Show us your wheels: Width and Offset

[Mr Tidy]

ragtopz4 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 19, 2020 9:21 am
I’m running 230’s on mine and reckon they suit the E85 perfectly. Go 19’s, you know you want to!
They do look nice but every car I have had I have always gone for the smallest wheel option with more rubber.

Bigger Wheels, Stance, Camber et al do like nice on other peoples car's just not my own.

I only just noticed this, but if you like how 230s look you'd like 295s as well. They look identical, but 295s are 18s.

I had a set on my Coupe on the first page of this thread, and although they don't come up that often I'm sure someone had a set for sale recently.

 

[HU51A_FU]

Style32
18"
8J FRONT
9J REAR

Not sure on the ET's sorry!

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That looks bloody lovely :wub: Great shade of gold on the wheels, not too 'yellow'.

Thankyou

 

[Thermaltake]

Style32
18"
8J FRONT
9J REAR

Not sure on the ET's sorry!

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I believe they are the 5 series deep dish ones so will be et20/et22 I think. How do you get on with rubbing?
Ive always wanted the deep dish or the even rarer concave style 32's but the offset just seems too extreme for me without running silly camber.

 

[HU51A_FU]

Style32
18"
8J FRONT
9J REAR

Not sure on the ET's sorry!

edrg.jpg

asfdasf.jpg

I believe they are the 5 series deep dish ones so will be et20/et22 I think. How do you get on with rubbing?
I've always wanted the deep dish or the even rarer concave style 32's but the offset just seems too extreme for me without running silly camber.

Yes they are, i literally hardly ever rub unless I'm driving down a really uneven road at high speed which is rare, also I'm running tractor tires for comfort as I'm nearly 30 and trying to preserve my back LOL. I have natural camber on the back which helps as its lowered on coil overs so yes i don't have an issue.

The other way is to run low profile tires which reduces scrubbing if your wanting to run low.

 

[Deleted member 32480]

ragtopz4 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 19, 2020 9:21 am
I’m running 230’s on mine and reckon they suit the E85 perfectly. Go 19’s, you know you want to!
They do look nice but every car I have had I have always gone for the smallest wheel option with more rubber.

Bigger Wheels, Stance, Camber et al do like nice on other peoples car's just not my own.

I only just noticed this, but if you like how 230s look you'd like 295s as well. They look identical, but 295s are 18s.

I had a set on my Coupe on the first page of this thread, and although they don't come up that often I'm sure someone had a set for sale recently.

To me other than them having 5 spokes they don't look to much alike.

Perhaps I am looking at the wrong wheels.

 

[Thermaltake]

Do you have any more photos of the front splitter, I believe thats the maxton v2 splitter which fits both e85 and e86 front bumper. Trying to decide which one I want on my coupe.

 

[HU51A_FU]

I have this one which is the most up to date picture. Hope this helps!

 

[Trav]

Great thread, loving the pictures with the various set ups. A picture adds a lot to the usual wheel size, suspension talk.

 

[minimental]

Changed my wheels over now,


18" AC Schnitzer type 3 8.5j et43 all around, machined two sets of spacers to suit running 17mm front and 14mm rear giving effective et26 front (on an 8.5j so equivalent of et32 on an 8j) and et29 rear

 

[HU51A_FU]

Nice man they're clean! Fan of the colour too!

 

[inkey$]

They look crazy good

 

[DaveD]

18x8” et34 405Ms on mine. Sport springs with m size tyres - 225/45/18

 

[inkey$]

So since I started this thread, I’ve bought a coupe with MV2’s. These are:

- staggered 18 inch wheels
- Width: 8 front / 8.5 rear
- Offset (ET): 47 front / 50 rear

Im looking at a few wheel options - both still 18 inch, but with the following measurements:

Option 1
- Width: 8.5 or 10 front / 10 rear
- Offset (ET): 20 front / 20 rear

Option 2
- Width: 8.5 front / 9.5 rear
- Offset (ET): 35 front / 33 or 35 rear

I like a flush wheel with my arch and not too much camber if possible. Would I be looking at needing any spacers for the above 2 x options?

These are the Option 1 style Im looking at...ARC-8 reps.


Option 2...Avant Garde M359...


Ideally want a dull silver as opposed to a graphite or gunmetal finish.

 

[minimental]

They look crazy good

Thanks! still really chuffed with them! like you i like a nice flush stance so machined the spacers trialed the fitment, took a bit more off tried it took a bit more off, etc etc until i was happy,


that is an 8.5" rim et43, with 17mm of spacer, giving a combined offset of 26.
So with your options ARC1's would stick out 6mm more than this on an 8.5j, and i really don't think a 10j will fit on the front without poking out a lot or fouling the strut, they will also make steering heavier and increase tramlining, im not sure i would really want to go any more then 9j wide on the front.
the avant garde's would take 9-10mm of spacer for a decent flush fit



That is the rear on mine, again et43 8.5j this time with 14mm of spacer giving an overall offset of 29

regards the sizes you are looking at, any reason you are looking to go wider on the rears, 10j is quite a lot more width and 9.5j is also a fair bit more, i was amazed when messing with fitments what difference a single mm made, i was also quite keen to keep as much unsprung rotational mass out as this can have big effects on handling acceleration ride etc and less weight has to be good! (i think i saved something approaching 12kg in total and can definitely tell the difference!) also smaller tyres are cheaper!

your options:
the arc 8 8.5j would be 9mm further out, as a 10j just over 28mm further out than my example!
the avant gardes as an 8.5j a 5 or 6mm spacer should give you the same as my example as a 9.5j et 35 it will be nearly 7mm further out than the example (and 18mm nearer the strut on the inside) as an et33 it will be out 9mm further

both options would look great but realistically fitment does limit your options from what i can see, apologies if any of my maths is out, but i think its correct! there are more pictures of me trying to do the wheel fitment on my project thread if that helps

 

[inkey$]

That’s the exact look I’d want to try and achieve, so thanks for the photos and advice

Honestly, I just really like the look of the Arc’s but I wouldn’t want to realistically go too much further than the MV2’s dimensions. The Avant Garde’s with spacer option could work.

Ultimately I want to try and find is a good looking set of OEM looking, classic CSL/Multispoke style 18 inch wheels, that fit my car without rubbing. Happy to add spacers if it means filling the arch better, and don’t want tyres stretched too much.

 

[minimental]

The arcs are cool, i struggled to find weights for some of the csl style wheels, some appeared to be pretty heavy! i think the avant garde's could work well, mine came on on mv2's originally and its quite amazing how far in they actually are, the rears are something like 20mm further out now! i have actually gone for narrower tyres and bigger sidewalls and i don't think they look too stretched, riva dtm's? alternatively if you are patient bbs ch and rk's come up for sensibleish money second hand from time to time, that was the sort of thing i was looking for before the ac's came along

 

[inkey$]

The arcs are cool, i struggled to find weights for some of the csl style wheels, some appeared to be pretty heavy! i think the avant garde's could work well, mine came on on mv2's originally and its quite amazing how far in they actually are, the rears are something like 20mm further out now! i have actually gone for narrower tyres and bigger sidewalls and i don't think they look too stretched, riva dtm's? alternatively if you are patient bbs ch and rk's come up for sensibleish money second hand from time to time, that was the sort of thing i was looking for before the ac's came along

Yeah, can’t find a weight for the Arc reps, but my guess is at least 13kg a corner. Think I need to measure the available space on the MV2’s. Might even get me thinking about future suspension options too. Then as you say, keep my eye out for the right set. No real rush, the MV2’s have grown on me a little, and like your car I also have many other jobs to do; including a need to tackle the Monaco blue paintwork/learn to DA polish.

 

[inkey$]

Riva DTM in hyper silver could work...

 

[minimental]

Yeah, can’t find a weight for the Arc reps, but my guess is at least 13kg a corner. Think I need to measure the available space on the MV2’s. Might even get me thinking about future suspension options too. Then as you say, keep my eye out for the right set. No real rush, the MV2’s have grown on me a little, and like your car I also have many other jobs to do; including a need to tackle the Monaco blue paintwork/learn to DA polish.

I rushed into getting rid of my mv2's (admittedly they were in a fairly bad way) the 189s were a big improvement, still my biggest regret on the car so far but only because the schnitzers came up so quickly afterwards...anyone want to buy some 189s?? :roll: depending on what you are after rotiform mse's might be a good look!

If your paint is anything like as hard as mine you will be fine learning to use a da i started off terrified and am now using reasonably heavy cut compound without fear!

 

[dougie1142]

18x8” et34 405Ms on mine. Sport springs with m size tyres - 225/45/18

These look amazing, quite a fan of the fitment!