Widest tires for E30?

[apostate]

Hi all,
What are the widest tires that can fit a normal E30 without any interventions on the flares?
Is it possible to fit 235/../17 front and 255/../17 rear? What wheels would they need, J and ET?
Thanks!

[FunfGan]

No way those are going to happen haha. 224, maybe 235 all around.

[MR 325]

I have 235/40/27 all around on one of my cars. I would say 235 is about max for the front but I've seen a couple people do 255 rear. This is assuming you roll your fenders nicely all around.

[E30 331is]

Youd have to roll them fenders nice to get 27" on. Donk donk donk e30!!

[u3b3rg33k]

Pretty sure 225/50/15s work on stock fenders.

[B-well]

my cabrio has stock fenders and 245/45r16

front wheel is slightly turned, fronts and rears are both the same "flushness"

[shiboujin]

255s are max for the rear. 225 is the widest I've fit on the front

[Alberthype]

I have 225 all around. And i'm lowered on springs. I do rub but thats because I don't have spacers

[u3b3rg33k]

You might want to head over to this thread http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=83125 if you have a specific question.

[apostate]

Anyone with 235/40(45)/17 front and 255/40/17 rear?
And on what wheels, J and ET?

[einstein57]

I've run 245s all the way around but you have to have the fronts on full camber (camber plates).

[Cliche Guevara]

I'm running 225-45-17 all the way around without rolling my fenders and I'm gonna try for 235-40-17 with my next set of tires.

[nando]

235-245 should really be no problem, on all 4 corners - assuming proper suspension setup and fender lip rolling, along with careful choices of offsets and wheel widths.

basically, if you want to be scraping the ground in a dumped car, 10" wide rims poking out with a negative offset - you aren't going to be able to fit wide rubber, unless you think a 205 is wide.


235s on all 4, and they're R-dots - a comparable street tire would be narrower. a 245 street tire would be about the same width (aspect ratio will complicate things of course).

[trackjunkie21]

235's are very possible all around, I have 225/50/15 right now and they fit fine with a bunch more room left.

[MR 325]

I have 225 all around. And i'm lowered on springs. I do rub but thats because I don't have spacers

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