» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | 1999 M3 Swap 09-07-2023 10:10 PM 06-01-2024 03:04 PM 7 Replies, 409,782 Views | | My 318ti build 05-21-2024 04:48 PM 05-28-2024 06:42 PM 1 Replies, 3,483 Views | | OMG!OMG! 05-28-2024 08:53 AM 05-28-2024 08:53 AM 0 Replies, 1,385 Views | | | | | 06-14-2012, 08:00 PM | #1 | Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Hawaii Posts: 80 | Wheel spacers. what size would be best for 1997 318ti? I want something right to the fender but not too out. mahalos! | | | 06-14-2012, 09:24 PM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 | Probably depends on your current offset. __________________ ...steven BMW CCA #146825 1996 BMW 328ti • 2003 MINI Cooper S • 2016 M235i www.bmwcca.org | | | 06-14-2012, 09:36 PM | #3 | NOBODY F's with the Jesus Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ventura California Posts: 7,824 | Quote: Originally Posted by stricklybmw what size would be best for 1997 318ti? I want something right to the fender but not too out. mahalos! | You literally gave no information whatsoever. And in the time it would take for you to post your wheel diameter, width, offset, tire size, ride height and have half of the forum guessing what size spacers you should purchase, you could simply walk out to your car with a ruler, measure how much room you have and get a real life accurate idea of what you need. Last edited by cooljess76; 06-14-2012 at 10:08 PM. | | | 06-14-2012, 09:45 PM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 | Quote: Originally Posted by cooljess76 you could simply walk out to your car with a ruler, measure how much room you have and get a real life accurate idea of what you need. | There is that. __________________ ...steven BMW CCA #146825 1996 BMW 328ti • 2003 MINI Cooper S • 2016 M235i www.bmwcca.org | | | 06-21-2012, 11:27 AM | #5 | Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Hawaii Posts: 80 | sorry my rims is 16" tire size is 225/50/16 its the ti 5 lug alloy rims.. oh and thanks, I have no idea how to convert everything tho LOL. | | | 06-21-2012, 01:34 PM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Elizabeth City, NC Posts: 3,877 | Need the offset of the wheels, spacers directly effect offset. __________________ ~Dave~ 98 328ti Morea Grun slicktop 11 128i space gray slicktop 13 JGC WK2 Deep Cherry Search | RealOEM | | | 06-21-2012, 09:07 PM | #7 | Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Hawaii Posts: 80 | how do you check offset? my car is dropped a little maybe 1.5" - 2" and thats prolly all i know. | | | 06-21-2012, 09:29 PM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Roanoke, VA Posts: 472 | What kind of wheels? You say 16" but is that stock bmw wheels or an aftermarket set? | | | 06-21-2012, 11:08 PM | #9 | NOBODY F's with the Jesus Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ventura California Posts: 7,824 | Quote: Originally Posted by stricklybmw how do you check offset? my car is dropped a little maybe 1.5" - 2" and thats prolly all i know. | If you have OEM wheels, it should be stamped somewhere on the wheel. But nobody here is going to be able to give you an accurate guess. There's nothing to convert. Just go out to your car, hold a ruler or tape measure level to the ground and measure the distance from your inner fender lip to the tire. You do know that they make metric rulers right? Why do you want to run spacers anyway? Are your fenders rolled? Are you running stock wheels with stock tires? FWIW, your car isn't going to look "stanced" with a mild drop and balloon tires. I'm just saying that instead of being lazy and coming here asking all of the members to guess your setup with no pics or measurements to go by, you're better off measuring it yourself. Is it really that difficult? | | | 06-22-2012, 04:23 AM | #10 | Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 2,019 | dude run a 25mm spacer... __________________ V2 in progress. Volkswagen MK6 GTI | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |