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Re: What 15" tires are do you like? (archive)
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Posted by Clyde on January 14, 2001 at 20:35:22:

In Reply to: What 15" tires are do you like? posted by Michael on January 14, 2001 at 17:29:58:


I am trying to decide what to do about TRX replacements. I would like to go 16" basketweave w/Bridgestone RE730s, but I think it will be $1100 and I've got other things on the car I want to spend my $ on right now.

I'ld like to hear what 15" tires people like (and don't like).

I live in Portland OR, so I especially am concerned about wet performance.

Anyone out there tried Yoko AVS dBs?

Thanks,
Micahel Nover

I have Michelin MXV4 on an '87 535i, and they are fine. However, when I bought the car two years ago, they had Ohtsu tires. They were made in Japan, but I can't recall the model. I believe they are an economy line of Falken. The Ohtsu's were unbelievable in the wet -- better than the Michelin's. The Michelins are prone to hydroplaning, something I never experienced with the Ohtsu's. Here's another interesting observation: my front end shimmy appeared the day I bought the Michelins! I thought it was a balancing issue, and had the entire set rebalanced and rotated. When I replaced the upper control arm bushings and tightened up the gearbox the problem went away for the most part.

I think the Michelin is a stiffer tire, and I'm sure that the tire properties have a lot to do with the E28's tendency to exhibit that shimmy.


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