Re: [bmw] Winter tires and wheels

["Al Floer" <cybercord@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The blizacks are about .1" shorter.  Remeber one tire is one the car and
loaded, the other had not load on it so it might look higher.  Call the Tire
rack and confirm.  I do not think that why would sell you a tire that is
that far off.  They have questioned my purchase before and even called me to
make sure I knew what I was doing.  I changed my E24 from TRX to standard
wheel/tires and it was not the exact tire they thought I should have.  But
is was correct for my situation.

Al Floer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sondergard, Michael L." <michael-sondergard@domain.elided>
To: <bmw-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 9:08 AM
Subject: [bmw] Winter tires and wheels


> Greetings from a newcomer to the digest and a BMW rookie who knows nothing
> about tires so bear with me. Here's my question: Just took delivery on a
set
> of Bridgestone Blizzak WS50 winter tires with 16 inch Mille Miglia wheels
from
> tirerack.com. Look nice on my 2000 528i and can't wait to put them on.
> However, yesterday I rolled one up the car to see how it might look. The
> tire/wheel combo stands maybe 2 inches taller than the stock wheel/tire! I
> have the standard (non sport) 225/55 16 inch Michelins on the car now. The
> Blizzaks are 215/60 16. Will these really fit? Will the difference in size
> affect my speedo reading (the tirerack guy assured me they wouldn't but I
> really have to wonder)? Did I make a mistake in ordering this size
tire/wheel?
> Thanks in advance for any insight you might have.
> MS in Iowa City
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