Meaty tires on wide wheels ITT

[Raxe]

245s are not "beefy" on an 8" wide rim. thats about damn flush.

225-245 is the range for an 8" wide rim.

Yeah but on a regular E30 that's a pretty wide tire regardless of rim width.

[ForcedFirebird]

Who here is running meaty tires on wide wheels? (7.5"+)

I want to run 15x8 or maybe even 15x8.5 RS001s but without having to run rubberband tires. (205/50 or 205/55 perhaps?) I don't mind a saturday with my fenders and roller either.

I was slammed and ran not-quite-cheap wheels and skinny tires on my old 330i, so I'm just tired of having the feeling I will an suicide myself if the wheels were to get damaged in any way shape or form.

Plus I wouldn't mind the early 90's beefy look for a change.

205/55 aren't meaty on 8's. I have 205/55 and 195/50 on my 8's, but they had to be stretched...

[bloodshot-e30]

mine is kinda beefy... 225s but there on 9 inches of fatties ill get pics when its not almost dark! lol

[MisterMiniS]

What offset are those? They look really practical for an 8" wheel.

+36 (sad face) with 15mm spacers....so +21 currently.

[Tree18is]

this look is so fuckn sweet, it means business.

[e30trooper]

Not wide wheels , but nice and meety.

15x7 with 205/50/15's

[SimplyDope]

225/50/15 on 15x7.5

[Massimo]

Mine are 16x7 with 205/55/16 not really meaty more flush but have a bigger side wall then most.

[325ix]

I thought this thread was about meaty tires, most tires in here are very average, the ix comes stock with 205's on a 7in wide wheel.

[nando]

Not wide wheels , but nice and meety.

15x7 with 205/50/15's

not to say it doesn't look good (although I can't actually see your pic), but there's no definition of the word meaty that 205's on a 7" rim fit into.

[Jonny Cash]

Why go from one extreme to the other. Just put the correct size on there..

8" wheel- 225\45 -or- 215/50 -or- 235/40

[GThomas]

Anyone have shots of 15x9's or 16x8's with some good rubber on there?

[M-technik-3]

Anyone have shots of 15x9's or 16x8's with some good rubber on there?

Not much available for a 15x9 these days in E30 profile that is why so many stretch tires to fit.

Shame. But most cars come with 17's these days.