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      10-07-2018, 08:56 PM   #1
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M2 Winter tires and wheels

Good Day everyone! I just purchased my first 18 M2 this past Thursday. I wanted some recommendations on winter tires and wheels? Or if anybody has some for sale.

I have not decided yet if I want to drive it much this winter. I may get a winter beater. Not sure how the M2 handles in the snow. Any recommendations? I live in New Jersey so the weather is not terrible but we do get some storms
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Most people get some 18 inch wheels (18x9 ET30 works quite well) and 245/40 or 255/40 tires (all four for square setup).

The car drives like any other well balanced RWD car in the snow. If you stay in Comfort mode and take it easy you won't have problems unless you get a 6" dump of snow.
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Thank you! I will start looking for some rims and tires
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I bought the BMW Winter package for the M2 and could not have been happier!! I highly recommend that option. The car felt pretty planted and never had any issues through two winters.
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I bought the BMW Winter package for the M2 and could not have been happier!! I highly recommend that option. The car felt pretty planted and never had any issues through two winters.
What does this consist of exactly?
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I always check out TireRack.
https://www.tirerack.com/snow/Winter...8&autoModClar=
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I`ve Nokian friction tyres, 18 inch. Very good.
As said in the first comment, it is as good to drive as every other rwd car.
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Whatever you decide is the right answer.. as long as that answer is : "I'm gonna drive the hell out of it in the snow."

It's a blast.. put proper winters on.. and you'll never look back.
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#17 is what my Toronto dealer is offering
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Most people get some 18 inch wheels (18x9 ET30 works quite well) and 245/40 or 255/40 tires (all four for square setup).
Or go down to 18x8 and 225/45 for more comfort / pothole protection. That's what I did. MSW Type 77 wheels - heavy, but cheap as hell, hopefully they can deal with our horrible crater-filled roads for a few more years.

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The car drives like any other well balanced RWD car in the snow. If you stay in Comfort mode and take it easy you won't have problems unless you get a 6" dump of snow.


Took mine through 1-1.5 feet of snow without a problem last winter. Cleveland - we know what "lake effect" is; don't get it quite as bad as Buffalo, but we can see some significant dumps of snow that the road crews just can't keep up with. I "plowed" some of it, and maybe the nose sat on top for a bit but then the ass would dig in and push me right out. Watched a Honda get stuck in an intersection, and then drove around him like the streets were cleared. Michelin Xice3 FTW. (I would've bought Nokian Hakka R2 but couldn't get them quickly enough, so went with the Michelins because they were easy to get from Tirerack.) The only slightly sketchy part was on a bridge on the freeway, there was a patch of actual straight sheet ice. I did actually slide on it a bit, but eventually my tires did find some grip and get me through it... there were like 4-5 other cars (including SUVs that were presumably AWD) skidded off the road after hitting that patch.

This was at the end of winter / beginning of spring last year... knocked all of the salt off in preparation for my yearly spring Dragon run. Hadn't changed back to stock wheels yet because it was still like 40F outside at night.


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Whatever you decide is the right answer.. as long as that answer is : "I'm gonna drive the hell out of it in the snow."

It's a blast.. put proper winters on.. and you'll never look back.
Wise words - what spec wheel/tyres F&R ?
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Whatever you decide is the right answer.. as long as that answer is : "I'm gonna drive the hell out of it in the snow."

It's a blast.. put proper winters on.. and you'll never look back.
Wise words - what spec wheel/tyres F&R ?
255's square set up.
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255's square set up.
255/40 or 255/35 ? What wheel dia/width/offset ?
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255's square set up.
255/40 or 255/35 ? What wheel dia/width/offset ?
I have this info from my e-mail from Sonic Tuning a couple years ago. Not sure of the offset... you can look their rim up (RS-51), 8.5" wide.

I'll check the tire ratio when I get home, almost positive they are a 35 series. So, 255/35/19's
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The 255 will definitely fit the 8.5's without any problems.

Rs-51 on Pirelli Sottozero II Mounted and Balanced with TPMS installed: $2365 picked up.
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Don't mean to stray off topic, but at what temps do you guys switch out tires or stop driving on the summer only tires? I've heard anything below 40-50 F and you could start damaging the Pilot Super Sports.

Living in the Midwest, that pretty much means I'll need to switch to winter tires or put the car away by the end of this month hah.
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I find the PSS summer compound doesn't grip under 7 degrees Celsius. I'm switching out this week as Toronto will drop to 3 degrees by Friday night
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Don't mean to stray off topic, but at what temps do you guys switch out tires or stop driving on the summer only tires? I've heard anything below 40-50 F and you could start damaging the Pilot Super Sports.

Living in the Midwest, that pretty much means I'll need to switch to winter tires or put the car away by the end of this month hah.
Sometimes it's about damaging tires but most of the time it's about the drawbacks the tires give when the temps get low. You will see braking distance dramatically increase and ride quality dramatically decrease and forget about driving on snow or sleet.

Personally, I swap out right about Thanksgiving weekend.. till April 15th.. give or take.

When the highs are in the 50's is when I start paying attention.
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I was offered the following package for $2600 cad installed:


Package number 957/957 with the 640M rim style, 255/35/R18 95V Michelin Alpin 4 tires.
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I was offered the following package for $2600 cad installed:


Package number 957/957 with the 640M rim style, 255/35/R18 95V Michelin Alpin 4 tires.
That's pretty good deal for OEM wheels (if it includes all taxes).
I got aftermarket flowformed wheels (under 20lbs) with Blizzaks for $2250CAD all in.
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That's pretty good deal for OEM wheels (if it includes all taxes).
I got aftermarket flowformed wheels (under 20lbs) with Blizzaks for $2250CAD all in.
Tax in . Was able to get a bit of discount.
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255/40 or 255/35 ? What wheel dia/width/offset ?
255/35/19's
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255/35/19's
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