What ETs can you get away with??

[veedubdude]

Im currently looking at a set of 16*7, and 16*9 alloys, but they have a rather low offset, the front after adapters come to an ET of +5, and rears come to an ET of -21!!

Im going to be running 195/40/16 tyres as I want an underwheeled low look.

Whats the chance of squeezing these on? I dont mind rolling the arches, as I have the equipment here, but Id prefer not to!

Any help with offsets appreciated, only had the E30 a few months so dont know the boundaries that can be pushed! Had a search but couldnt really find anything to help.

Cheers!

[kam325itouring]

the lowest et you can really go with is 15. lower the wheels will stick out loads..

kam

[leeparkes]

on a 7j rim ive found that ET10 is the limit before it catches on the rear arches,im running ET13 on 7j 205/50/15 and hasnt caught once.

OP,you 'should' be ok on the fronts with 195/40/16 tyres

on the back though im not certain but you may have an issue there!

What do you mean by adapters?

[ImysE30]

Probably means spacers or could be 5 to 4 stud adapters

[hongkongfuey]

suchy has 9" rims on the rear of his but he has 225/50/16 tyres, i think you will have probs with 195's

[veedubdude]

Well unfortunately the alloys I had my name n got sold to someone else so Im a bit miffed, guess we'll never know if they'd have fitted! They needed adapters as they were porsche fitment 5x130.

Found an E30 in america with a 16x8 wheel on ET-10, gave the exact look I wanted so Im gutted these have gone