[335alive]

so...

looking at possibly picking up some wheels this week.

I'm driving an '08 E90 335i with sports package. no suspension upgrades yet.

wheels are 19x9.5 ET20 front, 19x10.5 ET22 rear. tires on the wheels are very mildly stretched. guy is currently running them on an E46 M3.

what i'm really wondering, as this whole wheel/suspension fitment/geometry thing is fairly new to me, is...

will i have any issues putting these on my car with stock sport suspension? will i be required to roll/pull my fenders? will i have rubbing issues? will they even fit at all?!

i've been trying to do some research to narrow down an answer, and have even been seeking advice from a few fellow members, but i thought a general concensus would really help me out.

last thing i want to do is buy these and they don't even fit.

thank you for any advice/input/feedback.

[pHo_e92]

i think for the fronts to fit you will need suspension upgrade to camber it in because its a little aggressive. The rears should fit fine with fender roll and an alignment.

[Dr. G]

Yeah, the front's a bit more aggressive than I would be looking to go.

The rear will work fine with the right sized tire and some alignment/fender adjustments to fine tune it.

[335alive]

so basic gist is the rears will fit but the fronts won't..

in that case, what would i need to run in the front to make it work?

[335alive]

EDIT. i'm an idiot.

got the offsets backwards.

ET22 is the front, ET20 is the rear.

will that make a huge difference?

[pHo_e92]

Its still a little aggressive for stock suspension. Your best bet is to invest into some coilovers and then put them on. If the fronts were 25 or 26 then you could get away with everything

[Dr. G]

You can make it work still if you really want. You'll have some noticable stretch and poke up front and the back will be not as aggressive, but it should be fine looks wise, only someone anal will notice.. You can stretch a 225 or 235 up front and make it fit.

Are you going for a stretch and poke look?
If you're going to have offsets like these and so much stretch on the tires lowering the car will be a MUST or it will look kinda silly.

EDIT: What I said applies to an e92 and I just noticed you have an e90, I haven't look at the front fender of an e90 and I know its a bit diff so I'm not sure if it'll apply for you. Rolling/pulling should accompany a setup like this.