326’s on an e85

Sgr74

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 Sunny Fife, Scotland
I bought a set of 326’s off a forum member late last year. They had run flats on, so I put them on and ran them for a while. All was good. Refurbed them and put new rubber on( Pirelli p zeros on the front). Now it’s rubbing when I go over dips. I think my car was lowered before I got it. So my question is do I put standard springs on, go for a different tyre size or bin them and get something else.
 

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Where is it rubbing exactly? Inside the wheel arch or on the lip of the arch etc?

If its inside the wheel arch, you could get a spacer kit to bring the wheels out slightly but depends how pokey they are to start with.

I cant remember what the offsets are for these wheels but remember them being not overly suited to the E85/86.
 
Mark-Z4 said:
Where is it rubbing exactly? Inside the wheel arch or on the lip of the arch etc?

If its inside the wheel arch, you could get a spacer kit to bring the wheels out slightly but depends how pokey they are to start with.

I cant remember what the offsets are for these wheels but remember them being not overly suited to the E85/86.
its rubbing on the wing. They do fill the arches well though. Too well it would seem.
 

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I'm sure Mr Wilks is/was them running on his current/former zed (he goes through so many he i cant keep up! :rofl:) might be worth PMing him to see if he had any issues etc
 
It looks like your car is fitted with either H&R or fk springs, judging by the front arch gap. I would fit sport or eibach springs, before binning the wheels and tyres.

225/35/19 tyres should be fine on the front, so it must be the wheel offset, combined with clowering springs, causing the problem.
 
The 19's are pushing the limits there. The Alpina runs 19's but with an offset of ET50 and 235/30/19s on the front.

What off-set are those 326s?

If its the look your going for you could try 18" M6 style and keep the 225 fronts and 255 rears.
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