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Originally Posted by benjd
Recently brought a 320ed with 17" wheels fitted
At them moment i have;
8J 205/50R17 rears and 8.5J 225/45ZR17 on the fronts (which i am assuming are the wrong way round!?)
Just been to the local tyre fitting to get some order 225/50/17 fitted, as i thought that was the factory size and was recommended best to go for.
But fitters are not happy and have said i have different sized wheels, 8j and 8.5j and were not happy fitting the 225/50R17 tyres as they are different to what i have fitted.
So, 320ed, 17" wheels, two are 8j and two are 8.5J - what are my best tyre options please?? Fitters suggest new 16" wheels... not the option i want to go for!!
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You have staggered wheels fitted to your BMW; it's normal unless the car has been spec'd with a straight set of wheels (ie 18x8 all round, rather than 18x8 fronts and 18x8.5 rears)
As an example these are Style 395s:
https://www.auto-treff.com/wcf/index...4-styling-395/
They're 17x7.5 front, 17x8.5 rear - so tyres needed are 225/50 fronts and 255/45 on the rears
You can choose to run those and replace the tyres with the same sizes; or buy another set of wheels that are the same size all round, and run the same sized tyres all round