Dear R3V,
I know that this section is technically only for E28 and E34 but I am posting this for my father and hoping that one of you five series guys can help me. I know nothing about five series. I just recently purchased a set of rims with good tires that came off of an bmw E60 and was wondering what is the best and most conservative way to make these rims fit on my car. The rims are 17 inch rims with a width of 7 and 1/2 with an offset of 43 (I believe that it is 43 at least based on the stamp on the back that says EH2 + IS 43) The tires on it are 225/50/17. I tried mounting the rims and they rubbed against the strut housing and wouldnt rest flat on the rotors because of the offset difference. I was thinking that I would buy 20 mm wheel spacers that would decrease the overall offset to ET23 instead of ET43 considering that style 5 rims are an offset of ET20 and fit these cars perfectly. Is this a wise decision or is this too big of a spacer? This is my fathers car and he does not want the rims to be pushed out but simply fit well, drive well, and look conservative. Any insight or help on this matter would be greatly greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Samir
I know that this section is technically only for E28 and E34 but I am posting this for my father and hoping that one of you five series guys can help me. I know nothing about five series. I just recently purchased a set of rims with good tires that came off of an bmw E60 and was wondering what is the best and most conservative way to make these rims fit on my car. The rims are 17 inch rims with a width of 7 and 1/2 with an offset of 43 (I believe that it is 43 at least based on the stamp on the back that says EH2 + IS 43) The tires on it are 225/50/17. I tried mounting the rims and they rubbed against the strut housing and wouldnt rest flat on the rotors because of the offset difference. I was thinking that I would buy 20 mm wheel spacers that would decrease the overall offset to ET23 instead of ET43 considering that style 5 rims are an offset of ET20 and fit these cars perfectly. Is this a wise decision or is this too big of a spacer? This is my fathers car and he does not want the rims to be pushed out but simply fit well, drive well, and look conservative. Any insight or help on this matter would be greatly greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Samir
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