» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | | | | 04-02-2019, 09:46 PM | #1 | Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Richmond VA Posts: 45 | Racing Dynamics RGR...will they fit?! __________________ - 1988 325is Hellrot Eurosport - sold
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| | | 04-03-2019, 01:29 PM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Elizabeth City, NC Posts: 3,877 | The front should clear no problem. The rears seem like the right size for an E36 and it's easy to fix the wheel being too close to the perch, small spacer, harder to fix if it's too close to the fender. But I've run front wheels that had, maybe, 3mm gap to the coilover perch and it never made contact during autox/track. What size tires do you want to run? 225 in front and 255 out back? I'd be more worried that you may need to roll the fender lip than the wheel contacting anything inboard. __________________ ~Dave~ 98 328ti Morea Grun slicktop 11 128i space gray slicktop 13 JGC WK2 Deep Cherry Search | RealOEM | | | 04-04-2019, 11:44 AM | #3 | Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Richmond VA Posts: 45 | Quote: Originally Posted by spidertri The front should clear no problem. The rears seem like the right size for an E36 and it's easy to fix the wheel being too close to the perch, small spacer, harder to fix if it's too close to the fender. But I've run front wheels that had, maybe, 3mm gap to the coilover perch and it never made contact during autox/track. What size tires do you want to run? 225 in front and 255 out back? I'd be more worried that you may need to roll the fender lip than the wheel contacting anything inboard. | Tires I am 99% sure I will run 225/45 17 up front and 245/40/17 in the rear. Rear tire width should be near 9.3", which would work great. A friend was suggesting a small trimming of that edge of the perch. But I wonder if you or anyone have experience with this. Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Tapatalk __________________ - 1988 325is Hellrot Eurosport - sold
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- 1987 Ford "Merkur" XR4ti turbo - DD/AutoX
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| | | 04-04-2019, 01:38 PM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Elizabeth City, NC Posts: 3,877 | I just plugged the 17x9 ET46 into an offset calculator against the 17x8.5 ET40 wheels that I run and it moves inboard 12mm but leaves the same clearance on the outboard side. That gives me a lot more confidence that this is an E36 wheel based on your picture of the clearance. It's tight but it fits in the wheel well nicely. I run 245/40 in the rear and have no issues on the outboard side, didn't have to do anything to the fender to fit that. On the inboard side, I think you could definitely file down the edge of that perch. Just hit it with some undercoating or something to seal it up. If you just take a mm or two off where it is closest it won't hurt anything. __________________ ~Dave~ 98 328ti Morea Grun slicktop 11 128i space gray slicktop 13 JGC WK2 Deep Cherry Search | RealOEM | | | 04-05-2019, 01:09 AM | #5 | Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Middle TN Posts: 45 | Yeah, that looks just about perfect to me. | | | 04-05-2019, 01:14 AM | #6 | Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Richmond VA Posts: 45 | Quote: Originally Posted by spidertri I just plugged the 17x9 ET46 into an offset calculator against the 17x8.5 ET40 wheels that I run and it moves inboard 12mm but leaves the same clearance on the outboard side. That gives me a lot more confidence that this is an E36 wheel based on your picture of the clearance. It's tight but it fits in the wheel well nicely. I run 245/40 in the rear and have no issues on the outboard side, didn't have to do anything to the fender to fit that. On the inboard side, I think you could definitely file down the edge of that perch. Just hit it with some undercoating or something to seal it up. If you just take a mm or two off where it is closest it won't hurt anything. | Awesome! Much appreciated! Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Tapatalk __________________ - 1988 325is Hellrot Eurosport - sold
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- 1987 Ford "Merkur" XR4ti turbo - DD/AutoX
- 1998 318ti "Hellrot" M-sport California - FOR SALE
- 2006 Heico Sportiv HS5 T5 AWD 6M - Daily
| | | 04-05-2019, 01:57 AM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: US Posts: 315 | I wouldn’t mess with filing anything down imo, your wheel shouldn’t come close to hitting that in it actually being on the ground. I always liked those wheels, enjoy!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro | | | 04-06-2019, 10:17 PM | #8 | Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Richmond VA Posts: 45 | Quote: Originally Posted by ZEK I wouldn’t mess with filing anything down imo, your wheel shouldn’t come close to hitting that in it actually being on the ground. I always liked those wheels, enjoy!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro | Nice! I'll try it and see how things go. Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Tapatalk __________________ - 1988 325is Hellrot Eurosport - sold
- 1999 DINAN jet black 328I - sold
- 1987 Ford "Merkur" XR4ti turbo - DD/AutoX
- 1998 318ti "Hellrot" M-sport California - FOR SALE
- 2006 Heico Sportiv HS5 T5 AWD 6M - Daily
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