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manse73
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Post Sun Mar 25, 2012 2:38 pm

what is the best offset for e30 wheels i m looking at a set of et40 are these anywhere close to what is needed

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Post Sun Mar 25, 2012 3:40 pm

Depends how wide the wheel is.
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Post Sun Mar 25, 2012 4:33 pm

they are a 7j 18 inch
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Post Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:47 pm

With et40 wheels,you'll need to use 15- 20mm spacers.The correct offset for e30 wheels is 20.
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Post Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:40 pm

boomerm20 wrote:The correct offset for e30 wheels is 24.
Corrected. (on a 7j rim)

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Cypriotgeeza wrote:I done both my mates in my old 318is
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Post Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:55 pm

Confused now, with an et40 I will need 20mm spacers
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Post Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:56 pm

on a 7j rim there is some flexibility.. depending on where you want it to sit in the arch..

anything between 15 and 25 would be fine :)
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Post Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:58 pm

All the wheel info is in the Wiki:

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/index.php/Wheels

Notice that there's only one 18" rim listed. There's probably a reason for that.
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Post Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:06 pm

I have 17x7 and an Et15 with 205/40 tyres. All seems to fit Ok
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