Spacers, 215/40 16", 80/60 drop - can I loose the space

Post Fri May 20, 2005 8:06 pm

I have an E30 Touring, dropped 80/60 on 215/40 16" tires, I think the spacers are 10mm.

I think it is too wide, if I remove the spacers, will the tires rub?

Has anyone experience with 80/60 drop and this size of wheels - or anything similar?

Post Fri May 20, 2005 9:39 pm

bebecar wrote:I have an E30 Touring, dropped 80/60 on 215/40 16" tires, I think the spacers are 10mm.

I think it is too wide, if I remove the spacers, will the tires rub?

Has anyone experience with 80/60 drop and this size of wheels - or anything similar?

's impossible to say without tellin us what the offset on the wheels is...

I don't know anyone who's gone for that much of a drop anyway, so I still don't know how much luck you'll have!

Post Sat May 21, 2005 12:44 am

need to know offset and width of wheel mate.

Post Sat May 21, 2005 1:27 pm

Ofcourse... forgot about that... I have to check the offset, it is somewhere between 15-35 (that is the offset the wheels are sold in)...

Just have to find the bolt key first

Post Mon May 23, 2005 11:13 am

bebecar wrote:Ofcourse... forgot about that... I have to check the offset, it is somewhere between 15-35 (that is the offset the wheels are sold in)...

Just have to find the bolt key first

;) how about going outside in the nice danish weather and testing it yourself..
itÃƒ”šÃ‚´s not that much of a problem, sitting inside will get you nowhere

Post Sun May 29, 2005 4:48 pm

Gunni wrote:
bebecar wrote:Ofcourse... forgot about that... I have to check the offset, it is somewhere between 15-35 (that is the offset the wheels are sold in)...

Just have to find the bolt key first
;) how about going outside in the nice danish weather and testing it yourself..
itÃƒ”šÃ‚´s not that much of a problem, sitting inside will get you nowhere

Thanks for your concern Gunni... but sitting inside is exactly what gets me everywhere at the moment (I am studying for exams

)

The offset is ET 15 - now, has anyone experience with this kind of lowering and this tire/wheel combination. I would really like to loose the Spacers as I think they are a bit over the top... but I am worried that the tires will rub...

Post Sun May 29, 2005 5:54 pm

Ihave a set of 8x16 shaper champ alloys with 215-40x16 on the front and 225-40x16 on the back on my touring

origonally it was on a 60-60 drop but the tyres were rubbing like crazy on the back,the front was fine tho.

its now sitting on 60-40,but i trimmed the arches anyway.i can load er up and shes fine

even side ways round a corner,no rubbing

Post Sun May 29, 2005 6:17 pm

rosscoe wrote:Ihave a set of 8x16 shaper champ alloys with 215-40x16 on the front and 225-40x16 on the back on my touring

origonally it was on a 60-60 drop but the tyres were rubbing like crazy on the back,the front was fine tho.

its now sitting on 60-40,but i trimmed the arches anyway.i can load er up and shes fine

even side ways round a corner,no rubbing

Were the wheels with ET 15?

It doesn't rub now no matter how hard I try... I haven't checked if the arches are rolled (fender rolled)....

BUT... I checked out which size the 17" rims was it was on before I bought. They were 245/35 17 and according to the registration papers without spacers so probably a different offset (Borbet LM wheels).. anyhow - that is pretty wide so maybe this is doable...