16 inch bbs tyre size

Post Wed Jul 22, 2020 12:26 pm

Need help finding the right tyre size for 16" bbs's.

E36 M3 Evo front setup and 318ti rear.

I've test fitted them and they clear the brakes and strut on the fronts with a little poke, might be a pointless exercise but won't know until I've got a tyre on a wheel to check.

Any one done this before or ideas on tyre sizes? May have to buy a used tyre to test fitment properly.

Currently got 17x8 et35 215/40 all round with very slight stretch.

Cheers

Post Wed Jul 22, 2020 2:39 pm

I've got 205/50/16 Front & 225/45/16 Rear, I think - which I believe were the sizes stated by Alpina for 16" wheels.

Obviously a different set up though... I'm running H&R coilover suspension, slightly lowered, with the 16" Schnitzer rims!

Post Wed Jul 22, 2020 5:49 pm

RKB wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 22, 2020 12:26 pm
Need help finding the right tyre size for 16" bbs's.

What width are the BBS's? that would make a difference

As above 205/50/16 Front & 225/45/16 Rear for the Alpinas which are 7x16 and 8x16 respectively

The rears have a bit of a thin choice these days though

Post Wed Jul 22, 2020 9:23 pm

They're 16x8's

I did want a wider tyre than 205 seem too much of a stretch.

Post Thu Jul 23, 2020 10:18 am

At 8" then 225/45 is what you want but there isn't much choice in that size.

RS version of the AD08R is now european-compliant but by all accounts now a crap tyre

None of the others float my boat ether really

Post Thu Jul 23, 2020 11:43 am

Was looking at Rainsport 5's but from what I've seen 225/45 only come in 17's.

Post Thu Jul 23, 2020 12:54 pm

In no particular order I could find these in that size

Yokohama Advan A052
Nexen N'Fera SU1
Nankang NS 20
Hankook Ventus Prime2
Nankang NS-2R
Toyo Proxes R888R
Nexen N'Fera Primus
Nankang AR-1
Yokohama Advan Neova AD08RS
Toyo Proxes TR1
Marshal KH 35

None of which I fancy putting on the back of an Alpina I actually want to drive, not on a track and sometimes in the wet.

Post Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:44 pm

I am using 225/45R16 Yoko A048s (2-3 years old) on Sport Evo 16x7.5 rims and I'm pretty happy with them. Slight rubbing on full lock (even with M3 rack limiters) and the rears used to scrap the inner skin of the outer arch before I got them fixed. They were rolled already when I got em so can't say if they would hit the lip but it's likely.

Post Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:44 pm

Thanks for the list!

I don't fancy any of those either, I've got TR1's on the E30 now, good in the dry but Shyte in the cold or wet almost dangerous!

Oddly you can get 235/50/16 in Rainsport 5

Post Thu Jul 23, 2020 3:08 pm

JungleGus wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:44 pm
I am using 225/45R16 Yoko A048s (2-3 years old) on Sport Evo 16x7.5 rims and I'm pretty happy with them. Slight rubbing on full lock (even with M3 rack limiters) and the rears used to scrap the inner skin of the outer arch before I got them fixed. They were rolled already when I got em so can't say if they would hit the lip but it's likely.

Can't get 048s anymore, replaced by the 052. How do you find them in the cold and wet (usual UK shite weather)?

Did not want trackday tyres on the old chromie as I have had bad experiences with them in the past but that was loooong time ago. Would have tried the AD08 but not now.

RKB wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:44 pm
Shyte in the cold or wet almost dangerous!

That is my experience of most trackday tyres

Post Thu Jul 23, 2020 9:21 pm

They seem fine, I can't really fault them at all. Haven't tried out the 052...maybe I should stop melting them on the track...

Post Fri Jul 24, 2020 10:03 am

JungleGus wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 23, 2020 9:21 pm
They seem fine, I can't really fault them at all. Haven't tried out the 052...maybe I should stop melting them on the track...

What are they like in the wet?

Post Fri Jul 24, 2020 10:59 am

It is when I see things like this that I have second thoughts about using track tyres for regular driving on the road.

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For me they won't be daily drivers but I don't want to be thinking I don't want to go if it is cold or wet

Post Fri Jul 24, 2020 5:20 pm

Honestly - I don't see any issue with them in the wet. It's a bit hard to tell as most 325i's and up will have traction issues in the wet in 1st and 2nd if you floor it and don't know how to handle the E30's limits. I drive in all weather and have never seen an issue. If you're running <230hp and you're in a 225 wide tyre I struggle to see how you'd have an issue in any weather

My Toyo Proxes 205/55R15's on the other hand are pretty loose with any additional power over standard

Post Sat Jul 25, 2020 11:58 am

JungleGus wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 24, 2020 5:20 pm
Honestly - I don't see any issue with them in the wet. It's a bit hard to tell as most 325i's and up will have traction issues in the wet in 1st and 2nd if you floor it and don't know how to handle the E30's limits. I drive in all weather and have never seen an issue. If you're running <230hp and you're in a 225 wide tyre I struggle to see how you'd have an issue in any weather

My Toyo Proxes 205/55R15's on the other hand are pretty loose with any additional power over standard

This is where Ive gone wrong with my 17's running 215 all round.