BMW and M Power Owners

turbotoaster said:
Remember tyres dont know they are on a BMW, they are just 285 tyres, im suprised people are shocked i only pay £65 a pair for them, its not like there are millions of cars that these will fit on, dont think theres anyway they will bolt onto a honda civic.
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Surely there are millions of cars that they will fit on by your own definition, they are just a size of tyre which loads of cars take?

Are they actually road legal? Right now i dont believe that they are for a second, or otherwise they would be rather more expensive and used rather widely. If they are would you kindly point the forum toward a vendor as i am sure a fair few people here may be interested...
 
turbotoaster said:
Remember tyres dont know they are on a BMW, they are just 285 tyres, im suprised people are shocked i only pay £65 a pair for them, its not like there are millions of cars that these will fit on, dont think theres anyway they will bolt onto a honda civic.
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Of course we are shocked, you are buying two ultra-wide Dunlop tyres for less than two Nangkangs for a Focus. The fact not many cars will fit them usually makes the more expensive.

Mine are 265/35/18 and cost £200 each!

Why do you keep avoiding the question as to why they only cost £32 each?
 
Turbotoaster, i need 2 rear tyres for my car imminently. Right now i am looking at Continental's at getting on for £300 each. (I really am, my rear tyres are at 2-3mm as advised on my MOT last week).

You could cut my bill by a factor of 10 and improve my grip? Please be a good chap and let us know a vendor!
 
Not even second hand tyres are that cheap, unless they are so bald that they are suitable for track use only.

Its commonly known that heavily worn 2nd hand tyres are very popular for track days. Thi confuses me even more, as if you could get £30 brand new tyres like this, why are even bald tyres only good for dry track use still worth more than this. Surely everyone would have several sets of spare racing wheels at that price!
 
They are enormous tyres, look like they are from a GT racing car. Presumably they are an unused set of wets that a team has stuck on ebay and had no interest due to their size and unsuitability for road use.
 
I just went back through the thread to look at them. What you say Clarkey is the only plausible backstory. It is the only way i can imagine how they could be so cheap. The tread pattern does not look legal at all to me - but then what do i know.
 
So the reason why they are 32 quid is because they are worthless to anyone who has a car that isn't only ever towed to a track.
 
I am very far from an expert but this doesnt look legal to me and tallies with Clarkeys backstory;

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I certainly wouldnt feel safe pushing on in the wet on those, even if they are legal. I suspect the reason that the "normal" R888 type semi-slicks are that much more expensive is because they are road certified and therefore usable?
 
Liampope said:
Buying up used wet compound race tyres it would seem...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/18inch-dunlop-inters-rally-tyres-race-tyres-trackday-ty-/271010695484?pt=UK_Cars_Tyres_RL&hash=item3f197f093c

So quite a long way from being road legal, and surely they will be destroyed in a lap or two on a dry track (even in gloomy England) and on a significantly heavier car than what they were designed for?
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LOL, they are totally illegal for road use! No wonder they are so cheap. Turbotoaster, are you aware of this, these are illegal for road use(!).
 
turbotoaster said:
I wanted much sticker tyres, rear stock rears were down to wires and needed to sort something out.

looked at 888s and ao48s but they were nearly £300 each, then came across these for £65 for a pair of new ones
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So translation, my M5 has bald rear tyres and oh no, some replacement legal tyres are £300 each. So lets take the obvious option of fitting some completely illegal ones for £65 :confused:
 
Why not just pick a car you can afford to run properly and would arguably be more suitable for your stripped trackday project anyway?

A luxury uber-saloon is a pretty odd choice for a stripped trackday weapon.
 
did i ever mention they were fully road legal, nope, but then i dont use it for going down the shops, its just for fun.

But they are very good tyres, grip much better than any road tyre out there and I have driven them at 150mph+ with perfect stability.

Out in the rain last night and i was able to corner much much faster than road tyres, even through puddles etc

Im sure you guys will moan about this but for me they are perfect, give me grip, are cheap and do the job well.

If i were to get a pair that we identical but with a road legal marking on the side im sure everyone would buy them.


And i like the engine in the m5, dont really know of any other 400bhp N/A engine with a 6 speed box that i could buy this cheaply, anyone know of one?

Since the engine and transmission is generally so reliable, running well over 200k miles, it makes a great track car once you take some weight out it.

I did look at e46 m3s first as i can get them for under 5k in the trade but was worried about the rear subframe cracking issues and not being able to see if it had them until it was to late, so i went with this instead as it was similar money.

One thing i did think about is if the shell ever did rot away as all old cars normally will, i could put the entire drivetrain into a 318 compact.

I actually went down to evolve to discuss the turbocharging with them as its so successful in america on LS engines comapared to supercharging, initially he said he would be interested in doing it on the stock ecu(like they do on superchargers) but then changed his mind and said he would only do it with a pectal ecu, that put it out of the running for me.

I was chatting to the boss of the kumho bmw championship about an m5 entiring and he said it would be a great idea and didnt know why no one had tried it before, the extra advantages of the torque out of the corners over the e46 would really be useful
 
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