06-05-2016, 01:36 PM | #1 |
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M3 owners, which snow tire do you run in winter?
Looking for recs for some snow tires that will fit the f80 oem 19s (open to dedicated wheels if there is a compelling reason). Thinking of Blizzaks or Nokians. Thoughts from you all?
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06-05-2016, 04:13 PM | #2 |
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It kind of depends how much snow you want to tackle. If it's a real blizzard with over 6" of snow are you going out in your M3? I have the Contis on the 18" 640M rims and they are fine in 4 inches of snow, but if I needed the car for worse conditions I would opt for Nokian or at least Michelin Ice-X. But since I don't, I'm happy with the performance snows.
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Probably would not go with a performance snow, but definitely don't want studs because I want something that's going to be reasonably fun when it's dry and just cold. |
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I ran a square 18" set up that I picked up used 1 season on Blizzaks.
Definitely lost some in the performance/feel (if you have have winters on you shouldn't really be doing 100+ mph ) and last year wasn't exactly a blockbuster but I did do a 800 mile run up through northern maine to canada and they were more than fine. If you have the storage space having dedicated rims makes switch over a 30 minute exercise and saves the potential for mounting issues to crop up. Also saves your summer/stock rims from a lot of the salt etc. Plus if you can find a set of older OEM rims you can likely get 50-80% of the rim cost money back if/when you go to sell in the future. My .02
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Also - which contis do you have? gdawson03 - would be interested in knowing if you think that blizzaks would be overkill for city only driving. - Thoughts? |
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This thread needs to be closed ASAP! Not only because the warm weather just started for us Midwesterners and the last thing I want to see is anything about winter, but also because there are 1,000,000 winter tire threads on the forum.
Mostly because of reason one though!
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I echo getting a performance snow if you are mostly in urban areas. I switched from a 135i with regular snows to the M3 with Pirelli Sottozero 3 and on cold, dry roads, the difference in grip is astounding. I did not notice materially worse snow/ice performance, but since I live relatively close to boston, they plow the roads almost immediately. For the heavy snowfall I don't drive my RWD cars anyways.
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Dunlop WinterSport 3D with a staggered setup on my E90. I downsized to 18's and went an inch narrower on the rims. No issues, other than ground clearance, for 3 winters now...
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I'm coming from an awd 335, and picking up the M in a month or so. A little anxious about it being our only car, but it seems to do decently in the snow. May be getting a beater in a few months if it's not working out. |
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2018 F80 M3 Winter Tires
I am trying to get tires for 2018 f80 M3 competition package, tire size are 265/30 - 20 Front and 285/30 - 20 rear and the only ones I can find are through Tired Rack Pirelli Winter Sottozero, which get great ratings but are not light on the wallet for winter tires. Any suggestions? I was trying to get Bridgestone Blizzaks as they got the best rating when researching but they don't come up in searches.
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