are 17's too big for an E30?

[JPbmw]

what do yall think aobut this ones?


or what about this one

[bwanac]

no good.

i dont know if you said this, but what color is your car? i think you should just go with some euro deep dish basketweaves, or bbs like everyone else! basically dont buy kopis because i want to be unique when i buy them. even though my type A's are damn unique!

[shadowracer]

I'm running 17" wheels on my E30, and I'm very happy with them. As several people have said, it is a matter of opinion. I've seen 18" on an E30 before and I was like :shock:
I think 18" is the absolute max, although I could be wrong, but let me say 18's made the E30 I saw look like it was in a super touring car class, it was bad ass.

[Digitalwave]

basically dont buy kopis because i want to be unique when i buy them.

Hah! Alpinas are probably the single most common aftermarket rims on E30's.

Rims design, style, size... its all subjective.

[bwanac]

yeah, i guess that is true. i will stick witht he borbet type a's then

i wish they were the deep dish. but at least no tire rubbing

[PJ325i]

Don't forget that the wheel needs to have a certain bore size . . .
I think it's something like 57.1mm. . I might be worng. . Randy Walters is the person who know this stuff. . .

[Brew]

They don't HAVE to have the correct bore size. All you need is a little plastic hub centric ring that fills the gap. In fact, most aftermarket wheels use hubcentric rings on our cars, unless they were made specifically for e30s.

[Kavkazia]

Correct, if you get aftermarket wheels with bigger hub bore, you can order plastic kind of like spacers to match your original BMW hub bore which was mentioned.

[Jarvis]

PJ325i is correct, E30 318's and 325's have a 57.10mm hub.
Places like prestigewheel.com and 1010tires.com sell the hub centering rings.