96' 328ic Coilovers, 18" Style 32's, Stretch...

[bmwman528e]

Just bought these from ECS tuning. GOT A GREAT DEAL. They are 18x8's with an et20 offset. Havent chosen what tire size to go with yet. Wifes car is a 328ic Alpine on Tan with M Bumpers and Coilovers. Should look pretty good. Finished pics soon hopefully.




Wanting to go with 5mm spacers out back and leaving the front alone or I might go for 5 in the front and 10 in the rear for a final offset of 18x8 ET15 for the front and 18x8 ET10 for the rear. Whats your guys thoughts on tires. Im limited with 18" rims. I was gonna go 215/40/18 on all 4 corners but I may have to do 205's if I go with the bigger spacers.


Comments and Concerns Welcomed. This is a daily beater.

[dfreshx00]

205s with a roll and you should be good. i had 17x8 et20 and i was fine with a roll, and i went down to et8 in the rear and cut the fenders out.

should give you a decent idea with what you have to do, but at least some fender work will probably be required if you want to tuck any tire

[Pierre3400]

205 is pretty much ur only option with 8" wide, shame you didnt get them just a bit wider.

I had 205 on 8" rear grip in rain = gone! Therefor i'd not recormend you going lower then 205.

[Zic]

Just for you, my friend

18x8 and 18x9 215/35 all around,

[bmwman528e]

Ya Im farmiliar with Drak's car on Bimmerforums. His dad has a 318ti with the same wheel setup except mine is a square 18x8 and not staggered unfortunately. The cool thing is that I scored all 4 rims which are brand new OEM bmw Style 32s for $414.00 SHIPPED!!!!!!!!!!!!! I might go 205's just because I might want to space the rear out in the near future.

[bmwman528e]

**UPDATE**

Went with 215/40/R18 Nankang NSII's. Not the greatest but I wanted to try this size out before I comitted to a nice set of tires. Stock Suspension which is obviously sagged out! I have Raceland Coilovers (I know they are cheap and shitty) Which will go on this weekend hopefully. This vehicle is my wife's daily driver 8 months out of the year so no sense in putting $2000 coilovers on it. I am going to lower the front 2 inches or so and keep the rear pretty much the same. Tomorrow is fender rolling time. It rubs BAD.

Let me know what you think.

[Petis]

you're gonna end up loving the ns-II's. I knowI did.