Newb Wheel Question

LotusGt111 · 09-04-2008, 02:29 PM

I want to buy winter tires and wheels for this coming season, i have stock 18s on right now with the stock bridgestone run flats. A friend of mine said that BMW OEM wheels are designed to work with run flats.. is this true? Can I buy aftermarket wheels and run runflats on them or will it cause a problem? I do want to go with the run flats because it doesn't come with a spare.. what should I do? I'd like to have some deeper set wheels as well with a nice lip on them.. then I could put the stock tires on the new wheels and buy winter tires for the stock wheels..

BMW F22 · 09-04-2008, 02:50 PM

I don't know if the wheels were specifically designed to work with runflats but after market wheels with RFTs will be fine. I think your friend might have confused it with the suspension which was designed to work with RFTs.

Gary@TireRack · 09-05-2008, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by LotusGt111

I want to buy winter tires and wheels for this coming season, i have stock 18s on right now with the stock bridgestone run flats. A friend of mine said that BMW OEM wheels are designed to work with run flats.. is this true? Can I buy aftermarket wheels and run runflats on them or will it cause a problem? I do want to go with the run flats because it doesn't come with a spare.. what should I do? I'd like to have some deeper set wheels as well with a nice lip on them.. then I could put the stock tires on the new wheels and buy winter tires for the stock wheels..

No, there is nothing unique about your OE wheels that makes them 'designed' for runflats. You can run standard tires on them with no problem. You can buy standard aftermarket wheels and use runflats on those as well. There is no special rim rim requirements for using runflat tires.

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BMW MotorSport · 09-06-2008, 04:31 AM

+1 on Gary's post. You can either use run flats or NOT. I preffer NOT.

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LotusGt111 Enlisted Member 4 Rep 39 Posts Drives: 2007 BMW 335i Coupe Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Northern Virginia iTrader: (0) Garage List 2007 335i Coupe [0.00]	Newb Wheel Question I want to buy winter tires and wheels for this coming season, i have stock 18s on right now with the stock bridgestone run flats. A friend of mine said that BMW OEM wheels are designed to work with run flats.. is this true? Can I buy aftermarket wheels and run runflats on them or will it cause a problem? I do want to go with the run flats because it doesn't come with a spare.. what should I do? I'd like to have some deeper set wheels as well with a nice lip on them.. then I could put the stock tires on the new wheels and buy winter tires for the stock wheels..
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BMW F22 Major General 3566 Rep 9,788 Posts Drives: ///M235i Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bay Area iTrader: (8)	I don't know if the wheels were specifically designed to work with runflats but after market wheels with RFTs will be fine. I think your friend might have confused it with the suspension which was designed to work with RFTs.
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09-06-2008, 04:31 AM	#4
BMW MotorSport Banned 100 Rep 2,528 Posts Drives: 95 Avus M3 and 07 E90 Fam Car! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: So Cal, Simi Valley iTrader: (4)	+1 on Gary's post. You can either use run flats or NOT. I preffer NOT.
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