BMW One Series Tyres

-Mike- · 31 Mar 2014 at 19:54

Hey all,

Help with some advice please? My sisters car has been to BMW for an accident repair (very minor) and they have now turned around and said you need a tyre (tyres were fine a month ago with plenty of tread... so I'm a little suspicious anyway).

They have turned around and priced her a 195 55 16 Pirelli euphoria tyre at £169. My question is this - does she need these runflat tyres? Would it be better to change to normal tyres at this point instead of fitting a new tyre with a worn existing one on the same axle?

Thanks for any help

Finglonga · 31 Mar 2014 at 20:13

You need to replace all 4 of them you can't just replace one axle at a time as the tyres flex differently and could be lethal. Not sure of the legality of non runflats and runflat mix.

-Mike- · 31 Mar 2014 at 20:27

I'll just tell her to get that one then!

Thanks for the help

jono_astra · 31 Mar 2014 at 21:26

mjt · 31 Mar 2014 at 22:48

Don't pay that price for that tyre!!
It's not a good tyre and that price is scandalous.

Have a look at http://www.blackcircles.com/ or http://www.camskill.co.uk/ to get an idea of how much she should be paying!

You can get a Goodyear Excellence RFT for £100!

-Mike- · 1 Apr 2014 at 00:00

mjt said:
Don't pay that price for that tyre!!
It's not a good tyre and that price is scandalous.

Have a look at http://www.blackcircles.com/ or http://www.camskill.co.uk/ to get an idea of how much she should be paying!

You can get a Goodyear Excellence RFT for £100!

Thank you mate! Just looked on blackcircles and indeed the excellence is £100. I assume this will play nicely with whatever other run flat is on the other side?

MORE SPEED · 1 Apr 2014 at 00:15

-Mike- said:
Thank you mate! Just looked on blackcircles and indeed the excellence is £100. I assume this will play nicely with whatever other run flat is on the other side?

You would ideally replace all tyres on the same axle at the same time if one is already worn, so do that if you can. If you can't do that, then you should match the same tyre to the one on the other side.

-Mike- · 1 Apr 2014 at 00:19

MORE SPEED said:
You would ideally replace all tyres on the same axle at the same time if one is already worn, so do that if you can. If you can't do that, then you should match the same tyre to the one on the other side.

I'll tell her to take it away from BMW and then she can tell me what is fitted to the other side. Thanks to you too sir.