Wheels and tires...

[alex]

Hell, you could even mold outriggers onto the flares :P

I think I've heard something like that already :-)

[Brew]

But those tires on the german e30 are like 255 at the widest, and he's got his fenders shaved to hell. I like your thinking and all, but I don't see how you can pull off 285s without flares.

[alex]

Those are 255/50/17 on 17x10 wheel. These tires are about 2 inches taller than 285/30/18. I'm not saying that it wil definitely work. I'm just considering this as a possibility.

[OOMPH!]

Alex I am going to be running a 17x8.5 wheel in the rear with a 215/40/17 tire. Am car is also lowered a bit. Are the wheels going to work or will I have to roll out the fenders like in the previous pic?
Thanks, George

[Bill 84 318i]

Alex I am going to be running a 17x8.5 wheel in the rear with a 215/40/17 tire. Am car is also lowered a bit. Are the wheels going to work or will I have to roll out the fenders like in the previous pic?
Thanks, George

Depends on the offset, but it's tough to fit a 8.5" wide wheel in the front of our cars, so you'll probably have to do some rolling.

[OOMPH!]

Alex I am going to be running a 17x8.5 wheel in the rear with a 215/40/17 tire. Am car is also lowered a bit. Are the wheels going to work or will I have to roll out the fenders like in the previous pic?
Thanks, George

Depends on the offset, but it's tough to fit a 8.5" wide wheel in the front of our cars, so you'll probably have to do some rolling.

No Bill, on the front I am running 17x7.5 so I will have the staggered look. I believe the offset is 30mm.....I think, I have to check when I get home

[alex]

The best bet would be to just see how it is once you get everything installed. It's hard to tell without knowing your offset, tire brand (as the widths differ between different manufactures), whether you have older or newer body style, and how much your car is lowered.

Bill, I had more problems in the rear than in the front. There's more space in front and front is very easy to roll, whereas rear fenders have two sheet of metal and are pretty stiff.

[Bill 84 318i]

Bill, I had more problems in the rear than in the front. There's more space in front and front is very easy to roll, whereas rear fenders have two sheet of metal and are pretty stiff.

Interesting. I just noticed that when I had et37 7" wide wheels, I had more clearance on the inside (between the tire and the rear shock) than I did between the tire and the front strut (which was about a credit card or two).

[Nick325is]

I am rubbing in the rear right now with 215/40/17s on a 7.5 inch wide wheel. The offset is 20mm though and I am lowered about 2 inches. I am seriously considering rolling the fenders out.
Alex, How much did it cost you to get the rears rolled like that?


Thanks
Nick

[alex]

Alex, How much did it cost you to get the rears rolled like that?

Few trips to a local motorsports shop where I just borrowed the roller and I also bought the heat gun. I did manage to crack the paint though because: first of all car was repainted at some point of its life; secondly there were some plastic self adhesive strips on the edge of the fender that I've removed after rolling the fender and they pulled some paint with them. pics below.

See that rubber strip on the fender?



It is gone here:



And here you can see where the paint is gone:
(the lip is bend out on the top is one of the effects of landing)

[alex]

Bill, I had more problems in the rear than in the front. There's more space in front and front is very easy to roll, whereas rear fenders have two sheet of metal and are pretty stiff.

Interesting. I just noticed that when I had et37 7" wide wheels, I had more clearance on the inside (between the tire and the rear shock) than I did between the tire and the front strut (which was about a credit card or two).

Bill,

What I meant was that I had more problems with the tire rubbing on the fender, as the clearance issue on the strut or shock is easily corrected by spacers. Which in turn cause the tire to come out farther out and closer to the fender. :-) Hence my problem with rubbing on the fender...

[Sean]

I'm looking at some Borbet Type C's, 15" x 7" rims. The offset is ET35. I wanted to make sure I could run 225/50-15's on these just fine, as that's what I'd like to run on these rims.

Would the Et35 offset work arlight?

Thanks a lot! :D


I'm thinkin of gettin these and some Yokahoma AVS ES 100's.

[Brew]

Would the Et35 offset work arlight?

Nope. You need at least 27mm of offset to run 225s on an e30. Check out my post on the previous page. You wouldn't be able to get those wheel on the hub because they would hit the strut. 225/50-15 is the correct size, thats what I run on my 15x7 Zenders w/ 25mm offset. I've got the avs es100s too. Kickass tire for the money.

[Sean]

I'm confused. Is it the higher the offset, the further in it is?

He says they are ET35's, but I'll have him double check. So, these 15x7's wouldn't even fit on my car even if I got 205/55-15's?

Would I use spacers then? I don't really want to have to use them, but would they make a very big difference? The Bortbet's should fit my car though, that's what I don't understand.

Who is it on the forums that has Borbet Type C's on their car right now? is it Stu?

Thanks for the reply.

[Brew]

Yeah, the higher the offset, the further in the wheel sits to the car. You can run 205s no problem with that offset, but with a 225, which is 10mm wider on each side, you need a 10-15mm spacer. Stu has 15x7 Type C's with 225s on his sleeper.