Limited tire choices
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Limited tire choices
I have 235/40/19 in front and 265/35/19 in rear and I'm surprised not one tire company offers an all season tire. They only offer summer and winter tires. I could go to 245/35/19 and 285/30/19 but they are approx 1/2 shorter and I don't want to add 1/2 inch to the wheel gap. I'm on RS-R springs for my AWD 4GS. Any suggestions??
I use 245/40R19 for all 4 rims on my 2014 GS350 F-sport in Michein Primacy MXM4 tires for spring to fall and bridgestone blizzaks lm-32 for winter. ITs a perfect size. Thank god I don't have staggered.
If you go 245/40R19 front and 275/35R19 like the few people doing on the board, then you get 5 choices of all seasons.
The best is:
Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSe...earDiameter=19
Then Bridgestone Potenza Pole RE970 A/S
Then Contiental DWS. I avoid these because 3x I got bad sets on 3 separate cars. Terrible quality control and horrendous vibrations. I ended up switching to Michelins.
What you are doing is overcompensating one up size for a down size in another. Don't do that. This 245/40R19 and 275/35R19 keeps it at 1% speedo error which is suitable for this car.
If you go 245/40R19 front and 275/35R19 like the few people doing on the board, then you get 5 choices of all seasons.
The best is:
Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSe...earDiameter=19
Then Bridgestone Potenza Pole RE970 A/S
Then Contiental DWS. I avoid these because 3x I got bad sets on 3 separate cars. Terrible quality control and horrendous vibrations. I ended up switching to Michelins.
What you are doing is overcompensating one up size for a down size in another. Don't do that. This 245/40R19 and 275/35R19 keeps it at 1% speedo error which is suitable for this car.
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I use 245/40R19 for all 4 rims on my 2014 GS350 F-sport in Michein Primacy MXM4 tires for spring to fall and bridgestone blizzaks lm-32 for winter. ITs a perfect size. Thank god I don't have staggered.
If yo go 245/40R19 front and 275/35R19 like the few people doing on the board, then you get 5 choices of all seasons.
The best is:
Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSe...earDiameter=19
Then Bridgestone Potenza Pole RE970 A/S
Then Contiental DWS. I avoid these because 3x I got bad sets on 3 separate cars. Terrible quality control and horrendous vibrations. I ended up switching to Michelins.
What you are doing is overcompensating one up size for a
down size in another. Don't do that. This 245/40R19 and 275/35R19 keeps it at 1% speedo error which is suitable
for this car.
If yo go 245/40R19 front and 275/35R19 like the few people doing on the board, then you get 5 choices of all seasons.
The best is:
Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSe...earDiameter=19
Then Bridgestone Potenza Pole RE970 A/S
Then Contiental DWS. I avoid these because 3x I got bad sets on 3 separate cars. Terrible quality control and horrendous vibrations. I ended up switching to Michelins.
What you are doing is overcompensating one up size for a
down size in another. Don't do that. This 245/40R19 and 275/35R19 keeps it at 1% speedo error which is suitable
for this car.
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From: SoCal 858
I use 245/40R19 for all 4 rims on my 2014 GS350 F-sport in Michein Primacy MXM4 tires for spring to fall and bridgestone blizzaks lm-32 for winter. ITs a perfect size. Thank god I don't have staggered.
If you go 245/40R19 front and 275/35R19 like the few people doing on the board, then you get 5 choices of all seasons.
The best is:
Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSe...earDiameter=19
Then Bridgestone Potenza Pole RE970 A/S
Then Contiental DWS. I avoid these because 3x I got bad sets on 3 separate cars. Terrible quality control and horrendous vibrations. I ended up switching to Michelins.
What you are doing is overcompensating one up size for a down size in another. Don't do that. This 245/40R19 and 275/35R19 keeps it at 1% speedo error which is suitable for this car.
If you go 245/40R19 front and 275/35R19 like the few people doing on the board, then you get 5 choices of all seasons.
The best is:
Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSe...earDiameter=19
Then Bridgestone Potenza Pole RE970 A/S
Then Contiental DWS. I avoid these because 3x I got bad sets on 3 separate cars. Terrible quality control and horrendous vibrations. I ended up switching to Michelins.
What you are doing is overcompensating one up size for a down size in another. Don't do that. This 245/40R19 and 275/35R19 keeps it at 1% speedo error which is suitable for this car.
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In my BMW days, staggered Michelin Pilot Sports 255/fronts, 275/rears can get pricey. I saved some money going for Falkens without much falloff in performance... but not being able to rotate wheels sucked.
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Agreed. What size tires did you wind up getting?
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If you stick with Run Flats that the 5 series have it's really ugly. You are looking at about $1700 for a set of new tires.
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Yup, that sounds about right. Car in the shop every month + pricey tires = Money Pit. And this happened to me right when the market was about to take a nose dive, not a good time to own this type of car.
These days, better to roll smarter and get something reliable (Lexus).
These days, better to roll smarter and get something reliable (Lexus).
I am looking to get a different tire size for my F Sport - My rears are OUT after being lowered for less than 6 months.. I have less than 12K miles on my car - less than half of that was the car being lowered.. SAD STORY!
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Just installed on my 350 staggered set up: Michillin Pilot Super sport / Front: 235/40ZR19XL 96Y BSW. Rear: 265/35ZR19XL 98Y BSW. summer. They seem much quieter and smoother than the Bridgestone Potenzas were and they were the only other matched set I could find, if that even matters on a staggered set up?? I think they look cool too! They seemed to get good reviews as far as I could tell.
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