[dradernh]

Originally Posted by M3SQRD

Agreed. Black ice is the worst thing to encounter!

Only if you don't know it's there!

[rbaxe]

Originally Posted by dradernh

I think this is good advice, and below is one take on a solution. It's not cheap.

Wheels – 17X8.5 ET40: https://www.bimmerworld.com/BimmerWo...-Wheel-17.html. These wheels appear to be excellent quality at a good price for a true forged wheel.

Tires – 235/45-17: https://www.tirerack.com/tires/surve...=true&filter=y. I'd recommend calling Tire Rack to help pick the best tire for your situation.

It wouldn't hurt to call Bimmerworld, either - they may have less expensive wheels that they think would work just as well. They're also experts at BMW wheel and tire fitment combinations.

A forged race wheel and a grand touring tire would ordinarily be a unicorn combination, but with the 45-series aspect ratio on a 235mm-wide tire it's likely to be better-suited to avoiding cracked wheels than the more typical combinations.

Took this advice and picked up some 17x7.5 BBS SX CRYSTAL Black wheels with 225/45 tires and they look good and make for an even more comfortable daily driver. We’ll see how they do on the potholes but it has to be better than the stock rims.