18" Mpars?

[Jehu]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/18-BMW-M-PARALLEL-WHEELS-STAGGERED-E34-E39-E38-E31-E32_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43958QQihZ011QQitem Z320022874520QQrdZ1QQtcZphoto#ebayphotohosting

[angrypancake]

staggered replicas. not bad. wonder what they will go for? I just emailed the seller to find out location. upstate NY is way too general. "Upstate" to those in the city is where I live. And I'm ~55 miles from Manhattan. Upstate to me is getting up there towards Montreal....

[horseheadnebula]

Do it, those will look hot :)

[Thayne]

Those are sweet! I am going to be adding those to my 540i eventually. :D

[jrobbo]

The offsets are wrong for the E34, and they will rub the guards if you have the suspension lowered at all. They may be OK if you are running the stock ride height.

I have these wheels (8" ET13 all round) on my lowered E34 now, running 245/40 tyres on the front, and 265/35 on the rear, and they rub badly when the suspension is under heavy load. I'm going to get my guards rolled first, and also buy a set of E34 M Parallels to fix it.

E34 18" M Parallel offsets are ET20 on the front, and ET22 on the rear.

John

[Evan]

I checked the manufacturer and I came up with tradeunion, topline, and verde.. they're all linked.

I couldn't tell where the wheels are manufactured... so I assume Asia.

They're great looking wheels... but do your due diligence as to the quality. You don't want to spend $1500 and have them bending every time you hit a rough road or pothole.

[Thayne]

If you are going to go with replicas whats a good maker for these rims?

[Evan]

I don't know who the good manufacturers are.. I do know that standards are best in Germany, USA, and Italy -- while Asian factories are often substandard.

Check to see whether the seller is the manufacturer or just a middleman.

[Thayne]

I don't know who the good manufacturers are.. I do know that standards are best in Germany, USA, and Italy -- while Asian factories are often substandard.

Check to see whether the seller is the manufacturer or just a middleman.

Thanks for the info! :D

[Thayne]

I was to my friend's bbq tonight and we were talking about BMWs and I told him I was going to be buying some M-Parallels for my 540i and he said he would sell me his M-Parallels off of his 2001 740iL for $500! I am so going to jump on this! http://forums.offtopic.com/images/smilies/naughty.gif My question us, will the off set for the 7 series work for my 540i? Will the stock tires fit my 540i or will I need to get lower profile tires?

[liquidtiger720]

Offset is fine. Tires won't fit. You'll need new ones.

[Thayne]

Offset is fine. Tires won't fit. You'll need new ones.

Thanks for the info! :D What are the best tire size to go with these rims?

[jrobbo]

If your car is lowered, then the offset will most likely cause the tyres to rub the guards. I know, because I have M Parallel wheels on my lowered E34 with a 13mm offset all round, and they rub, badly.

If you use the rear wheels with a 25 mm offset, then the wheel will come very very close to the trailing arm, nut i'm not sure if it will rub or not.

If your car is not lowered, you may be OK

John

[wjbell]

Thanks for the info! :D What are the best tire size to go with these rims?

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

[Thayne]

If your car is lowered, then the offset will most likely cause the tyres to rub the guards. I know, because I have M Parallel wheels on my lowered E34 with a 13mm offset all round, and they rub, badly.

If you use the rear wheels with a 25 mm offset, then the wheel will come very very close to the trailing arm, nut i'm not sure if it will rub or not.

If your car is not lowered, you may be OK

John

The car is not lower so hopefully I will be ok!

[Thayne]

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

Thanks! :D