215/55R17 winter tires on 335xi too big?

tb30570 · 05-27-2013, 07:35 AM

I'm planning on putting winter tires on the OEM wheels. In my experience, narrow tires do much better in deep snow than wide tires. I measured the clearance around the front tire and it appears there is clearance for a 215/55R17 tire (26.36 OD). The speedometer would actually be accurate with a 215/55R17 too because it's currently about 5% fast and it would give me another 1/2" of ground clearance in the winter. Has anybody installed 215/55R17 on a 335xi? Any problems?

tb30570 · 05-31-2013, 12:30 PM

nevermind. I purchased a set of wheels, tires and TPMS sensors off ebay. not the size I wanted, but super cheap!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/350691989320...84.m1439.l2649

05-31-2013, 12:38 PM

Did you check Tire Rack to make sure those wheels will clear the front brakes? I ran into a similar issue with Sport Edition wheels. I ended up keeping the tires and TPMS but selling the wheels because the inner barrel didn't clear the front brakes...

tb30570 · 06-06-2013, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by FCobra94

Did you check Tire Rack to make sure those wheels will clear the front brakes? I ran into a similar issue with Sport Edition wheels. I ended up keeping the tires and TPMS but selling the wheels because the inner barrel didn't clear the front brakes...

The wheels arrived today. I put one on the front and there is more clearance for brakes than the OEM wheels. OEM wheel was rusted on....took a lot of kicking to get it off!

I'm going to see if I can get BMW center caps that fit or at least BMW decals to go over the current center caps.

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tb30570 Second Lieutenant 53 Rep 203 Posts Drives: 2008 BMW 335xi Coupe 6-Speed Join Date: May 2013 Location: Quad Cities iTrader: (0)	nevermind. I purchased a set of wheels, tires and TPMS sensors off ebay. not the size I wanted, but super cheap! http://www.ebay.com/itm/350691989320...84.m1439.l2649 __________________ 2008 BMW 335xi Coupe 6-speed, 12.8 @ 107 2000 Chevrolet Corvette Z51, 11.4 @ 123 2005 Saturn Ion Redline, 14.1 @ 100 (sold Jun-2013)
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FCobra94 Guest 0 Rep n/a Posts Drives:	Did you check Tire Rack to make sure those wheels will clear the front brakes? I ran into a similar issue with Sport Edition wheels. I ended up keeping the tires and TPMS but selling the wheels because the inner barrel didn't clear the front brakes...
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