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10-14-2018, 09:16 PM | #1 |
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How BAD is 19 inch compared to 17 for winter on a RWD car?
I'm in a debate right now. Either I use my alraedy fitting 442M wheels for winter or sell them OR try to find my old E46 17 inch wheels that currently don't fit at all and would need fiddling with spacers.
I think I could handle 19s tire price not to bad. Seems though the only tire there is is the Yokohama Ice Guard iG52c . But anyhow, my question is how bad will I have it using the 19s compared to 17s? I see everyone praising to going lower, but how much better will it be. I will barely be driving my car this winter, just for going out with friends at most or if I have to be somewhere. If I keep my 19s, what is recommended tire size? Wheels are 19x8 and 19x8.5 Last edited by TheMidnightNarwhal; 10-14-2018 at 10:12 PM.. |
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The reason I went to a 17 inch so that I can put a thicker tire, the thicker the tire you have the better traction you'll have since it can dig more into the snow compared to a 40 series tire.
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I think that your logic works about the spacer bringing your ET down to 35 but the question is will the wheel still be far enough to clear the caliper.
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But I don't understand you have same offset as me and yes and inch wider but still, shouldn't offset not be affected by wideness. like your wheel hub still has the same clearance as mine since both have same offsets and both are 17 inches. It's really complicated I did find some used 17 inch wheels with one season of winter tire left, but they are replicas and seems to be like rusty ish so I don't konw... guy had them on a 2014 335i M sport so it must fit on our car right. And that's the thing, I don't want to order spacers at like 130$ and then have to return them with like another 15$ shipping. I will try to take another look tonight and see what it looks like exactly. If I recall correctly, when I held the wheel like hub level but closer to me, caliper wasn't touching. |
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Its not that simple. Width and offset are both factors in clearances. 8 et37 and 7 et37 do not have the same clearance. For beginners, a 7 et47 will look so sunken in. STOCK size is around 8 et37, this sticks out a full inch more than your wheel. And the stock fitment is conservative to say the least. Secondly, not all 17 wheels fit over 335i brakes, diameter wise. If you did your research you would know this. Thirdly, wheels have difference caliper clearances due to the spoke profile, laterally speaking. Fourth, 17 vs 19 should have basically zero effect on traction in snow. Tire availability would be one of the only things that would affect it.
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On high friction surfaces you are certainly correct though.
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I still disagree from my experience. If you put a 225/60 vs a 225/40 tire you'll get out of your spot much easier with the thicker tire since it'll be able to dig into the snow more and that tire isn't as stiff as the 40 series. It may not have flex like you're describing but a tire with a thicker sidewall will be softer and therefor have more "flex". A few years ago I had a 99 impreza with 65 series tires for winter, I never got stuck, launching and stopping was amazing. Aftrer that car I ended up buying a Audi A4 (B6) and the winters I had were 45 series and I can tell you that I really wasn't impressed with the launch and the stopping force of the car with those tires on, the following year I threw on a thicker set of tires on the Audi and it made a difference all around.
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