535i winter RFTs

[Roswell]

Starting to look at winter tires for my 535 sport; we live in upstate NY and get serious winters and I put on a bunch of miles driving in snow and ice.

Had Blizzaks on my old e39 and loved them, doing some searching I found 2 Blizzak models that look liek they would work, the MZ-03 and the LM-25. Was wondering the differences and the pluses and minuses of each model?

Or is there another better choice?

[Gary@Tirerack]

Starting to look at winter tires for my 535 sport; we live in upstate NY and get serious winters and I put on a bunch of miles driving in snow and ice.

Had Blizzaks on my old e39 and loved them, doing some searching I found 2 Blizzak models that look liek they would work, the MZ-03 and the LM-25. Was wondering the differences and the pluses and minuses of each model?

Or is there another better choice?

The LM25 is not a runflat tire, while the MZ-03 is.

The MZ-03rft in 245/40R18 was designed by Bridgestone for use on the Lexus SC430 car. From what we can tell it should have better snow traction than the LM25, but would be a large step down in dry road handling and steering response from the LM25.

Winter http://www.tirerack.com/a.jsp?a=AB2&url=/winter/index.jsp

[Roswell]

Thanks, but now I am confused as this link has the LM-25 as a run flat?

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Bridgestone&tireModel=Blizzak+LM-25+RFT

[Gary@Tirerack]

That link points to 245/45R18, not the 245/40R18 that your car uses. In your size the LM25 is a non runflat.

Best to search by size rather than by tire type. This way you will be able to see what is actually avaiable for your application.

[Roswell]

missed that, thanks for the help!