Don't hit a pothole of a curb!! Bye bye wheel and tire!!

Like this? :wow:
Rim turned out fine but the tire took a beating. Gotta love run flats though! This was from two potholes on the highway directly in the driving line under an overpass in the shadows, by the time I saw them there was literally no where to go.

^ I thought you got rid of those for 214s Trainer?

Those OEMs stayed in 1 piece - right where there's support, luckily. I wonder what reps would do... anyone have actual experiences where a rep actually cracked pretty severely?

Actually, I never wanted the 214's. I wanted the M wheels and that guy wanted the 214's. So I was looking to swap my 336's for 214's so that the M guy would swap his for mine.. In the end it never happened.

Ick...now this is making me rethink wanting 20" tires...maybe I'll go 19's. Idaho isn't known for the best roads.

So I wanted to check what would it mean to switch from OEM 18" (style 209 + Brid. Duelers RFT) to OEM 20" style 336, weight wise. Well guess what:
Altogether, front adds 15.4 lb (+17.4lb wheel, -2 lb tire), rear - 22.7lb (+18.7lb wheel, + 4lb tire) per corner! Switching to 20" non-RFT saves 8..9 pounds, but with 3rd row seats it's hardly an option. I know image is everything, but damn - that's a lot of extra unsprung mass!

Be careful in your homework when doing 19's
Very few vehicles come with 19" options, and as such the rubber is harder to find and rather expensive. In my experience 20" rubber is significantly cheaper then 19's

I have some genuine BMW 19's...with RFT rubber that has about 90% life left. Innnnnteresteddd? ;)

Thought some might want to see pics of my replica 20's with Continental DWS's.(and the before pic with 19's). This is on a 2012 50i. I am happy with them. Extended wheel arches were added at the same time as the wheels.

Car porn pics. Man that really looks so much better...where did you get yours from?