18" M-Par replicas hit!

[AngryPopTart]

So my brother decided to go and buy himself some 18" M-Parrallel replicas that some guy had on his 7 and put them on his E34. Well, the struts sit on top of the tires in the front so what is wrong? Is the offset different? I'm afraid of the idea of him using spacers to fix it in the front because I think the fender would sit on the tires, instead.

[liquidtiger720]

What size are the tires?

hopefully they arn't the tires from the 7....

[AngryPopTart]

uhh 245/45's I think And the rims are 8" wide.

[attack eagle]

245/45 is too big.

245/40/18 is correct

[AngryPopTart]

Apparently, our Paps has these nasty looking 18" bling wheels down at the shop he aquired somehow that have 235/35's on them, if he recalls correctly, so at least he isn't up the creek. It's just that the tires on these replicas are practically new... hopefully they're worth the $650 he paid. Riken umm Raptors.

[AngryPopTart]

Are the 245/45's going to be okay in the rear, though?

[liquidtiger720]

the 245/45's are still too big for the rear.


http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html
use the tire size calculator to compare the original to the new size, you want them to be the same (or extremely close to it).


on my 18x8.5" wheel, i am running 235/40/18 tires, and on my 18x9.5" wheels i am running 265/35/18

[AngryPopTart]

Now he says, they're either 245/35 or 255/35's that he has at the shop. They are about half-tread, he says. :rolleyes: I hope my bro can sell these Rikens.

[AngryPopTart]

So what is it that won't work? We don't hear them hitting. Are they going to rub or something in the travel?

[Paul in NZ]

So what is it that won't work? We don't hear them hitting. Are they going to rub or something in the travel?

you started the thread saying the tyres were hitting the struts...