BMW E46 325CI Tires

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Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta (237) 91% 88% 87% 85% 79% 85%
Falken FK452 (211) 82% 72% 75% 73% 69% 73%
Bridgestone Potenza RE050 (57) 83% 69% 76% 69% 66% 61%
Bridgestone Potenza RE050A (212) 83% 69% 74% 72% 66% 59%
Dunlop SP Sport Maxx (162) 79% 69% 69% 67% 63% 64%
Nankang NS2 (211) 76% 58% 65% 62% 73% 62%
Sunny SN3800 (63) 50% 29% 30% 29% 44% 28%

BMW E46 325CI Tire Review Highlights

Writing about the Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta given 94% (225-40-18-W)
Driving on a combination of roads for 5000 spirited miles
Can't recommend these tires enough! I went from having budget tires on my E46, after one close call too many I decided to upgrade to the Vredesteins. Had a phone around and the cheapest place I found was Autostyle in Liverpool. These tires are super quiet and grip makes the car seem as though it is on rails going around a bend. Only done 5000 miles so can't really comment on wear but they look like they have a lot of life left.
tire reviewed on 2013-05-29 05:25:10
Writing about the Bridgestone Potenza RE050 given 96% (225-45-17-W)
Driving on mostly motorways for 15000 average miles
Great all around tire.Top dry grip
tire reviewed on 2011-10-30 05:32:27
Writing about the Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta given 100% (255-40-18-W)
Driving on a combination of roads for 8000 average miles
I had terrible cheapo tires on my car from when i purchased the car and grip levels in all conditions where terrible as soon as I fitted the Vredestein, what a transformation, in the dry excellent, in the wet amazing and having done now 8k miles the tires still look like new! I have noticed a little more noise at speed, very high speed but other than that are amazing, would definitely buy again, found an outlet that fitted them for £400, oh and dont forget you get an unlimited warranty with them.....
tire reviewed on 2011-04-29 06:48:14
Writing about the Falken FK452 given 93% (255-35-18-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 8000 average miles
Compared to the premium brands this has been a very good tire for the money so far.
tire reviewed on 2010-12-29 09:36:25
Writing about the Nankang NS2 given 84% (225-45-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 spirited miles
Excellent all rounder. Don't listen to what you hear on forums. Half the people haven't even tried these tires. I have them on the rear of my 2005 BMW 325ci Coupe. Dry grip is amazing, couldn't fault it... and actually the wet grip is pretty good too.. yes if you put your foot down you may loose some traction, but thats the same with any tire. Infact i had Michelin Pilot Sport PS2's on the rear previously and the wet the same as the NS2's.

In terms of wear rate.. stunning. These tires have done 10,000 miles and still have (approximately) 5mm left!

Just so you know, i've had Michelin PS2's, Bridgestone Potenza's and Continental Contisportcontact tires in the past, all on BMW's and the Nankangs really are worth their price! I think they're made by Yokohama.. when i had my tires fitted im sure they had some Yokohama stickers on.

tire reviewed on 2010-12-23 09:14:17
Writing about the Bridgestone Potenza RE050A given 84% (255-35-18-W)
Driving on a combination of roads for 21000 spirited miles
BMW 325 CI M SPORT CONVERTIBLE (E46). Had these tires from new when i bought the car, covered 20,000 miles in them and have been fantastic. Dry grip is very responsive and sticks to the road, tons of hard cornering grip and breaking is solid. Wet just as good but you obviously don't drive as hard but still responsive and good feedback. Big down side is they wear badly in frost, snow and ice, very cold weather and these tires dont work, very slippy and even if you traction control, its not going to work. This winter Dec 2010 i traveled along from Bicester to Aylesbury and alot of uphill driving and in the snow it was impossible, if using in snow and tires have half way worn then they dont work. However this didnt justify me from buying winter tires and it doesn't last that long here and i had tons of hard summer/spring driving which i love the car for and performance around that time from the tires are excellent. One major thing that mad me but them again is obviously the grip in wet/dry buy also how the look, because they are a square shape tire and look better once on the car - as you see a thin line of tire and more of a block shape, I'm talking about what the tire wall looks like and on the rims and car, where as alot of other tire like the Michelin's that i thought about buing have a round edge tire wall and feel it looks odd of the car. Overall i think there worth the money - all 4 tires front 225/40/18 and Rear 255/35/18 from £600 including fitting.
tire reviewed on 2010-12-20 15:49:38
Writing about the Sunny SN3800 given 10% (225-40-18-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 500 average miles
Would not recommend these to anyone, noisey is not the word i would use they are shocking. that bad i have had them took off and replaced. never ever known a tire so noisey, unaceptable. was told by the tire suppliers that i would have to let them bed in, what a load of rubbish.
tire reviewed on 2010-08-01 10:26:40
Writing about the Dunlop SP Sport Maxx given 90% (255-35-18-W)
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 spirited miles
When i bought car these tires close to the limit, but got whole summer out of them and was surprised with the grip even that they was nearly bold, was still sticking to the road, i have dunlop sp 9000 now and there is still couple mm left on them but i all ready started felling kicking on the back, not as good as sp sport maxx, they one of the best from dunlop, i could say.
tire reviewed on 2010-04-08 17:08:06
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