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HELP!!! will these wheels/tyres fit my E86?

Alloy wheels and tyre discussion
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Morgan2Z4
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HELP!!! will these wheels/tyres fit my E86?

Post by Morgan2Z4 » Tue Jan 29, 2019 7:42 pm

Hi

I have just bought an E86 3.0 coupe and love it.
Pity about its abilities in the snow with standard tyres!

I am in Scotland and am desperate to source a set of winters, but am bamboozled by all the wheel / tyre fitments
A nice pair of E90 wheels is available with winter tyres but I don't know if the will fit?

From their rim I get ER:30, CB72 and LK120. They are 18" alloys.

Anyone out there know?

Thanks

Dave

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HELP!!! will these wheels/tyres fit my E86?

Post by kis » Tue Jan 29, 2019 7:53 pm

Morgan2Z4 wrote: Tue Jan 29, 2019 7:42 pm Hi

I have just bought an E86 3.0 coupe and love it.
Pity about its abilities in the snow with standard tyres!

I am in Scotland and am desperate to source a set of winters, but am bamboozled by all the wheel / tyre fitments
A nice pair of E90 wheels is available with winter tyres but I don't know if the will fit?

From their rim I get ER:30, CB72 and LK120. They are 18" alloys.

Anyone out there know?

Thanks

Dave
ET is 30
Centre bore 72
Stud spacing 5x120

I think you'll really struggle with the 30 (on the front). The rest is normal BMW fitment.
Our Z4 is very similar to the e46 3 series platform. So 90% of the time those will fit.

If you've got 18's ATM then chances are you're et47 at the front and et50 at the rear. So sticking to those sort of off-sets is better.

Check this out if you haven't already
viewtopic.php?f=49&t=107556
My E85 Z4 3.0i SMG

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1 Series - E87
3 Series - E46 Coupe, E46 M3, E90 (x3)
4 Series - F36, F82 M4
5 Series - E34 (x2), E39
7 Series - E32
X5 - E53, E70
X6 - E71

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HELP!!! will these wheels/tyres fit my E86?

Post by Mr Tidy » Tue Jan 29, 2019 8:23 pm

Hi Dave, from a fellow Coupe owner!

Actually I think you may be OK.

I've got E89 wheels on mine and haven't had any issues with rubbing, although they do sit further out in the arches (which I like).

Sizes are 8J x 18 front with ET29, and 8.5J x 18 rear with 40ET. I'm running standard size tyres - 225/40 front and 255/35 rear.

Hopefully the photo will give an indication - oh, and it's on standard Sport springs by the way (as far as I know).
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