jay bimma

I bought them about a year ago from ModBargains through Kevin. They were $1967 plus $75 shipping although I had to wait like 2 months for them to be built in Germany. Their website it straight list price. Ask them for the forum discount.

saskabush

Ditto on Modbargains.

Install for me was around $600 in Canada. Ride is smooth and no clicking noises from mine.

No regrets on getting the kw v3.

Rostman

Finally get 245/40 R19 and 275/35 R19 tyres. ET32 in the front, ET27 in the rear. Looks great for me.
Rear:



Front:

TMack

Pretty darn aggressive in back. What's the rear wheel width?

Rostman

10 inch.

NoQuarter

On the speed changes... Our speedo is off by 3-4 MPH. Say 3 to be safe. So when your speed gauge says you are goin 70mph you are really going ~67.


This can be confirmed with GPS readings - I have verified with 3 different kind. Also, with NCS coding, you can enable a digital speed display in the cluster and, optionally, enable the digital display to show the speed without this hardcoded offset. Conventional wisdom says it is this way to allow for the variances of tire diameters so the larger the diameter, the closer to the displayed speed you are.

norsecarnut

So you think the speedometer is off by 3-4 mph at any speed? Tire sizes only affect the speed by a %, not a set amount. Have you compared gps and/or mapping distances to verify the 3-4 mph? Is it only the speedometer or the whole system? The tire size change obviously affects every aspect of distance including odometer and thus mpg too.

TMack

I've had four BMW's and they've all had "fast" speedometers. My E90 was about 5% fast. My current E60 is only about 2% fast. Not a huge deal any way you slice it EXCEPT that it also means that the odometer is increasing 2-5% faster than it should, thereby devaluing the car faster. That means there's a "business case" for plus sizing your tires to reverse that problem.

Just my two cents.....

norsecarnut

Kansas City I see? I've been to Baron BMW a few times. So far they've done a great job replacing the nav dvd drive system and general service interval stuff.

I guess my 3% larger tires are just right then! Good to know.

louveres

Another XI owner here.
Ready to get the Miro 111 for my 535.
Just wanted to confirm with you guys, from what I've read in this thread, I can go with 19x8.5 in the front and 19x9.5 in the back which would coincide with what tire size? My thing is, living in Chicagoland area, I can only use the Miro's in the summer. I want to do winter tires on the stock rims, and just swap them in the winter.
Would the size mentioned above work without any modifications to the suspension, no spacers, would it look good?
I understand that I would also have to move the TPM sensor every time I do the swap?
Any advice for this setup would be greatly appreciated.