Front wheel fitment

[Griffendahl]

I'm currently running OEM style 24 wheels on my E36 328i convertible. It's recently been lowered, and now the offset doesn't really look that awesome. On my E46 I used wheels wider wheels with a more extreme offset which did wonders for the looks.

On my E36 I really wanna stick to the OEM wheels (so, 17" 7,5J and ET41 with 225/45 R17 tires) but I wanna space it out a bit to fill up the fenders and make it look better. I kinda wonder how much of a spacer I can safely use without rubbing on my OEM wheels.

[DEFKON99]

245's are just fine i guess just figure the difference in size between that and 225's,

[Ant Man]

With the 17x7.5 wheels do you think it will be a bad idea to go to a 215/40 tyre from a 225/45?
I've seen some guys on another forums use 15mm spacers front and rear with their oem wheels.
Depending on ride height they had slight rubbing in the rear.

[Griffendahl]

Wlel I fitted the wheels, and it's not as bad as I thought it'd be. I guess I'm good for now

[Ant Man]

WOW that looks great!!
So your not using any spaces?

[Griffendahl]

No spacers at all at the moment, but we'll never know what the future holds... I've been known to change my mind from time to time ;)

[Ant Man]

keep us updated!

[trev0006]

Please post a picture if you install the spacers. Thanks

I'm currently running OEM style 24 wheels on my E36 328i convertible. It's recently been lowered, and now the offset doesn't really look that awesome. On my E46 I used wheels wider wheels with a more extreme offset which did wonders for the looks.

On my E36 I really wanna stick to the OEM wheels (so, 17" 7,5J and ET41 with 225/45 R17 tires) but I wanna space it out a bit to fill up the fenders and make it look better. I kinda wonder how much of a spacer I can safely use without rubbing on my OEM wheels.