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Most places won't repair runflat tyres as they cannot guarantee you've not driven it on flat and compromised the sidewall structure.

Sounds like an ideal opportunity to rid yourself of the horrible things.
 
If I turn up with the nail still in and the tyre with some pressure. Would be nice but 4 new tyres vs 1 ...

Are PSS and PS3 only available in non run flat? The car currently has P Zero but the wear is pretty bad (and the Internet hates them) so I'm not keen on getting more the same.
 
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The goodyear excellence on mine have been holding up great. Still got the original ones on the front, after 40k, and still seems like plenty tread on them.

If you are only getting one tyre though, get the same as the one on the other axle. I find Camskill to be one of, if not the cheapest place to buy tyres.
 
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Anyone know where the best place to order tyres from and how much a BMW dealer will charge to fit them? Or if they will even fit a tyre I bought elsewhere?

Just noticed there's a nail in one of the rear tyres :mad:, no deflation warning yet so I guess best to leave it in there until I get a replacement...
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Camskill, Tyreleader and others are good for buying the tyres, but I've found lately that with the prices garages want to charge for fitting tyres that I supply myself (between £1/inch & £20 flat per tyre locally) that getting a fitted price from Blackcircles often works out cheaper.

My local dealer won't fit tyres that they haven't supplied (even proper BMW OE spec). I'm not sure if this is dealer policy or BMW policy.

Any tyre place is perfectly capable of fitting runflats, but since they're all pretty worn why not ditch the lot and replace them with proper tyres? You'll get improvements in ride comfort, noise and handling/road holding by making the swap (as long as they're decent tyres of course).
 
Both rears are looking worn so I'd seek to replace both if the damage can't be fixed. I've found a local well-established tyre/exhaust type place that can do a repair/assessment for £20. On closer inspection it is a screw with a completely flat head :confused:, I'm guessing less than 1cm in length, but it will leave a sizeable hole so I would expect it needs plugging anyway even if it hasn't gone all the way through.

I expect they'll fit new tyres for a similar fee (not sure if that would be per tyre). But I'll order from the UK and get them shipped to me here (no VAT :)) if their prices are silly. Whilst I'd certainly prefer non-run flats for UK driving, as the speed limit here in Jersey is 40mph the ride comfort is barely affected by having run flats, and it's an X3 so not the harshest ride anyway. Might change to normal tyres on my E93 though once those tyres wear (although they were new last April so that could be a v long time!).

Recommendations for run flats in size 275/40 R19 101Y. I expect I'd go with Michelin SS or PS3 if moving to normal tyres.
 
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Acme said:
PS3 is "very midrange"? :confused: :p
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Yes, it's a midrange tyre (Not midrange is in crap, midrange is in its target market and performance characteristics). It isn't a UHP tyre in the same way the previous PS2 or the PSS, CSC5 etc are.

It's basically the Pilot Exalto 3 but they dropped the Exalto name.
 
Shamelessly hijacking your conversation, I'm looking to get new rears on my e46 330ci. I have Pilot Sport 3's. Which would be the best tyre? I have PS3 in good nick on the front.

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One thing I'd like to avoid is in the wet when changing lanes / going over paint is the brief moment of skittishness if possible, and reduce the amount of tramlining if possible (or will I get that on any large tyre).

I am slowly losing tyre pressure due to corrosion on the wheels. My first quote ("premium tyres from £125") wants £80 to 'refurbish' a wheel. Does that mean, like, properly respray it to make it look like new, or does that mean 'fix' it to stop it leaking air?
 
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5 is just a newer 3, ive had them on the sane car and there wasnt much difference but i wouldnt go buying the older tyre for similar money.

Ps4 is technically a newer ps3 but seems to be a significantly improved tyre, you'd be mad to want a ps3 over them
 
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One thing I'd like to avoid is in the wet when changing lanes / going over paint is the brief moment of skittishness if possible, and reduce the amount of tramlining if possible (or will I get that on any large tyre).

I am slowly losing tyre pressure due to corrosion on the wheels. My first quote ("premium tyres from £125") wants £80 to 'refurbish' a wheel. Does that mean, like, properly respray it to make it look like new, or does that mean 'fix' it to stop it leaking air?
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I'm afraid that this is a problem that's hard to rectify, I refreshed my entire suspension, put new CCS5's with a laser alignment, and tried various pressures across the board on my E46 330Ci and I couldn't get rid of the tram-lining.

Lee on this forum also had the same situation, and even after changing the steering rack, it didn't completely rid the car of the tram-lining.

My understanding is that after some extensive research is that it's probably due to the Sport suspension coupled with 18's on the E46. Folk with 17's don't have the issue typically, and indeed on my old E46 330i (SE suspension) on 18's it didn't have the issue either.

Conversely, after buying an M135i with almost identical tyre sizes to the 330Ci, there is no tram-lining that I can detect at all.

Went off on a bit of a tangent there... But wanted to give you the heads up re; the tram-lining issue.
 
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