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Winter Tyres on a BMW X5

I have just bought a BMW X5 4.4 sport 2005, and wanted to know which winter tyres you recommend.

The current tyres are 285/45/R19 at the back and 255/50/R19 at the front.

Asked on 22 January 2013 by Eagle888

Answered by Honest John
I think you need to go down a wheel sizes and fit 18s all round. Pirelli Sotto Zeros are quite good performance winter tyres.

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