Bridgestone runflats going at 17K - replacement ideas?

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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?

I know the sound you are talking about as I had an E53 2004 sport 4.4 and I had the darndest loud tire noise about 20,000 until I put on new rubber. The kicker here is that the 2004 didn't have runflats. I don't think the runflats are your problem, it's the wider tires and suspension or else why would it have been a problem on a 2004?? I think you'll need to get the tire you want and go for it. If you don't want runflats, fine, but they are not the cause of the tire noise.