5 lug swap idea

[weaksauce]

what if a person was to do a e30 M3 rear and E36 M3 front setup?
then i could run a staggered setup like the e46 M3, right? with a different front and rear offsets.

reason i ask is that i have a spare set of wheel left over from my e46 m3 that i would love to use on my E30.

ssr comp-h's

[Aptyp]

slightly wrong... even staggered e46 wheels offsets are still fairly big...


BUT, you could run MZ3 Staggered stars, as rear offset is very VERY low on those (ET9 IIRC).

[rkettner]

i found that the wheel wells in the back of my convertible were just not that big.

a 245 tire on an 8.5" rim rubbed on the inside and the outside with passengers over speed bumps.

if your car is lowered don't expect to fit a big wheel/tire combo without panel massaging.

[Aptyp]

I had 245/40 on 8.5" rims, and didn't rub anything on mine... It's all about right offset of the wheel.

[SA E30]

I'm running e30 M3 in the rear and e36 up front.

There is much more clearance in the rear than the front. With the same rims all around. The rear s tuck maybe 1 and a half inches more inside the fender wells.

Bearing in mind the car does have massive fender flares but they are the same width front and back.

[weaksauce]

crap, the rear wheels i have are 10" wide.....

[rkettner]

I had 245/40 on 8.5" rims, and didn't rub anything on mine... It's all about right offset of the wheel.

I'm thinking that there isn't as much room in the back wheel arch of a convertible. The right offset of wheel would not have mattered for me since it was rubbing on the rear and the face of the tire.