hello fellow 5-luggers.
i recently bought an e30 with the e36 m3 5-lug swap (w/ 318ti rear). the current wheels are the car are MOMO Mirages, 16x7.5, which have a +35 offset, which is a hair too low because the rear rubs even with rolled fenders when there is a load in the rear. i have been shopping for wheels, but can't really find anything i like with the appropriate offset. The one set of wheels that I could get for a reasonable price that i really like are the e32 weaves 16x8, which have something like a +20 offset.
I know a bit about this wheel offset thing, and as i understand it that's a difference of 15mm, yes? it doesn't seem like a huge difference.
Are there any negative consequences to just flaring the fenders slightly and fitting these low offset wheels to the car?
Is there a way to safely increase the offset of the +20 offset wheels so they fit with less fender modification?
am i just dreaming here? i would really love to fit some BMW wheels to my car.
Thank you all so very much in advance. I really appreciate this great resource called r3v, and i hope that one day i can begin to give back to the community somehow with the little knowledge i have regarding all this technical stuff.
i recently bought an e30 with the e36 m3 5-lug swap (w/ 318ti rear). the current wheels are the car are MOMO Mirages, 16x7.5, which have a +35 offset, which is a hair too low because the rear rubs even with rolled fenders when there is a load in the rear. i have been shopping for wheels, but can't really find anything i like with the appropriate offset. The one set of wheels that I could get for a reasonable price that i really like are the e32 weaves 16x8, which have something like a +20 offset.
I know a bit about this wheel offset thing, and as i understand it that's a difference of 15mm, yes? it doesn't seem like a huge difference.
Are there any negative consequences to just flaring the fenders slightly and fitting these low offset wheels to the car?
Is there a way to safely increase the offset of the +20 offset wheels so they fit with less fender modification?
am i just dreaming here? i would really love to fit some BMW wheels to my car.
Thank you all so very much in advance. I really appreciate this great resource called r3v, and i hope that one day i can begin to give back to the community somehow with the little knowledge i have regarding all this technical stuff.
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