Should be an easy fitment question

[Mateen9]

Might be getting my hands on some 16x9 all around bbs rs' two piece off an older corvette for some winter wheels. I'd probably run a 45 sidewall. Any problem fitting these on a 96 328is?

[ZiMMie]

what offset are the wheels?

[balleur]

uh you mean besides the fact that most older vette wheel offsets are in the 50's..

[Mateen9]

The guy I'm buying them from on craigslist has no idea the specs other than the specs I posted. I am a complete fitment noob so I'm not sure what I would need to make these work. Halp.

[balleur]

you should meet him to see the wheels in person and check the back of the wheel, most wheels have the specs stamped on the back. then once you figure the offsets we can decipher how big of a spacer you need to run and then that will decipher what size tire to run...

without specs we cant help much besides tellin you that yes a 45 series sidewall would work on a 9' wide wheel.. just like a 45 sidewall would work on any other width wheel aswell

[Sacretis]

The biggest problem with this theory is that with winter wheels you want to go skinnier, not wider. I'm sure you care little about performance, just food for thought. The best winter wheels imo are stockers cause they're nice and skinny but they look fine. Save wide and low for when there's no snow.

Luke

[Mateen9]

I'll email him and ask him for pics of the back of the wheel. I was saying I'd run 45 series sidewall so I could still go decently low and not drag my bumper around. I don't have any stockers either, my current wheels are 18x8.5's and they got torn up last winter.

[Mateen9]

Sweet, so I emailed him asking for a picture of the backs. This was his response...

"forget it sold"

lol

[Mateen9]

Thanks anyway guys.

[Mateen9]

So I got the feeling that the wheels weren't really sold since they were only posted for a few hours and I think he just got fed up because he couldn't answer my questions. So, I emailed him with another email account and he said he still has them. I'm checking them out this week.

lol.

[Njdub]

So I got the feeling that the wheels weren't really sold since they were only posted for a few hours and I think he just got fed up because he couldn't answer my questions. So, I emailed him with another email account and he said he still has them. I'm checking them out this week.

lol.

LOL I **** it when people do that on craigslist. All they have to do is flip the wheel over and check the offset.

[Mateen9]

LOL I **** it when people do that on craigslist. All they have to do is flip the wheel over and check the offset.


Word. One more question. Say I flip the wheel over and it is _____ offset.

When would it not be worth it to try and put these on my e36?

[balleur]

i say its already not worth it, theyre 16's which is already a fail on an E36 considering that you are for sure gonna nbeed to put a stretched tire on there to fit a 9" wide wheel that is more than likely gonna need a beefy adapter which means that in order to get it sittin right that thing is gonna have to be slammed and on 16's it would be extremly low

[Mateen9]

Yeah I have too many doubts building up around this. Plus, I found some local m3 wheels for pretty cheap for winter. How can I delete threads? Lol

Mods go ahead and lock/delete this bitch.

[schroedin]

i say its already not worth it, theyre 16's which is already a fail on an E36 considering that you are for sure gonna nbeed to put a stretched tire on there to fit a 9" wide wheel that is more than likely gonna need a beefy adapter which means that in order to get it sittin right that thing is gonna have to be slammed and on 16's it would be extremly low

And this is a problem?

[balleur]

And this is a problem?

yea its a problem when you cant drive your car..

i tuck tire on my 17's and i bang out my frame rails every single day i dont got a problem with it but it happens so yes at my height (since ive tried it) if i were to run 16's i would not be able to drive my car in a straight line in a parking lot, i consider that a problem

16's dont work on an e36 because in order for them to look good you have to be so low that you cant drive

[Oscar]

U scared, Mando?

But slammed on 16's in the snow? Bad idea.

[schroedin]

saywhat
http://www.stasisproductions.com/portfolio/albums/album48/IMG_9033.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VIwxmOSrRV8/SgUKEHFsrTI/AAAAAAAAABQ/2Syz_oc_P_E/s1600/IMG_8768.jpg
http://mirkoivancic.com/extra/e36/rollingLow-1.jpg
http://mirkoivancic.com/extra/e36/rollingLow-2.jpg

All are 16s ;)

[Mateen9]

Yeah, I'm past the 16's. Looking into picking up some staggered contours this weekend. Gonna paint them some funky ass color and slam the shit out of my car. Any pics of e36's stanced on contours?

[balleur]

saywhat
http://www.stasisproductions.com/portfolio/albums/album48/IMG_9033.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VIwxmOSrRV8/SgUKEHFsrTI/AAAAAAAAABQ/2Syz_oc_P_E/s1600/IMG_8768.jpg
http://mirkoivancic.com/extra/e36/rollingLow-1.jpg
http://mirkoivancic.com/extra/e36/rollingLow-2.jpg

All are 16s ;)

good job now find a slammed e36 on 16's without a 50 series sidewall...

like i said in my previous post he wants to run a 9" wide wheel
none of the above examples are on even a 8" wide wheel which means they dont have to stretch their tires to get proper fitment

[Jamil]

Fight!