06-01-2018, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by e39_touring
Revisiting this, and PropellerHead was right-on. I swapped out the Bridgestone runflats for non-RFT Continental DWS, and boy what a difference! The small-imperfection harshness is practically gone, and the car feels more nimble again.
I weighed the runflat tires coming off at 38.6 lbs front and 43.2 lbs rear.
Replacement tires weigh 28.9 lbs front and 33.3 lbs rear with more tread - a savings of 10 lbs per corner!
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I also noticed a considerable weight savings when switching tires from the Dueler run flats to non. And that's even with increasing the tire size. I went to 285/40/20 up front and 325/35/20 out back. I like taller side walls.
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