New to me 4.8is and a few questions.

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Originally Posted by c4racer

18's look pretty silly on a 4.6/8is - IMHO.

There are plenty of options for 19" snow tires - Pirelli, Blizzak LM-25 4x4 or LM-60 are two that come right to mind. Check TireRack and do a search by size.

With staggered 19's I would run the 265-50's on both front and back.

The 19's I picked up are 19x8.5" with ET40. Which is perfect.
OEM 8" rims would be closer to 45mm, but really for a 8.5 or 9" rim anything from ET35 to 40 is going to work pretty well.

Cool, I'll check it out, but 18s are cheaper.

I'll go look at the guy's wheels but he told me they were OEM staggered 19s and judging from the pic it looks to be the Style 63. So fronts would be 19x9 ET48 and rears would be 19x10 ET 45 (at least according to BMW X5 (E53) wheels). Seems ok for ET? Not sure what the stock one is since I won't get the vehicle until Saturday.

PS: Our other car is an '06 S4.