[BMWCSRegistry] OEM E3/E9 alloy wheels with tires, $250

[Bruce Leggett]

Hi David, 
I know my '91 M5 is prone to tramlining, but I never thought about that it might be due to directional vs. non-directional tires - makes sense though.
cheers,
bruce



----- Original Message ----
From: David Dart <davidd at nevicdgp.org.au>
To: simsanthony at comcast.net; gopostal <gopostal at seniorsix.org>; bmwcsregistry <bmwcsregistry at idb.ded.forest.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 8:37:13 PM
Subject: RE: [BMWCSRegistry] OEM E3/E9 alloy wheels with tires, $250


I have 9x17 and 8x17 M5 throwing stars wheels (without covers) on my E24 and had the tyres replaced and found out why it was handling like a complete pig. These were on the car when I bought it.
 
One of the 8 inch rims had hit something hard and was out of round by about 12 mm (half inch) in the form of a flat spot and the car was fitted with directional tyres. I had the rim re-rolled and put non directional tyres on it and it was transformed to a car that is a delight to drive.
 
My tyre man (also a confirmed BMW nut) told me that he found out many years ago that some BMWs do not respond well to directional tyres and now I am a believer. He put them on an E24 once at a customers request,  the customer drove it leaping all over the road and he bought it back immediately, replaced the tyres and everything was fine.
 
I also put a set of mags with near new tyres on my wife's E36 and I didn't really pick the difference (but looked good!) but she did - same problem directional tyres - they are sitting in the shed now!
 
Interested if anyone else has experienced this.   

David.



 
Regards wheel damage on larger wheels with low profile tires -- I have 8x17" wheels (BBS wheels from an e39) with 235/45-17 tires on my e12.  Last week I had a brain fart and drove over a curb.  I killed two tires and bent the right front spindle, but both right side wheels came through straight and true.  Good quality wheels are strong, they don't bend easily.
 
Tony
 
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From: crcote at mindspring.com 

This reminds me of something I've been wondering about for a while -- why are the "staggered" 7 x 16 and 8 x 16 wheels considered by many to be the ultimate (performance) wheel combo for the E3/E9?
 
If one follows the "plus one" logic for increasing tire/rim size (10mm more section 



-----Original Message----- 
From: Art Wegweiser 
Sent: Jan 31, 2007 9:20 AM 
To: gparr02tii at earthlink.net, gopostal , bmwcsregistry 
Subject: [BMWCSRegistry] OEM E3/E9 alloy wheels with tires, $250 


Thanks for the info,
I can't get a real good look at the condition of the wheels nor the tread depth on the tires but it does seem to be a decent deal.  195 X 14 tires  are getting more and more rare as most every manufacturer is using scary skinny bicycle sidewall width tires that look like they would scrape the road on a rapid tight turn.
And smack a pothole and kiss off one of those $500+ rims.


Art


At 8:41 PM -0600 1/30/07, gparr02tii wrote:
This ad is in the SF Bay Craigslist, usual disclaimers apply.  Not mine, no affiliation
 
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/pts/270330734.html
 
G-Man


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