I bought first 20" Beyern's, used them about 2yrs. Now i'm driving summer with 20" Breyton and winter with 19" Beyern...Buy Breyton...