17" BMW wheel fitment

[Nurburger]

Hello all.

Looking for some information regarding the photo below. You will notice that this beautiful E9 is sporting a set of BBS style 5's, in what looks to be 8" & 9" staggered widths.

I've searched & searched & found nothing regarding what is necessary to fit these to an E9. The only thing I've come across was a set of style 32's.

Any information regarding spacers / tire size etc would be appreciated.

 

[BarryG]

17X8ET10...235/45/17
17X9ET22...255/40/17

e34 m5 wheels

I put these on just to check them out.

Then I took them off and lowered my car.

 

[Bill Riblett]

Thanks Barry for these pictures. I've wondered for some time how 8" rims could fit since I found that with my 7"x16" Alpinas with 225/50s the edge of the tire tread stuck out beyond the fender lip on one side and were very close to the strut tube on the other.

 

[shanon]

Cools wheels Barry-

Who made them?

-shanon

 

[de coupe]

http://www.mye28.com/viewtopic.php?t=64568



I do think those will fit you may however have to go to coilover so the wheel doesnt hit the strut. Picture shows 18X8 front and 18X9.5 back

 

[Nurburger]

Thanks for the replies. I'm concerned about the front offest more than anything. The "throwing star" E34 wheels that Barry posted are ET10, the style 5 wheels that we want to fit are ET20 which as suggested would likely scrape against the strut housing.

Wish I could find the guy who owns that car...!

 

[pamp]

Wheels

I did recently try a set of 15'' marked as BMW e20 and they cleared the strut no problem.
Doubt this helps.
Al

 

[vince]

I've had 17X8 Style 5s on my car for over two years with no issues. My coupe is lowered and the front fenders are rolled. They will bolt right up but you will need hub centric spacers. Tires are PZero Nero P235/45ZR17s.

Vince

http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd295/biology_book/M5 and Coupe/?albumview=slideshow

 

[BarryG]

17 x 8 et 10
17 x 9 et 19

At the dealer

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=EG23&mospid=47335&btnr=36_0440&hg=36&fg=15

 

[Arde]

...

Wish I could find the guy who owns that car...!

Another case for le inspecteur. This is an Eastern Euro E9. This picture was taken in Hungary on June 21, 2008. The June humidity in Budapest is why the lady half shown on the left appears to walk with a wedgie (but so do soviet legacy underwear factories).

The trash container lists a Hungarian Vodafone cell phone, 7 digits after the area code suggest Budapest proper, not just Hungary. The event is the Budapest Classic Grand Prix. The fellow kneeling next to the car wears the event white cap, that makes him an event organizer, rather than the E9 asking any hungarian for directions, so the location is within walking distance of the event parking lot.

The E9 is hungarian, so maybe mon Magyar ami Gabor ([email protected]) can put you in touch with the driver.

 

[shanon]

LOL...too funny!

-s

 

[cookbw]

Wow...great looking fjord CS!

I too have 17x8's on my car and had it lowered about 2". The wheels are 15 spoke BMW's with a 5mm spacer to prevent them from rubbing the strut. I've put about 600 miles on the car with the new wheels with no issues whatsoever.

 

[Bill Riblett]

I did recently try a set of 15'' marked as BMW e20 and they cleared the strut no problem.
Doubt this helps.
Al

It is only useful if you know the rim width. Both width and offset affect wheel fit.