[LowExpectations]

Hey guys, I'm about to buy some new wheels and was hoping for some help on a couple things, first the car in its current state.





And last my typical ride height.


Right now it's bagged on AirLift struts and V2 management. The current wheel specs are 18x8 ET+15 with a 20 mm spacer in the front, and a 25 mm in the rear for effective offset of F -5 R -10.

The wheels I'm looking at will be 18x9.5 and I have to ability to have custom offsets from +15-+40. Id like to set the fender between the rim and tire all around. My rear camber is at -3.2 at ride height (can't get a measurement aired out due to tucking rim), and I don't know my front since I maxed my camber plates out since my last alignment, but I would guess they're near -3 degrees. I'm thinking around a +20 in the front with no spacers and a +15 in the rear? I plan on lowering the front so the lip of the rim will go just above the bottom of my fender. My rear quarters are rolled, but im a little unhappy with them as the center of the wheel well is flared out maybe 5 mm more than around the bumper tab and door, so the wheel doesn't sit flush all the way around, I'm hoping these specs will allow me to pull by the bumper tab and door out a bit so its flush. Do these offsets seem good to you guys? From my calculations the front should poke 12 mm more than currently so they should be good with the right tire size.

My next question is tire size. Currently I have 205/40 on my 8" wheel and I was thinking of just swapping them over to the new wheels. I feel like that will give me enough stretch to fit the wheel to the fender like I want. Thanks a lot in advance for the help. I'm not really a noob to stance but this will be my tightest fitment yet and I'd love to have some input from some more experienced people. Thanks!

[F80M]

Originally Posted by #Tee

eyeballed my toe settings and drove it around the block and it rubs just about as much as my old setup. the back needs to come up a bit to match the front. ill finish up the driver side this week and get a alignment and i can finally drive again! wheels will be for sale in a few months and im goona try another wider setup. i wanted to redo some lm's but i actually like these wheels better.

amazing as always...

[MonacoBlueE90]

Originally Posted by LowExpectations

The wheels I'm looking at will be 18x9.5 and I have to ability to have custom offsets from +15-+40. From my calculations the front should poke 12 mm more than currently so they should be good with the right tire size.

My next question is tire size.

Rear choice is easy go with et15. You most likely need to use spacers to rear if you want the fender between lip. I have 9.5 et15 rear at my winter setup, but 235/40/18 tyre. I can take a picture aired out later today, if you want.

As far as front size here is my 18x9.5 et22 with 225/40/18 aired out

View post on imgur.com

Tyre is hitting my fender, but i'm only at -1.5 to -2 camber.

I'm pretty sure you calculated it wrong 18x9.5 et20 would retract 6mm compared to your current 18x8 et -5. With 18x9.5 et15 front you would be 1mm less aggressive. So to me 18x9.5 et15 square setup sounds like the choice. If i remember correctly this one had et15or 14 at front with 215/40/18 http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...950135_n-1.jpg As far as tyre size one choice would be 225/35/18.

[Frode D]

Originally Posted by LowExpectations

The wheels I'm looking at will be 18x9.5 and I have to ability to have custom offsets from +15-+40. Id like to set the fender between the rim and tire all around. My rear camber is at -3.2 at ride height (can't get a measurement aired out due to tucking rim), and I don't know my front since I maxed my camber plates out since my last alignment, but I would guess they're near -3 degrees. I'm thinking around a +20 in the front with no spacers and a +15 in the rear? I plan on lowering the front so the lip of the rim will go just above the bottom of my fender. My rear quarters are rolled, but im a little unhappy with them as the center of the wheel well is flared out maybe 5 mm more than around the bumper tab and door, so the wheel doesn't sit flush all the way around, I'm hoping these specs will allow me to pull by the bumper tab and door out a bit so its flush. Do these offsets seem good to you guys? From my calculations the front should poke 12 mm more than currently so they should be good with the right tire size.

My next question is tire size. Currently I have 205/40 on my 8" wheel and I was thinking of just swapping them over to the new wheels. I feel like that will give me enough stretch to fit the wheel to the fender like I want. Thanks a lot in advance for the help. I'm not really a noob to stance but this will be my tightest fitment yet and I'd love to have some input from some more experienced people. Thanks!

First of all, 9.5 et15 will poke 1mm less than 8" et-5. http://www.willtheyfit.com/index.php...et2=15#content

Second, I doubt it is possible to do fender between lip and tire on E9x. Unless you modify the frame or buy ridiculously small tires . I'm on 225/35/18 and this is the lowest I can go (fender barely touching lip), and the frame is on top of the tires.

[Sidewinderpb]

Freshest Norwegian out

[manny_335is]

[EzequielR]

Originally Posted by manny_335is

Love the wheels bro!

[#Tee]

its sitting the way i want finally. just need an alignment monday.

11.25 -6 235.35 12.25 -6 265.30 @60 (cold) psi all around

[holmefield]

Originally Posted by #Tee

its sitting the way i want finally. just need an alignment monday.

11.25 -6 235.35 12.25 -6 265.30 @60 (cold) psi all around

60 PSI !!! Jesus is that the psi you need to keep super stretched tyres on, i love stretched tyres and am running them currently and have run many sets on them but do extreme stretch tyres need such PSI stay on???

God your ride quality must be bone shakingly hard???

I love the look and stance thou fair play to you on such a mega set up, and folks @ work think im mad with my set up

[#Tee]

my previous setup was 50psi. i never wanted to run -5.5 or gap stretch so just took the extra precaution to prevent debeading. the only time ive experienced debeading was from a crack barrel which lead to lost pressure not from randomly hitting a bump or extreme cornering in which i do from time to time just to see how it holds up and never had an issue.

far was ride quality? nice and firm the way i like it and its my daily. in fact i carry 8ft long pieces of lumber all the time for projects. i didnt expect a comfy ride going into this. so everything is a learning experience

[Frode D]

Tee, I ran 3.3 bar (~48psi) last year with 245/35 on 11". I could put 3 VISA cards in the gap.

I did not push my car to the limits when cornering but did drive aggressively sometimes and were driving pretty hard on autobahn (270km/h). Never had any problems. Just sharing my experience here

Edit: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7723/...52dced4f_h.jpg

[2010MSPORT335i]

The only time I had a tire debead was in the cold, and it dropped below a certain pressure. I was running a 215/40 on a 10" @40PSI or so

[Dylan]

static xi

[Stillswingin26]

So who can fit more wheel/tire front and back; e90 or e92? Just curious...

[notnow]

e90 then e92 then e92 lci

e90 lci goes some where after e90.

[GabeS]

That rear shot looks amazing #Tee

[Chris_506]

Hi

[330xtrai]

Originally Posted by Chris_506

Hi

Damn!

[F80M]

Originally Posted by #Tee

its sitting the way i want finally. just need an alignment monday.

11.25 -6 235.35 12.25 -6 265.30 @60 (cold) psi all around

-6 degrees parallel lean matching looks so damn good... Good shit, tee, good shit.

What's your next lm build spec?

J-

[#Tee]

Originally Posted by F80M

-6 degrees parallel lean matching looks so damn good... Good shit, tee, good shit.

What's your next lm build spec?

J-

thanks J!, just got an alignment so its sitting at -5.3 all around pretty much. next set im not sure? im always a mesh and step guy lol.

[Reckless335]

[Fifty3bags]

New wheels went on this Saturday