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Wheel spacers on my E89

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Wheel spacers on my E89

Post by Tinker15 » Mon Feb 18, 2019 10:55 am

I’m having new 19inch Riva DTM wheels https://www.lkperformance.co.uk/wheels/ ... dtpms=true fitted to my E89 this week, they are 8inch front (offset 34) and 9inch rears (offset 37) fitted with 225/35/R19 and 255/30/R19 tyres. Will these wheels look better with spacers and if so what size is recommended for front and rear? Thank you for any advice offered.
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Post by mr wilks » Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:02 pm

You won't need spacers on the rear with above set up , front possibly a 5mm but doubt you will find that a necessity
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Post by Tinker15 » Mon Feb 18, 2019 9:55 pm

Many thanks for your reply. The wheels are being fitted on Wednesday so after your advice I will just wait and see how they look. 5mm seems hardly worth bothering about.
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Post by mr wilks » Mon Feb 18, 2019 9:58 pm

Tinker15 wrote: Mon Feb 18, 2019 9:55 pm Many thanks for your reply. The wheels are being fitted on Wednesday so after your advice I will just wait and see how they look. 5mm seems hardly worth bothering about.
Well i wouldn't mind 5mm of £50 notes :oops: but yea its pretty small but with wheel widths & offsets you don't need much to swing from perfection to rub or from a good stance to underwheeled :cry: as you say have them fitted then post some pics up , you will know soon enough :P
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Post by Tinker15 » Mon Feb 18, 2019 10:13 pm

Camera will be at the ready! :D
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Post by Tinker15 » Wed Feb 20, 2019 4:48 pm

I had my new wheels fitted this morning so a few photographs below. I’m very happy with the way they look and won’t be bothering with any spacers! :D
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Post by DibbleCorse » Thu Feb 21, 2019 3:34 pm

Mine on Eibachs and with spacers ....

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Post by Tinker15 » Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:32 pm

They look good on your car. What size spacers did you use? My car has standard suspension and as you can see from the not very good photos (taken in the garage) the rear doesn’t look as though it could take a spacer and the front doesn’t appear to have much room.
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Post by Jollyjoiner » Thu May 02, 2019 7:31 pm

DibbleCorse wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 3:34 pm Mine on Eibachs and with spacers ....

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I'm possibly thinking of new csl rep wheels for my Silver e89. What width rims / offsets and spacers did you buy. I was hoping to buy with an offset to already space the wheels out a bit.
Any advise would be much appreciated :thumbsup:
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Post by DibbleCorse » Thu May 16, 2019 11:05 pm

Jollyjoiner wrote: Thu May 02, 2019 7:31 pm
DibbleCorse wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 3:34 pm Mine on Eibachs and with spacers ....

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I'm possibly thinking of new csl rep wheels for my Silver e89. What width rims / offsets and spacers did you buy. I was hoping to buy with an offset to already space the wheels out a bit.
Any advise would be much appreciated :thumbsup:

Sorry mate not been in for a while, they are the Riva DTM Wheels, these ones ... https://www.bmautosport.co.uk/showroom/ ... rear-p-422

I didn't buy them from there mine came from Elite Tyres in Reading, if you call and speak to Chris he will know the space widths as I cant recall.
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Post by Jollyjoiner » Fri May 17, 2019 6:56 am

DibbleCorse wrote: Thu May 16, 2019 11:05 pm
Jollyjoiner wrote: Thu May 02, 2019 7:31 pm
DibbleCorse wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 3:34 pm Mine on Eibachs and with spacers ....

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I'm possibly thinking of new csl rep wheels for my Silver e89. What width rims / offsets and spacers did you buy. I was hoping to buy with an offset to already space the wheels out a bit.
Any advise would be much appreciated :thumbsup:

Sorry mate not been in for a while, they are the Riva DTM Wheels, these ones ... https://www.bmautosport.co.uk/showroom/ ... rear-p-422

I didn't buy them from there mine came from Elite Tyres in Reading, if you call and speak to Chris he will know the space widths as I cant recall.
Thanks for that. They are the ones I'm looking at. Same ones that cm wheels sells also. After some searching I can now see that the rears will stick out another 3mm and the fronts in 5mm so they fronts would need a 5mm spacer in them to bring them back to the same as standard.
Ones my springs are on I'll take a few measurements and see how much wider I can go and then might phone the place you got yours from.
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Post by warmasice » Sun Jun 16, 2019 7:26 pm

Running 5mm spacers would mean you're not running a hub-centric setup though. Bare that in mind.
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Post by TonyC2.5si » Tue Dec 21, 2021 7:42 pm

Old post I know jolloyjoiner, but did you get around to spacers and lowering? Do you mind sharing
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Post by Jollyjoiner » Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:04 pm

TonyC2.5si wrote: Tue Dec 21, 2021 7:42 pm Old post I know jolloyjoiner, but did you get around to spacers and lowering? Do you mind sharing
Yes Tony I did, with Eibach pro springs and 5mm spacers.
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Post by TonyC2.5si » Tue Feb 08, 2022 8:50 pm

Hi Jolly,
How are you getting on with the Eibachs? Looking at it myself, just don’t want to spoil the ride by making it too hard…. Also, have you managed to avoid tyre rub ok?
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