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Originally Posted by pmsteinm
Last week I had my summer wheels dropped off to get the PZeros swapped out with the 4S. I said I wanted the Star BMW marked tires just because those are the OEM spec (not necessarily better, but just because). There are 2 BMW part numbers for the rears. The only marked difference is the tread depth (9.5 vs 9). When I got the tires I saw there was no star on the rears, and a star on the fronts. Dealer said this is fine but I decided to email Michelin and amazingly they responded with this:
So it seems the BMW spec is just to shave the tires down a bit. The only other difference is the rears are made in USA, and the fronts in France. This should make the car more benign at the limit because the fronts will surrender first. 
As a side note one of the front tires has no weights on it. Either an amazing job balancing or they forgot. I'll find out in April when I put them on. |
Lol.
Can you please share the correct front part number as well? I will be in the same boat in a few months. Would have used PZeroes for another season but one of the rears got a nail right before switching to all seasons for winter, and I rather not use a patched tire.