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      06-07-2020, 03:59 PM   #67
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It’ll fit, you’ll just need a 5mm spacer in front.
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When you guys supposed to get Titan 7's in ? May be more excited to see them on your cars then you are lol
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When you guys supposed to get Titan 7's in ? May be more excited to see them on your cars then you are lol
Mine arrived yesterday and first thing I gotta say is they are very light! I belive 18lbs.. but they feel very light. Unfortunately it maybe a couple more weeks before I mount them. I have alot work being done on my car to include coil overs stud kit, and some engine goodies. Car is in the shop atm. For now they sit in my garage and I'm going to start researching which tire size I want to run.. I have the RE71r staggered on my current wheels and absolutely love them. So I'll prob go same brand but square ofcourse. End goal is track focused car.
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Mine arrived yesterday and first thing I gotta say is they are very light! I belive 18lbs.. but they feel very light. Unfortunately it maybe a couple more weeks before I mount them. I have alot work being done on my car to include coil overs stud kit, and some engine goodies. Car is in the shop atm. For now they sit in my garage and I'm going to start researching which tire size I want to run.. I have the RE71r staggered on my current wheels and absolutely love them. So I'll prob go same brand but square ofcourse. End goal is track focused car.
Did you get the wheel caps? I was told by Titan to order them, and that they would be delivered shortly after but forgot to ask for the expected delivery date on those.

ETA for my Wheel set is early next week, I was hoping to get them no later than this Saturday so that I could mount them this weekend but shipping took a little longer than expected. I already have a set of 235/40r18 Pontenza S007A tires, a 75mm stud kit, and a set of 3 & 5 mm spacers to play with the final ET.

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Did you get the wheel caps? I was told by Titan to order them, and that they would be delivered shortly after but forgot to ask for the expected delivery date on those.

ETA for my Wheel set is early next week, I was hoping to get them no later than this Saturday so that I could mount them this weekend but shipping took a little longer than expected. I already have a set of 235/40r18 Pontenza S007A tires, a 75mm stud kit, and a set of 3 & 5 mm spacers to play with the final ET.
Yes the center caps arrived same day but were shipped separate. Nice, I also got the 75mm stud kit, ordered through motorworks with he racing lug nuts, I still need spacers for the front, which brand spacers do you have? 235/40? is this the best size performance wise? I don't want rubber bands, but i do want them fairly small so I can lower car with the coil overs for the track.

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      06-12-2020, 09:11 PM   #72
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Yes the center caps arrived same day but were shipped separate. Nice, I also got the 75mm stud kit, ordered through motorworks with he racing lug nuts, I still need spacers for the front, which brand spacers do you have? 235/40? is this the best size performance wise? I don't want rubber bands, but i do want them fairly small so I can lower car with the coil overs for the track.

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I bought apex spacers. I’m going to run 235/40s square for 3 reasons...
1) I got a REALLY good deal on them
2) I wanted a slightly taller tire (a little more comfortable in the road).
3) it’s still a simple square set up that can be easily rotated for Xdrive cars.

When the 235/40s are done, I will likely replace them with a set of 245/35/18 Michelin PS4S (lightest option) or the wider 255/35/18 Michelin PS4S (slightly taller/heavier option). More likely than not, I’ll only run a 3mm front spacer, I’m targeting a flush/square tire look, plus I wanted the tire as centered as possible within the available space space, thus minimizing the rubbing issues down the line. Initially, I planned on running a square 18x9s set up, and while it’s entirely possible, it required more work than I wanted to deal with. The 18x8.5s with a higher et is just an easier solution for our cars, and it still allows you to run a square 245/35-255/35 set up.

In your case, the smaller 245/35/18 will probably be a good choice for your requirements. The combination of extra width and low overall height will be hard to beat, also there’s a few cars in this forum running that combination so it shouldn’t be hard to find pictures of it.

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I bought apex spacers. I’m going to run 235/40s square for 3 reasons...
1) I got a REALLY good deal on them
2) I wanted a slightly taller tire (a little more comfortable in the road).
3) it’s still a simple square set up that can be easily rotated for Xdrive cars.

When the 235/40s are done, I will likely replace them with a set of 245/45/18 Michelin PS4S (lightest option) or a wider 255/35/18 Michelin PS4S (slightly taller/heavier option). More likely than not, I’ll only run a 3mm front spacer, I’m targeting a flush/square tire look, plus I wanted the tire as centered as possible within the available space space, thus minimizing the rubbing issues down the line. Initially, I planned on running a square 18x9s set up, and while it’s entirely possible, it required more work than I wanted to deal with. The 18x8.5s with a higher et is just an easier solution for our cars, and it still allows you to run a square 245/35-255/35 set up.

In your case, the smaller 245/35/18 will probably be a good choice for your requirements. The combination of extra width and a low overall height will be hard to beat, also there’s a few cars in this forum running that combination so it shouldn’t be hard to find pictures of it.
Rah rah

I am also x-drive. So I'm curious why would you choose the heavier larger option of a 255/35 vice the 245/45 or even a 245/35? Is it solely for comfort? Heavier/wider makes the car feel not as agile??

What about a 235/40 square verse the 245/35? will the car be faster around the turns on a 245/35 with it being a wider tire? Still learning... Ive had really good experience with 235/40 up front but if 245/35 is better performance while not sacrificing agility then I think I should give that a go.
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I am also x-drive. So I'm curious why would you choose the heavier larger option of a 255/35 vice the 245/45 or even a 245/35? Is it solely for comfort? Heavier/wider makes the car feel not as agile??

What about a 235/40 square verse the 245/35? will the car be faster around the turns on a 245/35 with it being a wider tire? Still learning... Ive had really good experience with 235/40 up front but if 245/35 is better performance while not sacrificing agility then I think I should give that a go.
You have lots of options for tire height and width combinations, as a result you will get different looks and performance results from these measurements. Some of these tires are lighter than others, also some companies make tires that run on the small or larger side of the listed specs.

Lots of people use the 235/40 because it’s a tried and true combination, some guys that track theirs cars run the slightly wider 245/35 or 255/35 tire since they’re looking for the most amount of front end grip posible.
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You have lots of options for tire height and width combinations, as a result you will get different looks and performance results from these measurements. Some of these tires are lighter than others, also some companies make tires that run on the small or larger side of the listed specs.
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whats the difference in the top 2 235/40 ? .3 difference in tread width
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      06-14-2020, 07:55 PM   #77
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This is with Apex EC-7 - 18x8.5+45
Tires are 235/40/18 (R-S4) square.

Suspension is stock except for some camber bushings in the front (-1.8).

5mm spacer in the front.
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This is with Apex EC-7 - 18x8.5+45
Tires are 235/40/18 (R-S4) square.

Suspension is stock except for some camber bushings in the front (-1.8).

5mm spacer in the front.
This is a super clean set up, nice and flush with a square look

Are you running any spacers in the back? Also how are you liking the camber bushings ? (I’ve heard they can push the front wheel out a few millimeters, did you notice that? )
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No spacers in the back at all.

I think the bushings did push the bottom of the wheel out a bit. I really like them, they even improved the steering feel. They are the K-MAC ones.

Next step is probably replacing some more bushings, and then more suspension work next year.
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Rahhh

I bought apex spacers. I’m going to run 235/40s square for 3 reasons...
1) I got a REALLY good deal on them
2) I wanted a slightly taller tire (a little more comfortable in the road).
3) it’s still a simple square set up that can be easily rotated for Xdrive cars.
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whats the difference in the top 2 235/40 ? .3 difference in tread width
Quick update, I got the wheels and tires in the garage and will have tires mounted and balanced this weekend. If my car is done at the shop, fingers crossed then I'll go ahead and put them on the car and get some photos.

I was only willing to get either RE71r or Advan A052 tires. Between them the only sizes that they had that made sense were 245/40 or 235/40. I choose the Advan 235/40 for better turn in and steering feel. They are also 1lbs lighter. I'm sure there gonna be great for the turns but I would have def did RE71r again because I loved them. But wanted to try somthing new. I plan ordered future concept 5mm wheel spacers for the front from IND. Couple reasons. Why I choose this space. 1. In the past I had some noise from burger spacers on dif wheel setup and it was annoying soni removed them. The future concept mount to the rotors so they cant move. This should be a solid design. 2. IND offered to sell me just the spacers with out the lug nuts at a lower price and that's worked for me since I am going to use stud conversion on the car.
My only desicion now is if I want to run my OEM TPMS in the new wheels or leave them in old wheels as a back up set.. If I used the titan stems and didnt have the tpms on the car, should this throw codes or be problematic in any way?
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Quick update, I got the wheels and tires in the garage and will have tires mounted and balanced this weekend. If my car is done at the shop, fingers crossed then I'll go ahead and put them on the car and get some photos.

I was only willing to get either RE71r or Advan A052 tires. Between them the only sizes that they had that made sense were 245/40 or 235/40. I choose the Advan 235/40 for better turn in and steering feel. They are also 1lbs lighter. I'm sure there gonna be great for the turns but I would have def did RE71r again because I loved them. But wanted to try somthing new. I plan ordered future concept 5mm wheel spacers for the front from IND. Couple reasons. Why I choose this space. 1. In the past I had some noise from burger spacers on dif wheel setup and it was annoying soni removed them. The future concept mount to the rotors so they cant move. This should be a solid design. 2. IND offered to sell me just the spacers with out the lug nuts at a lower price and that's worked for me since I am going to use stud conversion on the car.
My only desicion now is if I want to run my OEM TPMS in the new wheels or leave them in old wheels as a back up set.. If I used the titan stems and didnt have the tpms on the car, should this throw codes or be problematic in any way?
Nice, I got my set 2 days ago. I should hopefully mount them this weekend. I personally got a new set of tpms, also I don’t think you can run the car without them. Im sure the computer would freak out if it doesn’t detect the signals.

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Nice, I got my set 2 days ago. I should hopefully mount them this weekend. I personally got new set of tpms, also I don’t think you can run the car without them. Im sure the computer would freak out if it doesn’t detect the signals.
Looking forward to seeing then on your car. Where did you purchase your TPMS sensors? Dealer quote $129 for each sensor
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Looking forward to seeing then on your car. Where did you purchase your TPMS sensors? Dealer quote $129 for each sensor
I got them in tirerack, and they were indeed a lil cheaper than the factory ones.
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Looking forward to seeing then on your car. Where did you purchase your TPMS sensors? Dealer quote $129 for each sensor
Don't know much about Huf but only $55 for 235i/240i. Tom said they worked same as OEM.

https://www.apexraceparts.com/access...ms-sensor.html

Tirerack has 433mhz brand for $35.

Cant wait to see them on, esp. Doc with black on MG. Then I'll decide to wait 3 months for
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I got them in tirerack, and they were indeed a lil cheaper than the factory ones.
Tirerack shows them considerably cheaper! Hard to believe these are the correct ones that came up for 2015 M235xi?

https://www.tirerack.com/tpms/detail...taggered+Tires
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Don't know much about Huf but only $55 for 235i/240i. Tom said they worked same as OEM.

https://www.apexraceparts.com/access...ms-sensor.html

Tirerack has 433mhz brand for $35.

Cant wait to see them on, esp. Doc with black on MG. Then I'll decide to wait 3 months for
Thanks! Does the HUF brand offer something more value then the 433mhz on tirerack?
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Thanks! Does the HUF brand offer something more value then the 433mhz on tirerack?
Honestly know idea, biggest issue is Idrive picking up, BMW dealer said they had little issues with HUF ones. (I think its Idrive yes ? )

When I was going to buy Apex, Tom (from here) was a great help, he said they worked well
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Tirerack shows them considerably cheaper! Hard to believe these are the correct ones that came up for 2015 M235xi?

https://www.tirerack.com/tpms/detail...taggered+Tires
Well...we’re going to find out together if what tirerack sold me is good

Worse case I’ll reuse the original ones
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