275/20 winters on 214 rims & Photos after a year of fun!

watoowatoo · 01-01-2010, 02:40 AM

I have installed 275/20/40 winter tires all around on OEM 214 rims, pics attached. I am really happy with my choice. Also I think it was time to contribute to this forum by posting some pictures after a long time following your posts.
Handling and whole engineering of the car still amazes me everyday.

Thank you BMW for taking the risk to produce this beast!

Cheers and happy new year!

watoowatoo · 01-01-2010, 02:56 AM

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watoowatoo · 01-01-2010, 03:12 AM

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x6er · 01-01-2010, 03:06 PM

hi,
beautiful. are those run flats? what are they?

Jason · 01-01-2010, 03:36 PM

Beautiful car and photos! Thanks for sharing.

watoowatoo · 01-01-2010, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by x6er

hi,
beautiful. are those run flats? what are they?

Thanks for comments. Those are Michelin latitude alpin non run flat tires. 275/40 fits well on oem rims just watch out not to scratch rear ones.

DrewBert · 01-04-2010, 10:34 PM

i'm rolling on the same winter set up and they are awesome!!

RQP · 03-26-2010, 05:31 PM

so you get the runflat performace option on sport pkgand replace only the tire during winter, watoowatoo?

REInvestor · 03-28-2010, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by RQP

so you get the runflat performace option on sport pkgand replace only the tire during winter, watoowatoo?

What's the problem with that?

watoowatoo · 03-28-2010, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RQP

so you get the runflat performace option on sport pkgand replace only the tire during winter, watoowatoo?

Yes with no problems at all.
I swapped back summer tires yesterday.The fat tires are at work again!

RQP · 03-28-2010, 10:26 PM

because 20" oem wheel on the back is 20x11 which mean the wheel is bigger than 275mm tire. I also remember some tire manufacture suggest not to take off and replace the same tire due to problem with air seal. But I guess I just worry too much.
Thx Watoo for answering

BMWPower06 · 03-28-2010, 11:18 PM

such a sexay car

aas5 · 03-29-2010, 08:21 AM

do these come with tire pressure sensors?

watoowatoo · 03-30-2010, 02:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RQP

because 20" oem wheel on the back is 20x11 which mean the wheel is bigger than 275mm tire. I also remember some tire manufacture suggest not to take off and replace the same tire due to problem with air seal. But I guess I just worry too much.
Thx Watoo for answering

275/40 tires fit 20" OEM wheels, np. The first and second pics show they are stretched a bit on the rear but that's within the manufacturer specs. People do this all the time and I had no problem pushing the car around during the winter. Actually same tire size on 4 wheels is recommended for winter.

Quote:

Originally Posted by aas5

do these come with tire pressure sensors?

X6 uses indirect TPMS which doesn't have sensors in the wheel anymore. ABS,DSC sensors detect a low pressure tire based on the speed the wheel is turning.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BMWPower06

such a sexay car

Thanks!

vladberca · 04-11-2010, 04:05 PM

The interior is lovely too!

Thx for sharing!

watoowatoo · 04-16-2010, 04:23 PM

Its nice.But dars! is better.

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