Sometimes... I hate tire shopping

Ok, so here's the story.

Recently bought a 2007 335xi Sport that came with 19" wheels mounted and the stock staggered 18" boxed up. I was planning on using the 18" for winter wheels and putting Conti DSWs on the 19" since the summer tires on them are a bit worn (and I love the DSWs).

Problem 1: Complete lack of options for snow tires on the stock 18" wheels. So far as I can tell, just Pirelli PZeros with very lackluster reviews.

Problem 2: I was planning on 235/35R19 front, 275/30R19 rear with the DSWs, but it seems Conti is backordered until who knows when on the 235/35s

So... Does anyone have a recommendation for a good snow tire on the stock 18" wheels that I'm not seeing? I'm leaning toward selling the OE wheels and getting a 17" square setup, but am worried about front brake clearance.

And (maybe Gary can answer) is there any estimated date that the DSWs will be available? I could get by on the 19" with the contis for a while if they're available soon.

Oh... and is TireRack.com down for anyone else?

Originally Posted by Beau6183

Oh... and is TireRack.com down for anyone else?

Yup! Seems to be for me too.

On stock 18" wheels you can use either 225/40R18 on all four corners or 235/40R18 on all four corners which opens up some other options.

The site was down for the first time in years yesterday for a few hours, sorry guys.

We do have a handful of 17" wheels that clear the brakes and fit with no problem. Two of the more popular choices have been the Rial Salerno and Sport Edition A7.


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

Thanks Gary.

And I hope I didn't cause your outage... was working fine until my session timed out and I tried to log in about a million times with what I swore was my correct credentials as the site slowly began to stop responding.