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[KevinThePanda]

In the coming months I'm buying a new set of wheels. I really want to go non RFT because of how expensive they can be and how rough they are. I'll be making a lot of trips from Bay Area and LA a lot over the coming years, so the idea of not having a spare is a bit scary (i do have AAA but I'd rather have a spare than wait for them to give me a tow from who knows where I'll be)
Where do people get their donut/spare tires for their bimmers?? And this is really silly but if i run 18's that also means I'd have to have an 18" spare.

Sorry for the super long post lol.

[talyler]

I bought this one with the jack. It was kinda expensive but it works out great. I used it once for about 10 miles and had no clearance or driving problems.

http://www.bimmerzone.com/BMW_Perfor...T-E90-KIT.html

The overall diameter of your wheels and tires should closely match this. It may be within 0.5" which I understand is ok for our cars (no AWD/LSD issues).

[Gary@TireRack]

Originally Posted by KevinThePanda

In the coming months I'm buying a new set of wheels. I really want to go non RFT because of how expensive they can be and how rough they are. I'll be making a lot of trips from Bay Area and LA a lot over the coming years, so the idea of not having a spare is a bit scary (i do have AAA but I'd rather have a spare than wait for them to give me a tow from who knows where I'll be)
Where do people get their donut/spare tires for their bimmers?? And this is really silly but if i run 18's that also means I'd have to have an 18" spare.

Sorry for the super long post lol.

As long as the tires overall diameter (total height) stays the same, you can use other wheel diameters, IE : 225/45R17, 225/35R19 .

We don't sell a spare tire/wheel setup, but I have heard of some forum guys buying a spare setup from LeatherZ.com .

[e90Mark]

I bought my spare tire from BavAuto.

[e92stance]

dont waste money on a spare kit! search eBay and grab a stock wheel and tire and toss it in your trunk. I actually have an 18" 07 335 front wheel that has a plugged runflat on it. my buddy was a master tech at bmw. they toss runflats with nail holes (bmw policy is they wont plug them) so he gave me a like new tire that was plugged.

I caught a flat with my 19" inch vmr's and used this setup for a week commute roughly 300 miles+. no issues at all. had to wait for my new rims to come in!!!!

[e92stance]

forgot....cost me $75

[KevinThePanda]

Originally Posted by e92stance

dont waste money on a spare kit! search eBay and grab a stock wheel and tire and toss it in your trunk. I actually have an 18" 07 335 front wheel that has a plugged runflat on it. my buddy was a master tech at bmw. they toss runflats with nail holes (bmw policy is they wont plug them) so he gave me a like new tire that was plugged.

I caught a flat with my 19" inch vmr's and used this setup for a week commute roughly 300 miles+. no issues at all. had to wait for my new rims to come in!!!!

So you're saying i might as well keep one of my oem wheels in my trunk lol?

[e90Mark]

Originally Posted by KevinThePanda

So you're saying i might as well keep one of my oem wheels in my trunk lol?

He's basically saying buy an OEM wheel off eBay and get it mounted with an appropriate tire, it seems like.

The point of a true spare is also to save space. That would pretty much take up the whole trunk, if you're going to carry it always. Not a big deal if you don't necessarily use the trunk.