E30 fitment

[2l2ltq]

I have a e30 that is on dreaded 15s right now and i am looking to go 16s. I have a set of wheels in mind but being somewhat of a wheel noob I was hoping that one of the fitment gurus would come and save the day or ruin my dreams haha. Whatever works.

But this is the wheels that I am looking at and i do understand that I will have to run a adapter due to the car being 4x100

These originally came off of a Ferrari 308 and are 5x108 pattern. The fronts are 16x8's and the rears are 16x8.5's with 4.75" backspacing

As I said before I am somewhat of a noob when it comes to all this but from what I understand is that that backspacing is around a 10 or 12 et. But that wont really matter due to a adapter being used. I am worried now at this point how they would fit with the fender.

The fender has a roll and a very slight pull to it now how it sits.

Thanks for any help that I do get because these have been what i have been looking for for a while

Pics of my car for reference as it sits now.

[1badg35]

I've built several sets for the e30 guys and they typically ask me to do 4x100 sets in 16x8.5 and 16x9. Offsets typically end up being +13 and +6 respectively. That's a 2.5" lip f and 3" r. Again the 4x100 redrills, so no adapters needed.
Most of these guys have light pulls and run semi stretched tires. Nothing too insane

[Rob&co]

i would just stay where your at right now!





Wide and poke is sex on a e30! If i had the pleassure of having the guy above me do some wheels i would not get less then 9 inch wides for the front lol maybee 11's on the back!

But how bad do you want to fuck your car up over the years of driving it?
9.5 all around i had and 50mm adapter the wheels were in the low +40's

[2l2ltq]

But I heard that stance will make her dance?????

[AMGwheelwhore]

9" up front 9.5-10" rear 11" might be a little hard to pull off.... my .02

[320icar]

i was able to run 15x9.5 -6 and 15x10.5 -19 on my touring, with 205/50/15 azenis

[2l2ltq]

My car only has rolled fenders and at MOST i would say that the fronts are not pulled. If they are it is very slightly and some of it is from the old wheel set up haha.

Did you have your fenders pulled at all? It appears to be to me... but it is hard to tell.

[Byron]

The et on the wheels you want would be et7 and et0. The smallest 4-5 lug adapters you can usually get are 18mm, so you would end up at et-11 up front and et-18 out back. The fronts will stick out a little less then an inch and the rears will stick out a little more. There's no e30 height tires that will stretch enough on 8's and 8.5's to get those under the fenders easily, so your fenders will need to be quite flaired.

[2l2ltq]

The et on the wheels you want would be et7 and et0. The smallest 4-5 lug adapters you can usually get are 18mm, so you would end up at et-11 up front and et-18 out back. The fronts will stick out a little less then an inch and the rears will stick out a little more. There's no e30 height tires that will stretch enough on 8's and 8.5's to get those under the fenders easily, so your fenders will need to be quite flaired.

Yeah, i went home and did my homework and maths to see what they would do... after looking at other peoples set ups and all that these slowly turned into a lost cause. I dont feel like going and flaring anything just for wheels.... so back to the drawing boards. Just starting to get a feel for what width 16s i can get away with with what offsets....

[jpod999]

This is 16x9 et12 with 215x40 on stock fenders without camber plates to give you a reference. Rear is 16x9 et15 on stock fenders, I never got around to pulling them before I decided to sell the wheels.

[2l2ltq]

This is 16x9 et12 with 215x40 on stock fenders without camber plates to give you a reference. Rear is 16x9 et15 on stock fenders, I never got around to pulling them before I decided to sell the wheels.

And i assume that there were no spacers used in this as well. Also do you happen to have a side shot of this car?

[E30Jim]

Here's my setup if you want to compare.

I'm running 16x9 et08 and 16x10 et08. Camber are 2.8 front and 3.4 rear.




If you want to compare the offsets.

Front:

http://www.willtheyfit.com/index.php?width=205&aspect=45&diameter=16&wheelwidth=9&offset=8&width2=205&aspect2=40&diameter2=16&wheelwidth2=8&offset2=-11&Submit=Submit

Rear:

http://www.willtheyfit.com/index.php?width=225&aspect=40&diameter=16&wheelwidth=10&offset=8&width2=205&aspect2=45&diameter2=16&wheelwidth2=8.5&offset2=-18&Submit=Submit

[2l2ltq]

What are the tire sizes on that rim? Was there any fender modification? Where there any camber plates used (I am not sure what the max adjustment is yet)? And finally do you have any side shots of the car as well????

Thanks haha.

[E30Jim]

What are the tire sizes on that rim? 205/45-16 and 225/40-16 (I'm going 205/40-16 front next summer).

Was there any fender modification? Rolled with a very light pull all around.

Where there any camber plates used? Front camber plates and camber/toe adjustment kit rear.

And finally do you have any side shots of the car as well????

[2l2ltq]

Ok, i may go with a slightly smaller wheel width so i dont have to do too much pulling. But other then that i really like that fitment.... love the car too. If only i could find a set of wheels that looks that dern good without dropping 5k haha. On the hunt for a nice set of wheels as we speak....