XSeries-forum

hi just bought an 04 x3 and picked up a puncture on the way home from collecting it, local tyre place recommended replacing all four tyres, just wondering if anyone has tried the nexen N8000 ?? for sale on tyreleader for £70 each
buntz

Make sure they meet the weight rating for the X5.  Are you sure you want to trust a 2-tonne car on £70 tyres?

Be careful not fitting '*' marked tyres (made to a BMW sizing spec) as you can cause transmission wind-up and break things underneath.  A few on here have had to replace damaged diffs and transfer boxes.

Richard

What size wheels are on yours?

If 17"/18" (all the same size tyre) As above I would buy '*' (Pirelli) rated tyres or you could end with trouble.

If 18"/19" and different front and back tyres MAKE sure you buy '*' (Dunlop/Pirelli) tyres.

They won't be cheap but cheaper in the long run.

thanks for the responses, i have the 18' staggered BUT the rears are the wrong size (245 45 18) and should be 255 45 i believe, been doing a lot of reading, great site thanks. so it looks like dunlop sp 01 is whats required.
buntz

On the X3 make sure you use star marked tyres, so the rolling circumferences are the same, look on BMWLAND. There are scores of people with transmission failures on X3's with mismatched tyres, the X3 is miles more sensitive than the X5 on tyre mismatches.