Zippy 0 Report post Posted September 6, 2014 My car has style 18 rims 16" with ET of 46 front and rear. Can I go to ET 50 and 17" on the rear? What are the limits on the front? Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
euroriffic 601 Report post Posted September 6, 2014 (edited) Wrong way round, you wanna run a lower offset to clear brakes and struts. generally wanna run between 30-40 but all depends on setup and how much guard work you wanna do to go lower Edited September 6, 2014 by euroriffic Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zippy 0 Report post Posted September 7, 2014 I was thinking of a 17" BMW radial spoke wheel, 8.5" wide and ET 50 for the rear. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zippy 0 Report post Posted September 7, 2014 I'll need to have a look and measure behind the current wheel set up to see what space is available (inside and outside). I don't want to have spacers so will need to get the right offset on the new wheels. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
euroriffic 601 Report post Posted September 7, 2014 Not correct, 17 are bigger so will have NO issue clearing brakes if 16's do already. That's funny, why did the spokes on my 17x8 et38 wheels off my 328i hit the brakes on the m3 then? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
euroriffic 601 Report post Posted September 7, 2014 But they're 17s that I tried. So in theory they should of fit since offset doesn't matter? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
handgrenade 189 Report post Posted September 8, 2014 Yowzers. chill pills all round. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zippy 0 Report post Posted September 8, 2014 Well folks I checked behind the wheels and there seems to be quite a bit of clearance, certainly about 50mm. I'm thinking that that must allow a number of BMW 17" wheels to fit even with an ET of 50. The wheels on at the moment have an ET of 46 although they are only 7" wide and the wheels I'm thinking of are 8.5". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pldubs 308 Report post Posted September 8, 2014 Tyler to quote you if you haven't got anything useful to contribute f**k off - was a perfectly reasonable thread until you poked your toxic attitude into it. Cant argue with myself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antil33t 90 Report post Posted September 8, 2014 Tyler to quote you if you haven't got anything useful to contribute f**k off - was a perfectly reasonable thread until you poked your toxic attitude into it. THIS IS REALLY IRONIC. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
