e34 tire question..

[xuor]

hi everyone,
I bought my first bimmer 2 days ago. A mint 535 1990. This machine is so fun to drive!

So I already got some 255's at the rear. I was wondering if 275's would fit under the wheel arch. The car is 2'' lower.

What I'm looking for:
Front 245/40/18 with 18x8.5 (1.5 inch high polish lip)
Rear 275/35/18 with 18x9.5 (3.5 inch high polish lip)

I will probably sell the wheels and tire that I got at the moment.
It's Front 225/40 ZR 18 Pirelli PZero tires (new: 5% wear)
Rear 255/35 ZR 18 Pirelli PZero tires (new: 5% wear)
The wheels are CHROME wheels by Branzach. Personaly, I don't like that bling bling look. But maybe someone would like them.

Here's some picture:
http://forums.montrealracing.com/sho...highlight=535i

[Gayle]

Congrats on getting a 5 speed 535.

[xuor]

thank you giiirll!

wow 32 views and no answer? I'm sure yo can do it!

or maybe someone can hook me to some other e34 forum?



the french canadian guy.

[pmlmotorsports]

not w/o fender modification......your best choice is to run 265/35-18 rear and 235/40-18 front.......HTH..........as for wheels with the lips you are looking for, I haven't a clue whats out there, but beware of replicas.they weigh a ton

hi everyone,
I bought my first bimmer 2 days ago. A mint 535 1990. This machine is so fun to drive!

So I already got some 255's at the rear. I was wondering if 275's would fit under the wheel arch. The car is 2'' lower.

What I'm looking for:
Front 245/40/18 with 18x8.5 (1.5 inch high polish lip)
Rear 275/35/18 with 18x9.5 (3.5 inch high polish lip)

I will probably sell the wheels and tire that I got at the moment.
It's Front 225/40 ZR 18 Pirelli PZero tires (new: 5% wear)
Rear 255/35 ZR 18 Pirelli PZero tires (new: 5% wear)
The wheels are CHROME wheels by Branzach. Personaly, I don't like that bling bling look. But maybe someone would like them.

Here's some picture:
http://forums.montrealracing.com/sho...highlight=535i

[jjw]

It depends on the offset of the wheels. People with 18x9 et22 have no problem fitting 275/35/18 tires in the back. But with 18x9.5, you might have to mod. the fender lips.
Here is a link to see if the wheel and offset difference
http://marksink.com/tire_wheel_offset/offset.html

[xuor]

as for wheels with the lips you are looking for, I haven't a clue whats out there, but beware of replicas.they weigh a ton

I found a great deal 'used'. The rims are new as weel as the tires. I can get that for under 2000$can. That's so sad if they don't fit! What kind of modification you need to do? The 'iner' fender? Or the fender itself? You don't really need a 'wide body' midification to make them fit? Hope not!

Did you ever heard of 'beyern'? Are they consider as replicas? are they weight a ton?

here's the wheels that I'm looking to buy. 18x8.5 and 18x9.5.
http://www.beyernwheels.com/typemesh.html

[xuor]

It depends on the offset of the wheels.
http://marksink.com/tire_wheel_offset/offset.html

How to measure an offset? Is it the lenght of the lip?

[Gayle]

thank you giiirll!

wow 32 views and no answer? I'm sure yo can do it!

or maybe someone can hook me to some other e34 forum?



the french canadian guy.

FYI

A number of the heavy hitters on this board will not respond to posts in which the person has not filled out their profile/signature and put in build date, mileage, location, mods etc.

[jjw]

Those wheels you are look at, should fit with no problem. But they need to be with ET15 both front and rear for e34 and bore of 72. For offset question, go to http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/tech/index.jsp for more info.

[Kalevera]

The car is 2'' lower.

That car is not two inches lower.