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Old August 11th 06, 03:02 PM posted to alt.autos.bmw
bimbim
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Default Low profile wider tires noisier?

Hello all. I have just replaced my stock 15"s on a 95 325i with 17"s
with 8" on front and 81/2" on the rear.

I find the front noisy. It has Continental Tires. Is this normal? There
is no vibration felt so I'm thinking it might not be the balancing.

The rears don't have so much noise and have Toyo Proxess.

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Old August 11th 06, 04:11 PM posted to alt.autos.bmw
Richard Sexton
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Default Low profile wider tires noisier?

In article om>,
bimbim > wrote:
>I find the front noisy. It has Continental Tires. Is this normal? There
>is no vibration felt so I'm thinking it might not be the balancing.


Which conti's? Some tires ARE noisy. Tirerack.com has a lot of user feedback
on various tires and while not 100% authoriative it's good for trends. If nearly
everyone else find the tires noisy then you know it's a good chance these
are just noisey tires. If they doin't, well, uh... I dunno.

To quote Richard Welty "turn the radio up".


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Old August 11th 06, 05:16 PM posted to alt.autos.bmw
R. Mark Clayton
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"bimbim" > wrote in message
ps.com...
> Hello all. I have just replaced my stock 15"s on a 95 325i with 17"s
> with 8" on front and 81/2" on the rear.
>
> I find the front noisy. It has Continental Tires. Is this normal? There
> is no vibration felt so I'm thinking it might not be the balancing.
>
> The rears don't have so much noise and have Toyo Proxess.
>


Lower profile and wider - likely to be noisier and give a harsher ride.


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Old August 11th 06, 05:57 PM posted to alt.autos.bmw
E28 Guyİ
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Default Low profile wider tires noisier?

bimbim wrote:
> Hello all. I have just replaced my stock 15"s on a 95 325i with 17"s
> with 8" on front and 81/2" on the rear.


Ah! So you're one of those rare people who prefers even *more*
understeer than the average BMW brings to the table!

> I find the front noisy. It has Continental Tires. Is this normal? There
> is no vibration felt so I'm thinking it might not be the balancing.
>
> The rears don't have so much noise and have Toyo Proxess.


Why the hell would you have not only two different *sizes* of tires,
but two entirely different *brands* of tires on your car? Are you
being stupendously cheap or are you just dumb?
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C.R. Krieger
(Tried that only when I was desperate enough.)

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Old August 11th 06, 07:57 PM posted to alt.autos.bmw
Mike G
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Default Low profile wider tires noisier?


"bimbim" > wrote in message
ps.com...
> Hello all. I have just replaced my stock 15"s on a 95 325i with 17"s
> with 8" on front and 81/2" on the rear.
>
> I find the front noisy. It has Continental Tires. Is this normal? There
> is no vibration felt so I'm thinking it might not be the balancing.


I have 17" ContiSportContact tyres all round on my E34.
I dont hear any tyre noise.
Mike.

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Old August 11th 06, 08:04 PM posted to alt.autos.bmw
JRE
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Default Low profile wider tires noisier?

E28 Guyİ wrote:

<snip>
> Why the hell would you have not only two different *sizes* of tires,
> but two entirely different *brands* of tires on your car? Are you
> being stupendously cheap or are you just dumb?
> --
> C.R. Krieger
> (Tried that only when I was desperate enough.)
>


Actually, I did that quite on purpose on a Civic as a cheap way to bring
massive understeer under control...

JRE
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Old August 11th 06, 08:08 PM posted to alt.autos.bmw
Mike G
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Default Low profile wider tires noisier?


"E28 Guyİ" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> bimbim wrote:
>> Hello all. I have just replaced my stock 15"s on a 95 325i with 17"s
>> with 8" on front and 81/2" on the rear.

>
> Ah! So you're one of those rare people who prefers even *more*
> understeer than the average BMW brings to the table!
>
>> I find the front noisy. It has Continental Tires. Is this normal? There
>> is no vibration felt so I'm thinking it might not be the balancing.
>>
>> The rears don't have so much noise and have Toyo Proxess.

>
> Why the hell would you have not only two different *sizes* of tires,


My E34 has 235/45 ZRx17" on the front, and 255/40 ZRx17" on the rear.
The fronts on 8" rims. The rears on 9" rims.
Those sizes are listed as an option in the E34 Owners Handbook.
So having different width wheel rims would appear to be quite acceptable.
Mike.

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Old August 11th 06, 08:57 PM posted to alt.autos.bmw
Fred W[_1_]
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Default Low profile wider tires noisier?

Mike G wrote:
>
> "E28 Guyİ" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
>
>> bimbim wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all. I have just replaced my stock 15"s on a 95 325i with 17"s
>>> with 8" on front and 81/2" on the rear.

>>
>>
>> Ah! So you're one of those rare people who prefers even *more*
>> understeer than the average BMW brings to the table!
>>
>>> I find the front noisy. It has Continental Tires. Is this normal? There
>>> is no vibration felt so I'm thinking it might not be the balancing.
>>>
>>> The rears don't have so much noise and have Toyo Proxess.

>>
>>
>> Why the hell would you have not only two different *sizes* of tires,

>
>
> My E34 has 235/45 ZRx17" on the front, and 255/40 ZRx17" on the rear.
> The fronts on 8" rims. The rears on 9" rims.
> Those sizes are listed as an option in the E34 Owners Handbook.
> So having different width wheel rims would appear to be quite acceptable.
> Mike.
>


Yes, acceptable for those wishing to indulge in increased levels of
understeer. The car understeers by default with same sized tires on all
4 corners, how could putting wider rubber on the rear do anything but
increase it?

All that said, if you never drive the car beyond 8/10ths you would
really never notice a difference...

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Old August 11th 06, 08:58 PM posted to alt.autos.bmw
Fred W[_1_]
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Default Low profile wider tires noisier?

JRE wrote:
> E28 Guyİ wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> Why the hell would you have not only two different *sizes* of tires,
>> but two entirely different *brands* of tires on your car? Are you
>> being stupendously cheap or are you just dumb?
>> --
>> C.R. Krieger
>> (Tried that only when I was desperate enough.)
>>

>
> Actually, I did that quite on purpose on a Civic as a cheap way to bring
> massive understeer under control...
>
> JRE


Really? So how would one induce oversteer on a front wheel drive car?
This one I want to see...

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Old August 11th 06, 10:33 PM posted to alt.autos.bmw
E28 Guyİ
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Default Low profile wider tires noisier?

Fred W wrote:
> JRE wrote:
> > E28 Guyİ wrote:
> >
> >> Why the hell would you have
> >> two entirely different *brands* of tires on your car?

> >
> > Actually, I did that quite on purpose on a Civic as a cheap way to bring
> > massive understeer under control...
> >

> Really? So how would one induce oversteer on a front wheel drive car?
> This one I want to see...


He didn't say *overcome*. He said "bring ... under control". You
could definitely influence the extent of the understeer tendency in a
FWD car by doing this. You could conceivably achieve some slight
oversteer. I know that a race-prepared GTi I drove some years ago
exhibited slight oversteer - or at least a lot more than I got out of
my 'street' Toyota FX-16.

In fact, oversteer is rather easy to induce on a FWD with a good rear
wheel handbrake. I used to be able to do 180° 'bootlegger turns' with
mine. =8^D
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(Been there; done that)

 




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