Wider front tyres for my 135i?

Zeral1ty

Member
Hey guys, I need to replace the front tyres on my 135 and I'm struggling to find the stock 215/40/18 size. Would there be any issue with Motorplan if I went with the bigger 225/40/18 size? I've just bought the car and the rears are pretty new, Pirelli P Zero Runflats also in the bigger 255/35/18 size, so figure I should match them. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
 

3V0M-WP

BMW Car Club Member
You wont have a problem with MP for the size that fits on the rim. The tyre must still be RunFlats though, if you put normal tires on you will loose MP.

My 18's is 7,5J and 8J. The 7,5J can take either 205, 215 or 225. The 8J is 225 or 245. I've put 225 on all four, so that I can at least rotate the tires.
 

Nixster

New member
I struggled to find tyres for my 120i as the fronts and rears were different sizes.
Eventually i put all the same size 225/40/17
 

outlaw335

Active member
Just for the record,I changed to normal tyres on a few cars while still on motorplan and had no issues with any of the dealers..
 

Zeral1ty

Member
abmi0000 said:
Zeral1ty said:
Looks like I'm going for the 225/40/18 then. :thumbs:

The tyre profile will be slightly higher though

Yeah, don't have much of a choice as the stock size is almost impossible to find.


outlaw335 said:
Just for the record,I changed to normal tyres on a few cars while still on motorplan and had no issues with any of the dealers..

Been thinking about this but have pretty new runflats on the rear so don't want to start mixing the 2 types...
 

trevor135

Member
outlaw335 said:
Just for the record,I changed to normal tyres on a few cars while still on motorplan and had no issues with any of the dealers..

I also called customer care.

As long as the tyres are the same size and have the same speed rating you can change to normal tyres without compromising motorplan.
 

Zeral1ty

Member
trevor135 said:
outlaw335 said:
Just for the record,I changed to normal tyres on a few cars while still on motorplan and had no issues with any of the dealers..

I also called customer care.

As long as the tyres are the same size and have the same speed rating you can change to normal tyres without compromising motorplan.

Awesome stuff, will look at this option too! :thumbs:
 
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