My M3 is 19 and my wife's M3 is a 18. Definitely softer ride on the 18. I actually did a comparison on the ride back from the factory and confirmed that indeed the 18 has better efficiency by about 10%. I posted the details/results in another thread. The 19 are definitely sportier and you definitely feel the road. I am looking to add new springs on my 19. The 18in are perfect for in town driving. Hope this helps.
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18" or 19" wheels
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EV-lutioin
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EV-lutioin
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Wondering if chroming those wheels would look gaudy or not. I'm probably sticking with the 18s, and am unsure how I feel about with rim or without, but was thinking that without rims, could the wheel be chromed, and would that look good...
thebigbobowski
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My plan is to do this but put the OEM wheels on winter tires, Tsportline wheels on the all-seasons for summer. Just an FYI, if anyone's planning on buying from Tsportline, they had a great holiday sale this last December. I'd wait until the same time this year if you can.
oldtrip
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They looked better when they were silver instead of grey.
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dhanson865
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Here are the pages for the 3 tire sizes in today's update of the owners manual with a few notes in red added.
Since I live in the south I'd be fine with the 18" primacys year round. For those above the 40th parallel I'd totally understand if you want to run two sets (summer + winter or all season + winter).
Yeah, that's kind of what I was thinking. Wondering how hard that would be. Also, depends on the color of the car. I'm likely getting red, though midnight silver has a great look too. But thinking silver wheels might look really nice on the red...
They would. It would even be cool if the aero covers were silver. Like this:
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favo
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Oh wow - I wonder why they're not in the online configurator. All I see when I'm trying to design my Tesla is the 18 or 19s. I wonder if this will change shortly...
dhanson865
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They will be an option in the configurator at some point and were added to the online store recently.
edit: I see someone else linked to the page.
dhanson865
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I don't think it will be very quick, I'd say May or June when AWD gets added to the configurator.
I just called Tesla's sales and they were totally unhelpful. They said "at this point there is no planned change to the design studio. If you want the 20 inch wheels, you'll have to buy them separately in the online shop"
That seems so inefficient. The 19s are available in the shop as are the 18s in addition to the design studio. The 18s are $2,000 and the 19s are $3500. The online shop sells the 20s for $4000. This would make me think that they should have it in the design studio as a $2000 option above the aeros just like the 19s are a $1500 option over the aeros ($3500-$2000). The lady on the phone was totally useless and didn't even offer to check with people who run the design studio.
thebigbobowski
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Just a thought—though it seems that woman was unhelpful, you have to realize it's probably just some salesperson on a phone. It would be like going to H&M and wondering why the person at the counter can't address your concerns that the shirt you want to buy only comes in blue, not in green as you would prefer. That person does not have a direct connection with the powers that make those decisions.
Knightshade
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Right now they're offering as few options as possible to try and ramp delivery.
If you go from 2 wheel choices to 3, that adds complexity.
Not just immediate build but supply chain, etc...
Right now if you have to order the 20s separately it doesn't hold up the assembly line if they're back-ordered, nor do they ever even need to GO to the factory, they could just drop ship from where ever.
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