X5 M Sport Winter Wheel/Tire Set UP

[SUV55]

I got the space saver spare.

[sbkim]

Thank you! I did exactly what NOVA99 suggested. I got the DWS ready to go for my 20" staggered.

Originally Posted by NOVA99

1. Upper Midwest. We get everything for weather. Cold and snow worst since the 70s this last year.
2. Both. It snowed everyday for weeks at a time, hence the photo I attached. Comfortable at 60mph on snow packed highways for a competent driver.
3. A 20" with a 325 staggered setup will always have more tendency to "float" than a narrow 18 or 19 series tire. But the AWD coupled with good tires never let me down.
4. Never put dedicated wheels or smaller wheels on any Bimmer or any other vehicle I owned. Just good tires. So, unfortunately I do have a comparison.
5. $1100 for the Contis: keep the 20" look year round, get a better ride, quieter ride, longer lasting tires, and save money not buying another set of wheels/tires.

For transparency sake the vehicle was leased for my wife (as we always do) and we knew it was going back so I was not going to pay for winter wheel setup when the offset changed when the F15 was rolled out and the E70 in the pic was outgoing model.

I have only owned/leased AWD or 4x4 vehicles my whole life and the Xdrive was impressive once it had a good pair of shoes on it. Have not ordered a F15 yet, (looking at RRS V8SC instead) but if I do it will have MSport 20s with Pirelli Snow and Ice RFTs so I do not have to order a Space Saver Spare this time.

Go read the reviews on the large Contis and Pirellis at Tire Rack. I did my homework before and it paid off like you are.

[SUV55]

An interesting read:

http://www.xbimmers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=884715

[Jenya B]

Originally Posted by sbkim

Thank you! I did exactly what NOVA99 suggested. I got the DWS ready to go for my 20" staggered.

I'm also put DWS 275front 315 rear , we had ice and snow in Toronto yesterday and truck runs great on wet and icy snow , NO TRACTION CONTROL sign OR ABS rattle on hard acceleration and braking at ALL .

So i'm very happy with this set of tires .