New member and D3 owner

Eagles21 · Post by **Eagles21** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:35 pm

Thanks for the replies. My car has Michelin sports on the front and a seemingly unbranded set on the rear. The previous owner said Sytner had fitted them prior to his purchase! He had only done 10000 miles in his owner ship and there's plenty of life in them but the car does feel slightly nervous at some speeds and I'm sure it's the tyres and not anything else untoward as the car itself has only 29k on it. So looks like a call to Event Tyres is needed

Paulb · Post by **Paulb** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:56 pm

Mine feels really firmly planted, no nervous feeling that you tend to get with BMW's run flats or twitchyness. Friends with the BF Goodrich also feels the same.

If Sytner had chucked some budgets on there firstly i'd be surprised and secondly they'd probably feel uneasy given how much emphasis Alpina and most members on here put in to the tyres.

DonFlintoni · Post by **DonFlintoni** » Tue Oct 15, 2013 1:27 pm

Hello and welcome to the forum!

Ive run my D3MT with Falken FK452s and now 453s and am happy to report no real issues.

Excellent value for money.

castor · Post by **castor** » Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:14 pm

DonFlintoni wrote:Hello and welcome to the forum!

Ive run my D3MT with Falken FK452s and now 453s and am happy to report no real issues.

Excellent value for money.

Same here - running on FK452s with good results

Eagles21 · Post by **Eagles21** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 12:04 am

I've had new tyres fitted now and the difference is staggering

I've had MIchelin Pilot Super Sports all round (rears Â£258 fitted , fronts Â£188 fitted) by SETyres. Turns out the fronts had were original as they had the 2006 manufacturing date on them and they had been driven flat at some point! The insides were full of rubber from the inner walls.
Any way I'm sure it must have been discussed before but are there any recommended tyre pressures other than what is stated in the hand book?
Is it right that the fronts have a higher pressure than the rears?

I_MNL · Post by **I_MNL** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 3:16 pm

No, I think fronts are 36 and rears are 38

MickB3 · Post by **MickB3** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 4:21 pm

I_MNL wrote:No, I think fronts are 36 and rears are 38

Its the other way round By the looks of things, front at 38 rear at 36

http://thealpinaregister.com/forums/vie ... hp?t=10089

IAM Joe · Post by **IAM Joe** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 4:47 pm

Straight off the B-pillar

Eagles21 · Post by **Eagles21** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:55 pm

Thanks everybody. I've just noticed the sticker on the drivers side too

I must try and get some images of my car on here soon.

I_MNL · Post by **I_MNL** » Tue Nov 05, 2013 2:11 pm

MickB3 wrote:
I_MNL wrote:No, I think fronts are 36 and rears are 38
Its the other way round By the looks of things, front at 38 rear at 36

http://thealpinaregister.com/forums/vie ... hp?t=10089

Yes, sorry...my mistake...

A4PNA · Post by **A4PNA** » Fri Nov 08, 2013 10:45 am

Vredestein ultrac sessanta all the way for me ... they are pretty excellent in the rain, they are well priced too, I drove through a slightly large puddle on the motorway doing 80-90 mph and there was not a hint of aquaplane in sight, not even a twitch...
Must be that tread pattern

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19WM9s1jh9k
nice clip about these tyres, notice the bmw driver pull out hahaha