Looking to do 19x9.5 +40-45 all around with BFG Comp-2 A/Ss. Going to try and match the stock hypersilver color or go a hair darker.

GT350 reps ($800 + tires):


BBS FI reps ($700 + tires):


Avant Garde M590 (HRE ??? reps... shown in 20".... $1200 + tires):


Niche Misano ($900 + tires):



I'm not really partial to any one way or the other besides the GT350 replicas. I might just get the FI reps... here is *approximately* how they will look on the G:

 

No one can decide for you. Here's my goal when selecting wheels or setting up my car. Whatever I do should make me want to look back at it as I walk away.

Of your choices my personal favorites are the AGM590 (19s) and the BBS FI reps. Looking forward to seeing your choice installed

 

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Your choice...I personally like lipped wheels better but concaves are nice as well. To me lipped wheels look more custom and expensive.


....I have a set of concave wheels (10 spoke) that are pretty wide and they are a pain in the ***** a$$ to clean behind the face. Just based on bleeding knuckles I chose to go lip.




from your choices I would go with FI reps.

 

These wheels are the most appealing to me out of your list. I'm a sucker for a cleanly designed 10-spoke.

I recommend you give long hard consideration when thinking about getting dark wheels on a black car. They might look fantastic up close, but stand back and the special whatever that you were seeing is gone. (IMO)

A/S tires in North Carolina? I'm sure you have a ready rationale for that, but still... get proper tires, OP.

 

Regarding all seasons... we get a good amount of rain down here, and from what I've seen on Tire Rack's tests, as well as my own experiences, UHP A/S tires are way better in the wet and not far off in the dry. I had Nitto NT555s on my 350Z and in the dry they were godly... but in the wet I managed to loop it a few times with traction control ON. On the flip side, I'm able to hit like 95% of the corner speeds in the wet as the dry in my Civic on DWS06s. It gets pretty cold down here too. If you see any rain or cold I don't think summer tires make much sense.

Color wise I'd like to stay close to the stock hyper silver.

 

Make your own choices based on experience... nothing wrong with that. However:

https://blog.tirerack.com/blog/bens-...tires-for-rain

Stuff like that is relative, but still... no it doesn't.

 

When you look at Tire Rack's tire tests though, it's a different story. Here are two tests they did on the same F30 328i within ~3 weeks of each other:

Max Summer compario

UHP A/S comparo

Here's how braking and grip play out....

Dry braking: Summers (by like 5 feet from 50)
Dry grip: All seasons (by a hair)
Wet braking: All seasons (by a landslide- ~10-15 feet from 50)
Wet grip: All seasons (by a hair... ~0.05g or so)

Keep in mind the blog you cited is from 2012; the tire tests I'm citing are from last year. Tire tech has moved forward a lot in the last 5 years; a little POS econobox will grip at 0.85 or so on the skidpad. So yea I'm def sticking with all seasons. Maybe the latest crop of summer tires pull the gap again but I doubt it and even if they do it's not worth it to me.

 

All good points. Tech is evolving, and my opinions on this topic were established a long time ago.

 

No worries. I enjoy spreading the all season gospel.

I think I am going to order those fake BBS FIs for my birthday next month. Someone spooked me out of going 275 square though. Does anyone know how bad tramlining is with tires that wide up front?

 

Michelin PSS3 are stupendously good in the rain. I led the gold group this past Thursday at MSR Houston during wet and rainy sessions. After the track dried out, I fell to mid-pack.

 

I'd give Konigs a look, lightweight and a brand that's been around a long time, pricing is fair and they have several 19s that would look good on your black G. Here's a few
Rennform - Konig Wheels

Ultraform - Konig Wheels

Centigram - Konig Wheels

Integram - Konig Wheels

 

Those do look good.... but none are available in 19"

 

Hmmm, they all should be, they list 19s in all the spec sheets.

Autoanything has them FWIW in 19s. And Discount tire is another vendor that carries them.

 

They do have some. I'm also curious about TSW. But I don't want to spend more than ~$1500 on wheels and tires. Which is kind of a big ask at 19x9.5 & 275/35 with decent tires.

 

Best thing about those Konigs, is they're flow formed so the weight will be less and they'll be stronger, same goes for the TSW flow-formed line. IMO it's worth a bit more $$$ to get that, I think you'd be glad you did too Maybe you can find some tires on good discount w/ a rebate or gift card applied, tirerack is good about listing their deals.