18" M parallel or 18" Roja

[DSchultz325e]

The e34 m5 wheels are the one digitalwave has, right? (5 spoke but like a ninja star) ?

[spencers]

Why not get ssr comps instead of those rojas?

I'd get the m parallels

[Digitalwave]

The e34 m5 wheels are the one digitalwave has, right? (5 spoke but like a ninja star) ?

Yeah, but mine are cast and they are replicas in 4 lug. The real ones are bigger, lighter, and stronger.

[Jay Stock E30]

they can also look like this



which is whats going on my car


lucas, an et15 offset is going to be to much for your car. here is what the e34 m5 wheels look like on my car (no I haven't fixed the caster problem yet) and I think there offset is like et20 or so




you can see here that the tire is streatched abit and still won't quite fit up under the fender, I plan on just rolling the fender flaires out flat and that should take care of the problem on my car


I think the m-parrales would look awsome on your car

[C ///M]

Lukas, first of all, the OE rears are 18x9.5, not 9, also the OE 18x9.5s have an offset of 25mm, not 15, anyway, replica 18x8 parallels would be perfect on the front of your car with the et35.

My question, why the hell cant you run OE 18x9.5 wheels out back? You have M-Roadster setup, and the M-Roadster offset was 8mm on that rear 17x9 wheel.

Sounds like a cake walk to me, 18x8 et35 replica front, 18x9.5 et25 OE rear.

Gunni runs 17x9.5's out back and I will be very shortly. Running 18's makes it even EASIER to run wider wheels because of the angle of the rear shock so you can run a deeper offset to avoid fender issues.

Explain your reasoning???

[lukasbmw]

This is with a 18x8 M parallel with a 20mm offset:











Looks like too much up front, but the rear might squeeze in. Still, I'm going to go with replicas. The fact that I might be able to go OEM 18x9.5 in rear is very interesting. I'll definetly look into picking up some true rims if the price is right (one or two at a time).

Thanks for all the comments fellas.

[E30-323ti]

Dayum they look good!!!
18x8 Replica's on the front!!!
18x9.5 OE's on the rear!!!
The envy of all!!!

Just one thing though, I remeber reading that the replicas (et35) have rubbing issues on M front brakes, I think it was in the E36 M3 forum on Bimmerforums, might pay to check it out.

You can really see you rear drivers camber problem in that last pick!!

[Beej '86 325es]

heh heh, I think you know where my vote went...
:)

The Rojas are very well made, I am essentially running one of the lowest profile tires made (215/35/18) and I hit lots of bumps in the midwest here and have yet to see a dent. When that lady ran me off the road and I locked them up and slid into that curb it chewed up the lip a bit, but didn't bend the rim at all. Some of the new Roja wheels are going to be made by Rays Engineering. I had the inside scoop on these wheels and they were talking about making them even more expensive because they were considering making them in custom offsets only. BTW, $889.00 is ridiculously cheap, I'm tempted to buy another set.

[bmwm3n528]

Watch out for potholes/speed bumps/small pebbles...