anyone know of any 15x8 in E36 offset?

[2002maniac]

I'm in the planning stages of my 5-lug swap, and I really want to continue to run 225/45/15 tires on my track car.

I'm thinking of using E36M3 knuckles with Non-M rotors and Wilwood calipers.

Anyone know of any wheels that would work for me?

I want to keep weight to a minimum.

[z31maniac]

Custom? If you aren't going to use M brakes or wide wheels, I guess I don't see the point.

[2002maniac]

I'm getting sick of replacing my front wheel bearings after every 5 events.

I wonder how much material is on the hub of the TR motorsports wheels in E30 M3 fitment.

[e30_325es]

I use stock e36 15x7's with 225/50 r888's. Actually I run a 10mm spacer all around too, just to widen things and get the tires off the struts (-3.5deg camber up front).

[bimmer630]

just use non m e36 front spindles. why go for the extra cost of the m parts if your not gonna use the m rotors anyway>?

[M-technik-3]

Ronal used to have some, I have a set of LS that are wicked nasty that are 15x7.5 5x120 and they were my Ti winter wheels.

Have you checked ebay.de?

[2002maniac]

just use non m e36 front spindles. why go for the extra cost of the m parts if your not gonna use the m rotors anyway>?

I thought caster is an issue with non-m knuckles?

[Mossman]

as far as I know caster has nothing to do with the knuckles. OBD2 M3's have control arms that give more caster, and strut mounts that give more camber, I think that's where the alignment difference between them and normal e36's is. Not sure if regular e36 front hubs are any tougher than e30's though, they are a different part than the m3 hub IIRC.

[asubimmer]

as far as I know caster has nothing to do with the knuckles. OBD2 M3's have control arms that give more caster, and strut mounts that give more camber, I think that's where the alignment difference between them and normal e36's is. Not sure if regular e36 front hubs are any tougher than e30's though, they are a different part than the m3 hub IIRC.

the e36 and e36m knuckles are not the same! You need BOTH e36 m3 knuckles AND 97+ e36 m3 CA's to have the wheel centered like stock.

[bimmer630]

yeah they are different.. i changed my 325 knuckles out for the m3 ones and my caster/wheel centering got better.. but if you have nice GC strut plates you can probably get away with using the non M ones, no?
and as far as the wheel bearings go, are the M3 and 325 (both E36) bearings different?
I had a bad bearing on my M3 r/f knuckle and used a bearing from the 325 knuckle, it fit and works fine