Offset advice

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dazza

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 Burton on trent
hi guy's it's my 1st post so please be gentle :D i have a 04 2.5se z4 roadster in silver i've had it for 2 years and i'm still not bored which is rare for me. i am after some advice on these wheels on ebay as i'm completey baffled by offsets so if anyone could help me on whether the offsets are ok for my model & if i would need spacers or not it would be greatly appreciated. many thanks daz :thumbsup:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/18-B-CRUIZE-1...hZ004QQcategoryZ28648QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem
 
It doesn't say what tyres are included, but if they think Marshal's are an 'upgrade' then I assume they'll be Linglongs or something.

Normal offset for 18" elipsoids (type 107) are ET47 (8J) front and ET50 (8.5J) rear - the ones for sale are ET38 (8.5J) front and ET40 (9.5J) rear.
 
Welcome :D

0.5" wider front wheels, and 1" wider rear wheels.

I'm not sure on the offset difference there, what will be important is rubbing on the inside and/or outside front and rear.



£40 extra for Marshal tyres too, what do they come with as standard? I'd want some good branded tyres and that might push the price up near £1000 easily!

Good luck with whatever you get though :)

Dave
 
cheers guy's i'll probably give these a miss, the same company do some similar but 8 fronts and 9 rears plus the spokes are thicker which look better also they said they can uprade them with some brand name tyres. i'll get some pics up soon aswell, cheers again :thumbsup:
 
dazza

use a wheel offset calculator such as http://www.1010tires.com/WheelOffsetCalculator.asp to determine the dimensions, they will normally tell you how much further the new wheels will stick out etc.

oh yes and :worthless:
 
i agree, tires are so important. but the rims look great ... but how much do they weigh? don't really want anchors. some rims are over 40 lbs each, i would try to buy something under 30 bls.

of course, ideally, you want something under 20 bls, but then you are spending AT LEAST $2500 USD for the rims alone
 
E85 said:
i agree, tires are so important. but the rims look great ... but how much do they weigh? don't really want anchors. some rims are over 40 lbs each, i would try to buy something under 30 bls.

of course, ideally, you want something under 20 bls, but then you are spending AT LEAST $2500 USD for the rims alone
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There are several very good quality SSR and O.Z. wheels that weigh 18~19 lbs and cost less than $1600 USD for the set.
 
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