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[broke30]

its the silly tires. they are undersized in width and height.

I'm not too sure. I ran that size tire (except 45 front) on my old staggered type A setup and it never looked that goofy.....
Max

[Mike]

I like your car!

[widebodye30]

Here are some of our gallery pixs...

http://www.esmwheels.com/gallery/main.php

[daniel]

There used to be 245/35/16 Toyo Proxes T1Rs on ebay. They went for $375 shipped for all four. I can't find the guy anymore, but those are the widest, best fitting tire for a 9" wheel IMO. ;)

this is who i bought mine from. $320 shipped for 4 tires.

http://myworld.ebay.com/ebaymotors/pro_tires

[avery0829]

... and much wider at the rear. 9" rims require a minimum of 235 section, while 245 is the usual.

They are not "required" :mrgreen:

[Reap3r]

Running 205/55r16 Semi slicks on the front and 225/50r16 semi's on the rear.

[Reap3r]

if you can find a 235/245 tire that will fit a 16" wheel on an e30 please share, because they pretty much dont exist. 225s is the widest. you have to step up to 17" to go wider.

Or go to a semi slick, They are generally a fair bit wider than conventional tyres. My 205 r888 was even wider than my old 225 falken fk452's.

[kpeng]

[Massive Lee]

They are not "required" :mrgreen:

Yes they are technically required. If you go to any serious tire shop, they will have technical data regarding what width of tires can be mounted on what width of rims. Both for handling and safety considerations.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=194

Look at the pictures of the rear wheels in the first post. Don't you think that stretching the sidewalls this way won't affect handling and safety? As for esthetics, I won't comment as it is clearly a non-objective matter.

[Eric]

Running 205/55r16 Semi slicks on the front and 225/50r16 semi's on the rear.

love the fat tires!

what size/offset wheels? any rubbing?

[Supadave]

What size tire's?

[ck_taft325is]

More than likely 45.

Rims are 16x9.

[yobless]

16X9 10 offset...215/16/45 tire

[e30_kid]

You know that overall just looks like a real nice car. Front could be a tad lower though.

[george graves]

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