E30 17" fitment

[maniak91]

Hi guys,
I want to buy a e30 soon, and i have a set of Rondell 58 wheels on 17", 8.5J ET13 front and 10J ET15 rear.
I want to save this wheels for the e30. They are 5x120 but i thought i could use adaptors for 4x100.....and here is my problem:
If I use 20mm adapters ( because that is the size of them) to 4x100, the wheels will be:

8.5J ET13+20mm= ET -7?
10J ET15+20mm= ET -5?

Well, I don't now if even that is possible, but that is why i thought to ask here.

Is there any way to pull that of? And is it worth it or it would look like crap?


And a pic of the wheels.

10x,
Alex.

[Stephen]

thats going to be really agressive. 17x8.5 et13 will fit about right as is, that extra 20mm is going to poke, and a good amount. Perhaps look into a redrill?

[maniak91]

Unfortunately, i can't find smaller adapters, 20mm are the smallest.
The other options is to make the 5 lug conversion, but i would go with the adapters first

[Stephen]

Well thats what i mean, you are right, 20mm is min for most, i think adaptec does 18s. Anyway, if they are fill n drill able, that might be your best bet. e36 m3 5 lug is going to pus those wheels out almost as much as adapters anyway, leaving only e30 m3 5 lug, fully pulled fenders, or flares.

( alot of stretch and negative camber might be able to cram those in)

[Oscar]

It's definitely possible with stretched tires and a bit of neg. camber. Also fender pulling will definitely have to be done. But those wheels on an e30? They don't really fit the style, IMO.

[senseless1707]

those look good, can't wait to see what it looks like!

[Byron]

Pics for reference

17x8.5 et3 up front, no camber


17x10 et20 out back


your wheels would stick out a little less than a half inch more out front and a full inch out back. Not that hard to do with really pulled fenders and skinny tires, but like Stephen said, try to see if they can be redrilled first.

[CSBolger]

See about getting the wheels milled as well. A decent amount can be shaved off of the mating surface to raise the offset a bit.

[Lukey]

See about getting the wheels milled as well. A decent amount can be shaved off of the mating surface to raise the offset a bit.

would that not depend on brake caliper clearance aswell?

[320icar]

or just dont get 17's. we all know that super wide 16's are right for an e30

[iliescu]

15x10 RSs... waitwhat?

[animal]

just do m3 5 lug swap.. for reference without adapters, will the 10"s be alright? won't hit strut?

[da_joint]

alex,alex... ntz ntz ntz... call me man,i got the man 4u,hope u got the money for all the mods.