Wheel fitment, could use advice from e30 owners

[Average_Jerk]

Im about to order some wheels for my e30 next week. Ive been doing a lot of reading and research and i think i know what size to get. But, the wheels are pretty expensive and take 6-8 weeks to be made. so i wanted to run this by some fellow e30 owners and see what everyone thinks.

1990 325i (stock brakes)
I will also be slamming it pretty low at the same time (static, not bags). here are the wheel specs

15x9 +10

any advice you guys have would be awesome.

[Zic]

15'' is too small in my book, very hard to pull off, you will be very very very low.
If i where you, i would get 16''s at least.
-I don't own an e30, but from my reading 9'' wide and et of 10 will be perfect with some camber.
You can always go on http://felgen-garage.de/ And go under BMW show cars, and watch those cars, study there et and fitments. You can see the first black e30, click on it and be amazed!

[Average_Jerk]

awesome, i'll check that link out

[610EURO]

15's look like shit on any e30. id really consider a 16" wheel.

[Zic]

Oh, forgot to add. You can change it to English there.

[Average_Jerk]

i was going back and forth between 15 and 16. havent totally decided yet.

[boligrafo123]

Like Zic said, go with 16's.
My brother is running a 16x9 et10 with 225/40's in the rear of his e30 and he still needs about a 15mm spacer to sit relatively flush.

Here's a pic for reference:

[Average_Jerk]

Like Zic said, go with 16's.
My brother is running a 16x9 et10 with 225/40's in the rear of his e30 and he still needs about a 15mm spacer to sit relatively flush.

Here's a pic for reference:

so if i went with et 0, it would be flush without spacers? or i could go with 10 width and keep the +10. but then Id have to worry about the rubbing on the suspension with the extra witdh

[boligrafo123]

so if i went with et 0, it would be flush without spacers? or i could go with 10 width and keep the +10. but then Id have to worry about the rubbing on the suspension with the extra witdh

I've seen a 16x10 -12 with a 215/45 on the rear of an e30 and thought it looked awesome with all the poke.
A 16x9 with a 0 offset would probably sit flush with minimal (negative) camber and less stretch. It really depends on how much poke/stretch/camber you are willing to run.
Do you have any pics of an e30 with the fitment you're after?

[Average_Jerk]

I've seen a 16x10 -12 with a 215/45 on the rear of an e30 and thought it looked awesome with all the poke.
A 16x9 with a 0 offset would probably sit flush with minimal (negative) camber and less stretch. It really depends on how much poke/stretch/camber you are willing to run.
Do you have any pics of an e30 with the fitment you're after?

I dont want huge amounts of poke, if the edge of the wheel is out slightly thats good for me. I have a local guy willing to do the stretch for me. the stretch and camber is all related to what i need to do to have the proper fit. I'll run camber, but the car needs to be streetable. know what i mean? I'll pull some pics from the e30 thread

[kev.skyline]

15x9 et1 all round
195 50 15


15x8 et 15
15x9 et 1
195 50 15
standard suspension


top one is ideal, but i was surprised at how the bottom one looks on standard suspension

[Zic]

He is on 17''x8,5'' and 10''

[Average_Jerk]

hmmmmm all this time i was thinking they were on 16s. time to rethink this shit

[610EURO]

15"


17"


16" front 17" rear, he is a member here.

15's are too small. 16" is prime. 17's can be pulled off, anything bigger is stupid.

[Average_Jerk]

I definately dont want bigger lol. I'll most likely be going with 16s after this new info has been brought to my attention.

16x9 et0?
16x10 et0?
or run a staggered set. 10 in the rear, 9 in front. 0 on both?
since that one pic of 16x9 +10 was more sunken than i want.

Since the wheels are custom made, i want to avoid the need for spacers.