16x7 OZ Ultraleggeras on my E30 sedan

[geoffp]

well i finally got the spacers and the wheels are on, they look nice. better than i thought they would, still not a great looking wheel compared to BBS's, etc but for the money i am glad i went w/ these:









the tires feel great (205/50ZR-16 BFGoodrich g-Force Sport's) car handles sooo much better now!! riding on koni shocks and h&r sport springs real good ride for these new england roads. still waiting to put the front and rear sway bars on (this weekend!) brew (another member on here) thinks i need to run wheel centering rings for these, they feel fine, nos hake or anything. i called tirerack to find out the recommended size for the ring and they insisted that i didn't need them because of the spacers i was running (h&r 15mm) anyone here care to lend their opinion on the matter??

[Teaguer]

Looks good .

Now you just need to perfom the rear door and diving board delete mods and you'll be on your way .



Yes they will still need hubcentric rings unless the wheels are made specifically for 4-lug BMW's and have the 57.1 (or whatever) centerbore .
I'm thinking that its unlikely and and more probable that they have a much bigger center bore to fit many 4x100 applications .

If thats the case then your Tirerack guy was confused and/or just an idiot .
TRue the quality H&R 15mil spacers are hubcentric to your hubs and do have a flange/lip on them that is the correct needed size to engage the BMW wheel but is irrelevent if the center bore on those OZ's is oversized .

Did you install them yourself ?
Just make a quick check and see if they are hubcentric to the spacers , do this by jacking it up and removing all of the lugbolts from a wheel .
If the wheel stays center when you remove the last bolt and does not drop then they are hubcentric and will be fine .

If the wheels drops or is loose on the hub/spacer then you'll need to get the right sized hubcentric rings .

[VAPORBLADE]

I was looking though tirerack today and saw those...is it me, or did they just add more choices for the e30? They are pretty light too if I remember right. I do not think they look too bad. I think Scion has a stock looking wheel like that on their Tc.

[geoffp]

already got some plastic bumpers (actually from vaporblade) and i've just been lazy about getting the new bumper shocks for them and other hardware i need. will get that done soon. i'll take the studs out tomorrow and see what happens w/ the wheel, i agree w/ you that the wheel isn't made specifically for bmw 4x100 so it sounds like ill need the hub centric rings. thanks for the advice!