225/45/17

[Slade]

I've been looking through a whole lot of pages on these forums and haven't found anything confirming that a 225/45/17 will fit without alteration on a '96 318ti. Seems most people using 17" wheels are at 225/40 and I'm concerned about the size, as the tire calculator shows over an inch and half of added size on the diameter vs. my current setup. Found a great deal on some 17x8 style 159's that came off a 2006 3series.

Anyone using or have used this wheel/tire size on a stock ride?

[teetime4one]

I run 225-45-17's on my Racing Dynamics with no issues at all. The offset on my wheels are et42.

[cmoore]

I have ds-1's, (style 22) 17" x 7.5" ET41 on totally stock suspension ( a bit tired probably) with no problems.

[tiFreak]

I'm also running 225/45/17s on mine, lowered on H&R race springs with ET47 offset, no clearance issues at all

[Slade]

Thanks a lot for the feedback guys. Picked the wheels up and got them put on tonight, they look and fit great. Much appreciated.

[teetime4one]

Originally Posted by Slade

Thanks a lot for the feedback guys. Picked the wheels up and got them put on tonight, they look and fit great. Much appreciated.

awesome

[Quickcars]

Hey fellas,

I picked up a used set of Contours yesterday and had a few issues I'd like some feedback on.

The wheels were previously mounted on the sellers M5. I'm pretty sure the offset is lower than recommended for the 3 series. The tires on a pair were completely shot so I bought a pair of 215/45's. the other pair of wheels were shod w nearly new looking 205/40s.

I originally had the 40s mounted in the rear and the 45s in front. Upon leaving the shop and attempting to accelerate, the traction light starting flashing and the car would not accelerate at all for a few moments. Power would shortly return but if I hit the gas, again the light would on/power loss. Rinse and repeat...

So, I limped back to the tire shop, had the 40s put in front and voila! No more issues. What caused this???

I really want to go with 45s in the front so I need to figure this out before I waste my money.

HELP?????

[tiFreak]

sounds like the traction control was getting confused by the mismatched tires, I'm not sure why it would only do it with the 215/45s in the front but having 4 matching tires shouldn't cause any problems with the traction control