linked: Identify These Wheels. Tire suggestion.

[flawdaboi407]

All I know is there 15" alu, 4x100, by BBS. Anyone know what/where they came from? Im going to be putting these on my lowered e30 with bilstein sp/ H&R race suspension. I would also like to know what some of you guys think I should wrap around it. Size wise not performance. I want to put some cheaper 15" tires on it. But I dont know what size (ex. 225/70/15.....) I want them to look good and not leave a huge gap or look too low profile. But I dont mind low profile... Any help would be great. I want to get them mounted tomarrow if I can. Thanks.

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Basically I need new tires. What size I dont know. Make suggestions or post pics of 16" rims/tires with specs. Im going to get the best cheapest 15" I can get.

[flawdaboi407]

There 15" actually. The front weight rubs on the strut housing, so im going to need spacers. Anyone know if any tire place sells spacers for our cars? I only need like 5mm or 10mm but wouldnt mind something wider to make my stance better. Heres some pics on the car.

[VacMan]

We need to know the width, though I'm guessing they're a 15x7. Also, look for the offset stamp, it should be ETxx somewhere on the back of the wheel. That'll tell us how big your spacers need to be.

If we get your offset right you should be able to run a 225/50/15 tire no problem. I have 2 sets of 15x7 wheels with +20 offsets and run 225/50 on both with no rubbing.

Tim

[flawdaboi407]

There ET35, 15x7. How are 225/50/15's going to look? They have 195/60/15's right now. Thanks.

[VacMan]

15mm H&R spacers and longer lug bolts and you'll be golden. 20mm if you want to live dangerously. :D

Here's what our IS looks like on ET20 15x7 BBS wheels with 225/50. H&R sport springs, btw.

[flawdaboi407]

looks good. what kind of tires are you running? I dont want to spend more than $100 a tire mounted and balanced. i know thats now much but these are DD.


ps. where do you guys get your spacers? thanks

[VacMan]

Falken 512, cheap but decent. I have a buddy who manages the America's Tire/Discount Tire near me.

I bought my spacers from a tuner shop here in socal. If you keep your eyes open you can find them used, but make sure you buy hubcentric spacers (57.1 center bore.)

[flawdaboi407]

Im looking for cheap but decent. Im going to call a few places at lunch and see what my options are. So 225/50 it is.

[flawdaboi407]

Lugnuts:

The tire place I go to around here has some used h&r 20mm spacers. They look good but are missing the bolts. I told my guy I could get him bolts... he said he has studs and lugnuts, but its up to me. Should I just use the studs and save over $60 on bolts. I mean $3.99 a bolt on ebay. WTF? I think ill be fine with the studs and lugnuts.

Tires:

So after talking about some cheap tires... he told me he has kumho ecsta ast's for $95 each mounted and balanced. Also had some brand called Nexan for the same price. Im really thinking of ordering soomething different off the net and bring it to him to get mounted. Think he will be fine with that? Anyways I want something worth my hard earned money. I saw the kumhos on ebay for $271 for 4 and he wants $95each. Any suggestions? I dont need a new asshole I have one. lol. Thanks.


p.s I got the h&r 20mm spacers (4) for $120.

[golde30]

good deal on the spacers! i say go with the long studs and nuts, much easier to deal with when you have spacers, and just in general. yer heading in the rite direction.

[VacMan]

Just make sure the spacers are hubcentric at 57.1. That doesn't matter on a lot of cars, but on BMW's it's critical.

Tim

[flawdaboi407]

there H&R 40234571. Anyone know what a decent tire is for around $100 each? I might order some off the net and have the shop mount them.

[Mystikal]

The wheels are made by Moda (licensed by BBS). Can't remember the exact model right now, but they are definitely Moda wheels sold by Tirerack in the 90s.

If they are 15x7 ET35 and you want to run 20mm spacers, 225's are too wide. You should run 205/55/15 or 205/50/15. Try www.discounttiredirect.com, and look into the Falken ZE-912. Very cheap, excellent tire.

Jay

[flawdaboi407]

Im going to be running 31mm spacers in the back and 20mm in the front. The 31mm's I got for free! So I just need 20mm's for the front. Whats the best size tire to run with these? I have bilstein sports and H&R race springs BTW. And YES I was going to order the falken 912's.... but now I confused with the sizes. Thanks.

[flawdaboi407]

mystikal I need you! :)