alpina tyres

Post Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:38 pm

Need Tyres for my alpina c2 2,7 cabrio but i cant find the rear 225/45/16 here in Cyprus.Would fitting 225/50r16 at the back and 205/55r16 at the front instead of 205/50r16 be ok ?

Post Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:12 pm

You will most likely have clearance issues on the rear.

225/45/16 are available in the UK, can you not find someone that will ship internationally?

Post Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:24 pm

bss325i wrote:You will most likely have clearance issues on the rear.

225/45/16 are available in the UK, can you not find someone that will ship internationally?

He WILL have.

Post Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:40 pm

Plenty on German ebay

Post Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:47 pm

Oponeo?

Post Wed Apr 16, 2014 12:53 am

I run 225/45/16's on my rear.... however, I have read that Alpina originally specified 205/50/16's!!!!!!!!!!
Can't confirm how accurate that is, but I read it somewhere good enough, that I made a not of it in my phone!!!

Just for info, I'm running 205/45/16 on my fronts!!!

There's loads of tyre size calculator things if you google it, which will show an image of the two tyre sizes you pick, so you can see how different the width/diameter/etc will be!!! I've always found that pretty useful for sourcing some alternate size options!!!!

Post Wed Apr 16, 2014 1:13 am

sakkadas wrote:Need Tyres for my alpina c2 2,7 cabrio but i cant find the rear 225/45/16 here in Cyprus.Would fitting 225/50r16 at the back and 205/55r16 at the front instead of 205/50r16 be ok ?

Ela re !

I can get things shipped over for a sensible price, but it's on a container so it's not fast shipping service

Post Wed Apr 16, 2014 1:17 am

Camskills used to ship to Cyprus for a very very reasonable price.

I had a nice sideline going and doing a decent trade with my brother in law until they stopped shipping there. Reason they stopped is because the prices got ramped up.

Cyprus being an island will involve either sea or air freight, sea takes too long, air got to expensive

Post Wed Apr 16, 2014 11:01 pm

miniblob wrote:I run 225/45/16's on my rear.... however, I have read that Alpina originally specified 205/50/16's!!!!!!!!!!
Can't confirm how accurate that is, but I read it somewhere good enough, that I made a not of it in my phone!!!

Just for info, I'm running 205/45/16 on my fronts!!!

There's loads of tyre size calculator things if you google it, which will show an image of the two tyre sizes you pick, so you can see how different the width/diameter/etc will be!!! I've always found that pretty useful for sourcing some alternate size options!!!!

205/45/16 is incorrect.

Should be 205/50/16 front and 225/45/16 rear on 7 and 8j rims respectively.

Post Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:11 am

Check out the new size!

http://www.camskill.co.uk/m62b0s310p117 ... se%3A_72dB

Post Fri Apr 18, 2014 11:34 am

bss325i wrote:
miniblob wrote:I run 225/45/16's on my rear.... however, I have read that Alpina originally specified 205/50/16's!!!!!!!!!!
Can't confirm how accurate that is, but I read it somewhere good enough, that I made a not of it in my phone!!!

Just for info, I'm running 205/45/16 on my fronts!!!

There's loads of tyre size calculator things if you google it, which will show an image of the two tyre sizes you pick, so you can see how different the width/diameter/etc will be!!! I've always found that pretty useful for sourcing some alternate size options!!!!
205/45/16 is incorrect.

Should be 205/50/16 front and 225/45/16 rear on 7 and 8j rims respectively.

Kinda know that from what I wrote above!!! Will be changing them for the correct size in a couple of months - just showing there are other useable options!!!