iX wheel thread

[Ryan1642]

What does camber do to offsets. Would it help if there was a slight(very slight) camber. II'm not trying to stance my IX but if i would give me more room for the wheels I want it would be worth it.

[nando]

No.. look at the pattern of offsets. Et25 isn't going to fit on anything wider than 7".

[Ryan1642]

http://www.apexraceparts.com/apex-products/E30/17x8-ET25-4-Lug-APEX-ARC-8-Wheel.html#.VBJqEC5dX3o

Would these fit, It mentions the design makes more room for brakes. When we say "rubbing", we mean tire on strut right? I ideally want to run 215 or 225 tires with no stretching. Any one know of any 17 "style 5 or style 29 wheels in black that would fit an IX? thanks in advance.

[nando]

You will need hubcentric rings

[Jrssampson]

Center bore is 67.1mm

[nando]

they will fit offset wise but what's the centerbore?

[Jrssampson]

[ATTACH]87120[/ATTACH]

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[Nisse Järnet]

Looks pretty sweet!

[AWDBOB]

Threw the Borbets on to refinish the weaves! Ignore smashed hood and lack of body kit, please.

[nando]

you won't fit a 225 on an 8" wheel with an ET20 offset. it's more like ET30. 8" ET20 is a RWD fitment. you'd be hard pressed to fit a 205 without massive camber and tweaked fenders or a donk stance.

235s fit on my 7.5 ET36 wheels using a 3mm spacer up front to clear the struts. But, the car drives better on 225s.

different offsets aren't really necessary.

[The Dark Side of Will]

The iX front struts are different, so the offsets of wheels that work with iX front struts are different than what works on RWD front struts.

What I've heard is up to 8" wide, ~20 mm offset and 225, *maybe* 235 tires can fit all the way around. The fronts get close to the strut and the rears get close to the fender lips.
I'm not sure if going with different front/rear offsets will allow enough more wheel/tire width to make the split worthwhile or not.

[Ryan1642]

Bare with me, Tires and wheels are not my strong point but what makes the ix different from a normal e30 when buying wheels? what wheels can fit a 245/r17 on an IX?

[Nisse Järnet]

thx! :) I wanted to be original and try something nobody else has on an ix, just 20mm/25mm spacers, rear isnt rolled but it eventually should be for hard launches, another pic below (dont mind the missing tails)

Looks nice :)

[ScHpAnKy]

ET35 would work fine and you could fit a 225 no problem.

why would you run ET15 out back? is the car at stock height? I don't see how that doesn't rub with a 7.5" wheel and a 225 tire.

I was rounding my results and using fuzzy math, but even then I think my math was wrong, or maybe I don't fully grasp offset calculations anymore. Either way, the specs:

E46 wheels (ET47)
iX stock offset of 41mm?
20/25 spacers, brings me to ET27 in front, and ET22 in back. My apologies.

Pics are back a few posts

[nando]

yeah, I don't believe that it doesn't rub constantly with unrolled fenders. My 225/50 R888s will even rub a little on the inside of the fender with a 7.5" wheel and ET35 offset, there's barely enough room to slide a paperclip between the tire and the fender lip. 20mm is like 3/4", the tire would be sticking out past the flare.

the 235/50s were even worse, they rubbed everytime I went over a small bump or had people in the back, what he's talking about would be significantly worse.