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New M3 Tire Query

	 
	  
This is a question for Bill Graves or for anyone who is familiar with this  
problem.	  
  
Bill,  
  Last week I read your mail on the 17" tire and I have a question on the tire 
  
size for my E36 92' 325is.  I am currently using wheel sizes of 17x7.5 front   
and 17x8.5 at the rear, the tires are 215/45-17 on all 4 wheels.  I have no   
problem with this tire size.  However, with the larger rear wheel width the   
215/45 is little too narrow.  So I had my local dealer installed 235/45-17   
tires on the read wheels to see if that would be a better fit for the 8.5 wide 
  
wheels and it was.   However, when I went over a dip the rear tires rubbed   
against the outer fender lip.  It seemed that the 235/45 stick out a little 
bit  
too much.  Since it sounds like you are running with 235/40-17 at the rear on   
your 325is, do you have any rubbing or clearance problem?   I would hope that   
the 235/40 would be a better fit, since it's a little shorter than the 235/45. 
  
   
  
BTW, for the money I would go for the Yokohama AVS Int. 235/40-17.   It's   
being advertised from the Tire Rack for $170 each.  All other tires are about   
$225 each.  
  
 
 
 
 
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Bill Moy				 
Oracle Corporation  
500 Oracle Parkway 
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