e38 Style 5s

[Philo]

As previously mentioned, the back of the wheel needs to be flat with no indentations.

[Wishno87]

while were on the topic, why hasnt anyone redrilled these yet? Is it possible? they weigh less than the 16's and look way sexier.

If they are off an E39 they wont work.

[bmw325csi]

dammit

[my15thBMW]

Yes style 5's from an e39 can be redrilled. Have a set mounted on a e30 now.

[Wishno87]

Yes style 5's from an e39 can be redrilled. Have a set mounted on a e30 now.

Pics or it dident happen.

[BDK]

Use e30 m3 susp, its the only proper way to fit 16" style 5's. :)

what size tires, do they clear the front calipers?

[Van Westervelt]

what size tires, do they clear the front calipers?

225/45-16 Falkens. They clear e30 m3 calipers fine, unless you have new pads and rotors, then you just have to remove the anti-rattle spring, or add a 3-5mm spacer.

[chadthestampede]

I just got a quote from a place in PA for $165 per wheel. Seems a bit excessive.

[einstein57]

I refered someone to lax right after I had mine done. He had some e39 weaves and i'd have to assume that they came out similar to jjs since the have a larger hub. Never saw pics though. I do have a spare one that I was going to have completely filled and have the hub 100 per wheel.

[Mr Two]

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1420123

These - why can't they be filled and redrilled?

[chadthestampede]

Has anyone ever considered the safety of machining the wheel hub down to get a higher offest? I'm not talking a lot, just enough for it to be more viable to run adaptors. Someone educate me as to how unsafe this might be.

EDIT: it couldn't be that much more unsafe than those violent redrills. OR COULD IT?

[sefb222]

If they are off an E39 they wont work.

due to hub-bore?

hubcentric rings will take care of that.

additionally, i'd be WAAAAY more inclined to swap the suspension to M3 5 lug than to redrill those...
it's way safer, and is truly the right way to do it.

[Wishno87]

due to hub-bore?

hubcentric rings will take care of that.

additionally, i'd be WAAAAY more inclined to swap the suspension to M3 5 lug than to redrill those...
it's way safer, and is truly the right way to do it.

The hub gets too close to the 4X100 drill. Otherwise i would have loved to get those done instead.

[einstein57]

i think you can basically do a fill and drill for the hub and solve that issue. just hard to find cheap e39 style 5s

[Jean]

Hmmmm