Any 1 know were i can get any? Had a bit of a smokin moment in me old mans car.

lol, well i got two 18"/245`s for £90 from the dock rd on sunday Bargain

Weres that on dock rd? I lost half of them near work at manc airport checking out the 500+ bhp m mode lol

lol, so i guess your trying to replace them before pop finds out?

Doubt he will have your size as i wanted 4 but he only had 2 left, worth trying though, its by the cafe, just before the bend where the cops hide out to catch unsuspecting speeding motorists
If not try tire guys at the back of kelvin rd

Just the rears. Kelvin rd is that were blacks warehouse was? Im crap at place names. Went to bhead market 2day 1st time since 1994.

Could try Top Gear tyres just triple check the tyre's for size and if they have had repairs.

Ian Hosie Tyres is a goodin

Ye Top Gear tyres is the place to go.....

What tyres?

is the car still using runflats?

If it is, you cant just replace the rears with regular tyres

How come study??

Not on run flats. Found replacements £90 each

Where from Ste?

kwik fit lol

They are run flats, I went to a place in liverpool for a pair of rears when I had an m5 for a couple of weeks. They were only 50 a corner though as they were cast offs from bmw, I'll try to remember the place but it was very near china town if that helps!

Std they come with Runflats, but people often change them when they wear out due to the cost - if it didnt have RFTs on it, them someone has already swapped them.

You cant mix and match run flats / non run flats as the run flats have stiffer sidewalls it upsets the handling, plus, you dont get a spare on run flats, so if you get a puncture on one of the non runflats you replace them with - your in a bit of a pickle

Defo not run flats. My mini has run flats coz battery in the boot n no room 4 a spare.

Stu how do u know if you have run flats?
I have no spare in my car

How do u know if its running flat? Apart from the warning on the dash.

Runflats have "Runflat" written on the sidewall

....absolute bugger to get them on / off a rim due to the thickness of the sidewall.

If a tyre does go down, it will look a little low. The error on the iDrive comes from the ABS sensors. As the tyre loses pressure, the ECU picks up the size difference between the good tyre and low tyre (low tyre travles more revolutions) and flags up the error

...of course the other way of checking is to check the pressure.

Thanks
I will be checking tomorrow.

My fronts will need replacing soon. Bet i get a big bill 4 them? Very low profile runflats

M cars don't use run flats.

Nor should be you be replacing your old mans tyres with something 'cheap' - not with 500bhp being put onto the tarmac through them.

£90 a corner on the rear of an M5, are you crazy? Are you trying to kill your Dad?

Of all the cheek!

Nowt wrong with new tyres, my old man drives slow anyway so tyres will be fine he doesnt hoof it .

Does he wanna swap it for My E61 530d then - he'll get better MPG

Hes trading it in soon for a range rover. Sport i hope lol

That's not an excuse. The tyres are the only things keeping your father in contact with the road.

£90 a corner will not get you tyres that are in any way acceptable for the rear of an M5.

Like he said, his dad doesn't drive fast so there's no need for 500bhp tires!

Firstly not sure about m's using runflats, I remember looking for a spare in the boot and all I could find was a can of really expensive looking pump operated tyre weld, but I managed to get them at 50ish a corner and those little puppies took the car to 170 with no probs...on a number of occations (santa pod of course

Sure Sanchez we believe u

Cheers ste, I thought for one minute I might have incriminated my self there lol.

170 u had limiter removed. Heard my dads could do 190. Doubt it tho lol

It was only slightly removed, to 170mph, was so gutted when it just stopped there as it was going up so quickly and could of well easily gone up to the 200mph maker

204mph with the limiter fully removed.

It went a bit quicker than 170 matey 175 or 177 on the HUD IIRC...

I was pretty sure it was only 170 chew, whats iirc mean?

Its a mean rear end!

It means 'if I remember correctly' buddy


Nice car Ste, nice car

cheers ste!

nice dads car. Its awesome just like i saw on top gear at manchester airport. Foot down and relentness speed.

I wouldn't get rid of that for a range rover unless it was a genuine overfinch

That the 1 with the drinks n gun cabinet? Hes 65. I want him to get a nice 2nd clk or a cheap aston lol

Thinking about it, it was 177 when it hit the brick wall - thought it was going to go all the way to 200 until then - it was still pulling pretty hard