Sorry don't have any pics (and too late right now) but trust me (and I'm very picky about this type of thing)...it is not noticeable...

maybe try to get some pics and post this weekend

 

The tires will get so loud shortly you won't be able to stand it any more so you'll probably replace them sooner than later.
If you pick up a floor jack at Sears or someplace like that it's a piece of cake. You can take your time and do a nice careful job. I bought my winter tires/wheels from Tire Rack and change them myself too. Probably doing my first rotation this weekend at about 6K.
Couldn't agree more...the more you let other people touch your car the more chance of careless scratches, bumps and dings.
You also should have a torque wrench to make sure you get the lug nuts secured exactly as specified in the manual.

 

I'm confused. You rotate the tires yourself? I thought you can't do a cross swap and you'll actually have to take the tires off the rim and cross swap like that, which sounds like a pain..

 

First these tires (RE 760) aren't directional. second they are all the same size. I removed the lug on the front hub that keeps you from changing fronts and backs (needed to do this for my snow rims anyway). So the only question is whether I swap front to front or front to rear or cross car from front to rear. And that question will get posed to Tire Rack in hopes they can answer it.

Unless...someone on here can offer some advice...? Neal? are you around? what would you suggest?

 

I'd still recommend the 760. Rode in them today and performed as they should on my friends BMW. Since they are asymmetrical and the size is the same all around there will be no issues rotating them any position on the car (make sure wheels are same all around as well). Typical rotation pattern can be found in the owners manual. If there isn't one, we can help here Tire Rotation Instructions

 

UPDATE:

Rotated my tires today...moved the rears to the front and the fronts back to same side on the rear. Was thinking about moving the fronts cross car to the rear but hard to do unless you put the whole car up on jack stands. I may swap sides on the next rotation.

jennychang... see pics attached that show the difference in mounting same size tire to different size rims. Although it looks fairly obvious in these pics it isn't when on the car unless you're really looking for it. You'll notice that the tire on the 8.5" rim (first pic and in foreground on second shot) sticks out just a little more than the tire mounted on the 9.0" rim (third pic and foreground of last pic).

 

Did you actually put the wider rims on the front or did you take the tires off the rims? It would seem to me that moving the rear rims to the front (reversing the staggered set-up) wouldn't be good for safety/stability? I always thought that the wider wheels were in the rear for extra grip and therefore reducing oversteer (which I am told is more dangerous for regular joes like us and understeer). It may not matter if the car isn't driven hard but, if that were the case, wouldn't it be better to get longer wearing high performance all seasons than faster wearing summer tires?

 

I did move the rear rims to the front. But with my current setup all the tires are the same width even though the rims aren't. I haven't experienced any over-steer issues but then I'm not racing or rallying the car. I drive somewhat aggressively on on and off ramps and haven't found any issues with this setup.

I guess I'm trying to balance between performance tires and having a setup that allows me to maximize mileage. I've had the car for 19 months and have 45K on it already....that's why I went with the RE760's for longer wear and the ability to rotate them.

That's why I posted the pics...another member asked how they looked and if you could see ballooning on the fronts as a result of putting the wider tire on a smaller rim. The difference is negligible....and worth the advantage to me.

 

Good point on the width... probably not exact but very close... one set is just more stretched than the other. Clearly better than reversing the staggered set-up.

 

Ohhh, I didn't know you could take off a lug so you can switch tires. Makes sense now. Thanks for all this great info DEC1!

 

Sounds like a winner to me...too bad I got my S.drive already! Loving them so far...

 

DEC1, How many miles are on them now?

 

about 6K...just rotated...hoping that helps get me some extra mileage.

 

How do the wider tires look in front ? Do they stick out noticeably further ?

 

the tires aren't wider in the front. The tires are all the same size. Yes, the rims are slightly different width but there is nothing noticeable regardless where they are mounted on the car. You can see the pics above and the very slight difference how the tires look on the front and rear wheels.