16x9 et15 + What Spacer!?

[egk2]

318i strut would still work with that rim :)

Wouldn't be first "strut downgrade" to get 9*16" et 15 rims to fit :)

Doesn't make sense when a tiny 5mm hubcentric spacer can be used to
work for less than $70.

[Rocla]

Doesn't make sense when a tiny 5mm hubcentric spacer can be used to
work for less than $70.

My last option would be spacers.

+ risking serious tyre rub and damaged wheel arc if you hit bump with full lock.

However I'm usin "big" strut with my 1985 318i, because coilover kits were not available to small strut when I started building. Hopefully 215/40/16 (9*16" et15) and some spacers will work and still clear the wheel arc.

I seem never to realize that not all people have 5 or 6 disassembled e30's on backyard :)

[SchnellerVert]

Borbet recommends for this fitment to use a 10mm hubcentric spacer. Hot Borbet B's. Very soft so becareful with them.

[Rocla]

Borbet recommends for this fitment to use a 10mm hubcentric spacer. Hot Borbet B's. Very soft so becareful with them.

10mm sounds like a lot. Where did you get this recomendation? How about the rears?

[SchnellerVert]

From a variety of German web pages that sell these as packages. I was planning on buying a set last year in this fitment and was going to Europe on vacation. I also visited wheel shops in Germany when I was there.

All of there catalogs listed them with +10 mm for the front. Ask Yan to look at a local wheel shop and he will say the same.

Rears are not required to need a spacer. Now if your car is lowered to the weeds then you might need to roll the lips.

I bought a set in 16x7.5 et 20 instead.

[egk2]

Most common setup for 16x9 et 15 is 10mm front and 15mm rear, I ran this for a while but didn't like how mych they poked out, I switched to a 5mm front and 10mm rear, 5mm is the minimum size to go with to clear the struts, rears don't need any spacer at all but you want to even out the track.

[workaholic]

They look like that.

Based on the Tunershop.com website, thats the borbet "B" not the T which is a 5spoke design. all though ontheir website it doesn't show the "B" with any lip let alone the giant amount of dish that those have.

Tom

[egk2]

Based on the Tunershop.com website, thats the borbet "B" not the T which is a 5spoke design. all though ontheir website it doesn't show the "B" with any lip let alone the giant amount of dish that those have.

Tom

The ones posted here are 16x9's, on tunershop's website they show the 16x7.5's. It's almost too much dish for my taste.

[Maeda]

Ok so I just decided to go for 16x9 et15 + 15mm spacer making it effectively...

16x9 et0

Yes I own a fender puller. :D