honks123
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I created a montage of a white i3 with each wheel type. Just can't make my mind up!
https://app.box.com/s/i9vmuj0b0o70ji8habn9
https://app.box.com/s/i9vmuj0b0o70ji8habn9
Schanrx04 said:Nice! I like the one the top left with the 20" wheel. (Which turns out to be what I have now)
honks123 said:I created a montage of a white i3 with each wheel type. Just can't make my mind up!
https://app.box.com/s/i9vmuj0b0o70ji8habn9
You are correct according to BMW. But if you compare them with those on the top right which are mounted as BMW intended, my eyes tell me that they are both mounted so that they rotate in the correct (i.e., best-looking) direction when driving forward. I have the wheels on the bottom right and have mounted them as pictured with no apparent problems.Bunter said:Bottom right wheels are on the wrong way round, if that matters.
alohart said:You are correct according to BMW. But if you compare them with those on the top right which are mounted as BMW intended, my eyes tell me that they are both mounted so that they rotate in the correct (i.e., best-looking) direction when driving forward. I have the wheels on the bottom right and have mounted them as pictured with no apparent problems.Bunter said:Bottom right wheels are on the wrong way round, if that matters.
alohart said:The tires are not directional according to Bridgestone (i.e., there are no directional arrows on their sidewalls) even though their tread design means that the tread interacts with the road surface slightly differently left compared with right. However, this won't change when the wheels are swapped L <-> R.
These tires do have outside and inside faces that are not affected by swapping wheels L <-> R.
So swapping the wheels should make no difference unless their shapes might affect aerodynamics. Looking closely at these wheels, I have been unable to see anything obvious and haven't noticed any changes (yet) after swapping them.
If you swapped the tires, then the outside stamp would be on whatever side you remounted the tires on the swapped wheels.Bunter said:If you swapped the tyres you would no longer have the tyre's "outside" stamp on the outside!