Hi all. I took my BMW 36-11-6-768-861 black steel wheel and Maxxis T135/70R18 104M M9500N over to my local tire shop, and they were really scratching their heads at first. From the look of the wheel and tire, these folks thought there was no way that skinny tire would mount on the wheel, so I told them to go ahead and try anyway. Of course it mounted right on, filled up with air, and balanced with no issues. Now I have a compact spare in my trunk, along with a jack.
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Originally Posted by GregW / Oregon
There was another thread running on this, but I thought I'd summarize here to make the info easy to find. Thanks to Tom Tarzian for a lot of the work on this. The goal was to come up with a compactg spare solution that would clear the stock brakes w/o a spacer and come as close as possible to the stock tire OD.
So, here's what you need:
- BMW 36-11-6-768-861 black steel wheel;
- BMW 36-12-1-116-326 rubber valve stem, $5.35 list
- Centering ring, 74.1-72.6 mm; 1010 tire (mis-labeled 74.1-72.56 $30 shipped for set of 4 (you can sell extras)
- Maxxis T135/70R18 104M M9500N (#TP10655100), $85 + $10 shipping + $12.50 mount & balance
All-in-all, not inexpensive, but a nice bit of security to have in the trunk for trips, and about half the size of a full-size spare.
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