Project Neil1138. Adventures of the Cream Machine

[Neil1138]

The only 225/50 that is available, Kumho Ecsta AST's. It's not that 225/50's are impossible to run, it's when you run them in conjunction with shortened coilovers (ground controls in my case). I fear that the threaded collar (spring perch) is going to clash with the tire, depending on how low I run them.

Any thoughts on this? I know of a few people have run this exact setup without issue so perhaps I'm just being paranoid. I know clearance is going to be tight at the very least. Will update





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[LJ851]

I'm running 225/50 on my ronals, what tire did you choose ?

[CorvallisBMW]

God I love Ronals, so perfect

[Neil1138]

Test fitting the Ronals without the tires... I have a feeling that I might have some clearance issues with the 225/50's against the strut housing (shortened ground controls). I was planning on spacing these out a few mm's, but I won't know the full prognosis until I can get the tires up there.

Mmm bokeh



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[TimKninja]

bonerjams. one of my favorite wheels ever

[ak-]

omg such dog.

Nice shoes.

[lambo]

Project Neil1138. Adventures of the Cream Machine. feat. MAD BOKEH

[Neil1138]

15x7.5, 4x100 bolt pattern, et. 25 offset, 57.1mm hub bore.

[fresh_TD]

Received the Ronals and man do they look great in person. I ordered them Sunday night from tunershop and they were at my door on Thursday. Quite surprised at how fast they shipped directly from Germany. The tires should come in on Tuesday, I shall update then.



Hanzo checking them out



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What's the specs on these wheels?

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[Neil1138]

Received the Ronals and man do they look great in person. I ordered them Sunday night from tunershop and they were at my door on Thursday. Quite surprised at how fast they shipped directly from Germany. The tires should come in on Tuesday, I shall update then.



Hanzo checking them out



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[iwantspeed]

impressive work
thanks for making the spreadsheet

[Neil1138]

Ordered the Ronals. Still trying to track down a lower geared limited slip, will update with lots of pics when they come.

[fresh_TD]

A lot more options with 15s/17s when compared to 16s..hands down

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[Northern]

I'm going to have to agree that 15's are easier to find e30 sized tires for than 16's. 225/45/16 is a pretty rare size unless you want <200 treadwear. Z2 star specs are the only thing on tirerack @>=200 treadwear, but they only came out last year. I ended up getting some discontinued falkens. (Not that I can get star specs locally, or anything else in this size anymore)

For 205/55/15 you can at least drop down a size to 205/50/15, which I've run on Euroweaves and enjoyed. One size lower on the 16's doesn't exist, and there is nothing close other than 225/50/16, but bigger tires can look weird on an e30.

[TimKninja]

Tire options for 16s suck though

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Wat . Comparing to 15s? There is like 5 205/55/15 tires on the market right now. Compared to PLENTY of 205/50/16s. And NOTHING for 225/50/15 except for some Not-That-Great Kuhmos.

unless your comparing to 17s?