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Originally Posted by bigx5er
I noticed coming back from my 4K trip last week that my tires were getting noisy. The sound is actually worse on blacktop than concrete. Seems to be getting worse by the day now.
The tires are the 18" Bridgestones. We have Bridgestone RFTs on a 3 series a couple of years ago and had the exact same problem.
I searched the forums here and didn't see too many discussions on what people were replacing the 18" tires with. I do have a spare, so I'd really like to ditch runflats and go back to regular tires.
Interested in what others have done. Also -- can a full-sized spare fit in the well for the spare?
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I currently have 19" Bridgestones RFT on my X5. I have 6200mile (10000km) on the vehicle now and I never notice any tire noise.
I carry tire sealant and small compressor in the truck storage. I heard the Slime sealant stuff is pretty good.
I just came back from Disney World, must have put a good 3500+ miles on it and it was smooth and quiet. Probably the most quiet tires I ever had...
Anyways, I will be changing them over next week to 20" 214 Y-spoke w/ Vredestein Sessanta. Everything I heard was great things about these tires in all conditions, dry, wet and even in the snow. Yep, someone took them out during the first snow fall and they said it still gripped well.
Most likely due to the soft compound of the tires but I also heard that it wears pretty good too.