Surely you must be jestering.

[hi its me alec]

I would go with 215/35 instead up front, to have an even wheel size all around.

In that case, wouldn't a 225/35 all around be a better option? I didn't think 35 up front would be a good idea on an 18" wheel. The back has much more room to play with the stretch/sidewall size, so you can afford to downsize the sidewall on a wider wheel. With a 215/35 front, the steering will probably feel waaaaaaaaaaay off.

My car has 215/35/19 (8.5" wheel) up front and it's pretty distant feeling, absolutely nothing like the 235s I had before spacers. Not even comparable.

My final word to you Brandon is that you won't be happy with the setup you're thinking of, and I won't be either. lol

[Dr.AK]

Well, I can only speak for how 215/35 in the front feels on an E36 - my dad runs that on his compact (in fact, he runs 215/35 all around on 8s and 9s). It feels pretty good actually, imo.

[schroedin]

I think I liked the 5's better, but I'll reserve judgement til we get teh final pictures. <3

[Chris@MemoryFab]

BTW, I know of 2 e46s so far with Mpars.. Jake from MN and that one guy 'tommiexboi' on e46fans.

pics for reference: 18x8 et20 all around.. imagine the wheel poking out 2.3" further in the back... whew

Jake's weren't oem so idk if they were even that

[M.Burroughs]

Brandon, 205/40? Don't do that. What size are the wheels? 8.5 and 9.5?
215/35/ and 225/35.

[SeanDub]

8 and 9.5

[M.Burroughs]

Then do a 205/40 up front and a 225/40 out back.

[SeanDub]

on 18's? I thought you would want a 35 series?

[M.Burroughs]

Too bad he bought 8" wide wheels. He'd have to go 215/35 on the front, that's the smallest 35 series tire. :-/

[SeanDub]

Ah, got it.

[87e30]

I loved your car with the style 5's...

*bites tongue*

[Digitalwave]

Eh, I will reserve judgement until you got new tires mounted.

The way it looks currently, I'm not really a fan to be honest. I think the view straight from the rear looks weird with the wheels poking that much... they're not wide enough for that kind of poke to look good from the rear. If they were about 1" - 1.5" wider to the inside it would look loads better, even with that poke.

^ Agreed.

Though I must say I will be glad to see the Style 5's go. They are just too small for an E46, especially with 205/40 tires.

[Dr.AK]

Too bad he bought 8" wide wheels. He'd have to go 215/35 on the front, that's the smallest 35 series tire. :-/

Not exactly true.

There is a 205/35. But only ONE. Toyo's Proxes T1-R is avaible in that size.

[schroedin]

I loved your car with the style 5's...

*bites tongue*

Agreed. I like the MPars, but personally I wouldn't ditch the 5's for them. I trust that you'll change my mind though

[Gottalovethexi]

I loved your car with the style 5's...

*bites tongue*

yeaaaa, maybe the new tires or a refinish on these parallels will convince me otherwise