[X54TH]

My son is picking up his M2 on Saturday. We have to figure out his Winter setup. We are now looking to take his 19" OEM wheels and turn them into the Winter setup. Do you think the 19" OEM wheels could survive the Canadian winters? We are pretty diligent in keeping a clean car throughout the year. Your thoughts on the OEM wheels for Winter are appreciated and if you are using them for the winter, what size tires did you go with?

[dubzz24]

Yup! I'm using the OEM 19's for winter and will be using M3/M4 style 513m 18" wheels in the summer. I plan on tracking the car next year so the 18" summer wheels will be better for that, plus I love the looks of them.

The winter tires I'm running have a bit of a stretch to them on the wide OEM rims - 225/40r19 front and 255/35r19 rear. I'd probably recommend going with stock size tires on the stock rims as they'd add a bit more protection at the slight trade-off of a marginally worse snow and ice traction. I only bought them because the price was right (Bridgestone Blizzaks brand new unmounted for $600 CDN).

[detroitm2]

Originally Posted by dubzz24

Yup! I'm using the OEM 19's for winter and will be using M3/M4 style 513m 18" wheels in the summer. I plan on tracking the car next year so the 18" summer wheels will be better for that, plus I love the looks of them.

The winter tires I'm running have a bit of a stretch to them on the wide OEM rims - 225/40r19 front and 255/35r19 rear. I'd probably recommend going with stock size tires on the stock rims as they'd add a bit more protection at the slight trade-off of a marginally worse snow and ice traction. I only bought them because the price was right (Bridgestone Blizzaks brand new unmounted for $600 CDN).

I'm doing the same, though I'm running a wider setup to help protect the wheels.
Running 265 35 19 blizzaks all around.

[X54TH]

Originally Posted by laszlof

I'm doing the same, though I'm running a wider setup to help protect the wheels.
Running 265 35 19 blizzaks all around.

Guys, what size are the OEM tires?

[X54TH]

Originally Posted by dubzz24

Yup! I'm using the OEM 19's for winter and will be using M3/M4 style 513m 18" wheels in the summer. I plan on tracking the car next year so the 18" summer wheels will be better for that, plus I love the looks of them.

The winter tires I'm running have a bit of a stretch to them on the wide OEM rims - 225/40r19 front and 255/35r19 rear. I'd probably recommend going with stock size tires on the stock rims as they'd add a bit more protection at the slight trade-off of a marginally worse snow and ice traction. I only bought them because the price was right (Bridgestone Blizzaks brand new unmounted for $600 CDN).

Car looks great!!!

My son was looking at that colour first.

[X54TH]

I think this is the OEM setup 788M 19" M Light alloy wheels with Michelin PSS in 245/35 & 265/35

[detroitm2]

Originally Posted by X54TH

Guys, what size are the OEM tires?

265/35r19 in the back
245/35r19 in the front

[RAM_F30_F87]

Check out combinations at https://www.tirerack.com/snow/Winter...8&autoModClar=

[M-Azing]

I am using standard set up (staggered 245 front/265 rear on 19s) for winter with replica black 437 wheels on Pirelli Sottozero II , only winter tires in stock size, worked great last winter in Toronto and looks awesome; fantastic handling on cold dry roads ...

[X54TH]

My tire guy can get Michelin Pilots Alpine in 245/35 and 255/35. They are all out of 265/35. He's suggesting to stick with the Michelins and go with 245/35 all around. This was the cheapest out of the three options:

The other 2 options he gave me are:

ContiWinterContact™ TS 830 P 245/35 and 265/35 these are $130 more
Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO™ 2 245/35 and 265/35 these are $400 more

Any thoughts here?

[M-Azing]

Originally Posted by X54TH

My tire guy can get Michelin Pilots Alpine in 245/35 and 255/35. They are all out of 265/35. He's suggesting to stick with the Michelins and go with 245/35 all around. This was the cheapest out of the three options:

The other 2 options he gave me are:

ContiWinterContact™ TS 830 P 245/35 and 265/35 these are $130 more
Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO™ 2 245/35 and 265/35 these are $400 more

Any thoughts here?

Prefer the staggered set up - looks just as great as the stock summer tires and ride/handling is very similar. Snow traction is decent enough for Toronto-never got stuck .With this set up, was not desperate to put summers back on.

[X54TH]

Originally Posted by M-Azing

Prefer the staggered set up - looks just as great as the stock summer tires and ride/handling is very similar. Snow traction is decent enough for Toronto-never got stuck .With this set up, was not desperate to put summers back on.

Awesome. What brand of winter tires did you go with?

[M-Azing]

Originally Posted by X54TH

Awesome. What brand of winter tires did you go with?

The Pirelli Sottozero II

[twboy1999]

Originally Posted by X54TH

My tire guy can get Michelin Pilots Alpine in 245/35 and 255/35. They are all out of 265/35. He's suggesting to stick with the Michelins and go with 245/35 all around. This was the cheapest out of the three options:

The other 2 options he gave me are:

ContiWinterContact™ TS 830 P 245/35 and 265/35 these are $130 more
Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO™ 2 245/35 and 265/35 these are $400 more

Any thoughts here?

245/35/19 for your oem rear wheel
might not work

it will be very stretched

[X54TH]

Originally Posted by twboy1999

245/35/19 for your oem rear wheel
might not work

it will be very stretched

Decided to go with the PA4 245/35R19 and 255/35R19. The 255's should work in the rears.

[Bee Pee]

Originally Posted by X54TH

Decided to go with the PA4 245/35R19 and 255/35R19. The 255's should work in the rears.

Yes 255/35/19 would work front and rear

[dubzz24]

Yeah 255/35r19 will work fine in the rear (it’s what I’m running), but it is a bit stretched which leaves the lip of the rim exposed and more susceptible to chips / rash / damage etc. I’d personally go for 265 on the stock rear rims if I could do it over but you’ll be fine either way.

[bjams]

I got a set of ferric grey 437Ms for winter, but ordered 4 of the "front" wheel version. Square setup with PA4s in 245/35R-19.

It's excellent, and the car still looks great and drives very similar to summer, but slightly softer on bumps (which my fiance appreciates!). I've had no issues at all keeping traction, save for the one night I had to make a late grocery run in some fresh snow. I still made it, but had some fun throwing the back end around on turns.

[warrior808]

What did you do with your OEM tires? I read that RFTs can't be remounted. I was thinking about putting winters on my OEM 788M rims and then taking the tires from the 788M and putting them on some Apex S10 rims.

[M-Azing]

Originally Posted by warrior808

What did you do with your OEM tires? I read that RFTs can't be remounted. I was thinking about putting winters on my OEM 788M rims and then taking the tires from the 788M and putting them on some Apex S10 rims.

The OEM tires on the M2 are not runflats

[warrior808]

Originally Posted by M-Azing

The OEM tires on the M2 are not runflats

This isn't what I was told. I don't pick my car up for another 3 weeks, after I get back from vacation, and can check them then. In the mean time, I sent an email out to the salesperson to ask him this.

[detroitm2]

Originally Posted by warrior808

This isn't what I was told. I don't pick my car up for another 3 weeks, after I get back from vacation, and can check them then. In the mean time, I sent an email out to the salesperson to ask him this.

The stock Michelin or continental tires are not run flat.