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<blockquote data-quote="E34EuroTouring" data-source="post: 58412" data-attributes="member: 1026"><p>Bimmerman,</p><p></p><p>What sort of tires are you using ?. What brand/model ?. It could make a lot of difference to regular road ride comfort.</p><p></p><p>The other thing you can simply try is to lower your tire pressure 2 or 3 PSI less. Normally People use 30 or 32 PSI up front and 29 psi rear. This could solve your problem right away. The car is Ok even with 26 PSI up front. Pls note these are cold pressures. ie measure them with a good tiremeter in the morning before you even move the car!.</p><p></p><p>The other way if you want to improve ride confort while keeping the current spring setup is to choose a tire that is softer compound like a Treatwear of 160, 180 or 200. My Yoko 509 is nice and soft at 160 treadwear. Very grippy and confortable for normal use.</p><p>Michelin tires are rather soft too, though I have not tried them on my BMW, did so in my Accord previously.</p><p></p><p>Since you are using 17s, you might try 225/50/17 with higher profile. I have the Bridgestone G3 on this 50 profile and its ride confort is perfect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="E34EuroTouring, post: 58412, member: 1026"] Bimmerman, What sort of tires are you using ?. What brand/model ?. It could make a lot of difference to regular road ride comfort. The other thing you can simply try is to lower your tire pressure 2 or 3 PSI less. Normally People use 30 or 32 PSI up front and 29 psi rear. This could solve your problem right away. The car is Ok even with 26 PSI up front. Pls note these are cold pressures. ie measure them with a good tiremeter in the morning before you even move the car!. The other way if you want to improve ride confort while keeping the current spring setup is to choose a tire that is softer compound like a Treatwear of 160, 180 or 200. My Yoko 509 is nice and soft at 160 treadwear. Very grippy and confortable for normal use. Michelin tires are rather soft too, though I have not tried them on my BMW, did so in my Accord previously. Since you are using 17s, you might try 225/50/17 with higher profile. I have the Bridgestone G3 on this 50 profile and its ride confort is perfect. [/QUOTE]
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