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Yaninnya
01-08-2007, 06:35 PM
Did anyone try that? Any clereance problems? With what tyre size?
Jan
VentoGT
01-09-2007, 11:11 AM
Won't work. The offset is wrong and the wheel hits the shock towers. I know this only because I accidentally tried to put the rear wheel on the front of my M5 when I got them. 9" front is way too wide anyways--you wouldn't be able to steer the car it would have so much understeer.
filip00
01-09-2007, 12:03 PM
8" in the front will rub if distances aren't put in. 9" - no chance.
angrypancake
01-09-2007, 12:10 PM
18x8.5 seems to be the biggest you can put up front comfortably. with 9" you'd need to run spacers.

Vento- you have 18x8 and 18x9, right? that would mean you have something like 265/35/18 tires, which definitely wont work for the front.

perhaps with a smaller tire and a spacer.
Yaninnya
01-09-2007, 01:52 PM
8" in the front will rub if distances aren't put in.
Front Style 37 (Parallel) for E34 are 8x18 and they are not rub. It's the matter of offset.
Jan
Yaninnya
01-09-2007, 02:02 PM
Won't work. The offset is wrong and the wheel hits the shock towers. I know this only because I accidentally tried to put the rear wheel on the front of my M5 when I got them.
So you tried M5 wheel with ET22? Do you remember how far it was wrong? I mean it was touching the strut "just" or it was even not close to succesfull fiting?

9" front is way too wide anyways--you wouldn't be able to steer the car it would have so much understeer.
What you mean? Wide front wheels are making the car more oversteer (opposite to common understeer problem in E34 with wide rear tyres).
Jan
ericbendler
01-09-2007, 03:08 PM
Yea.. I have 8x 18s with the correct offset and my back ones still rub a little. I am going back to the stock springs in the rear just to try and get them to work.
Yaninnya
01-09-2007, 04:08 PM
Yea.. I have 8x 18s with the correct offset and my back ones still rub a little. I am going back to the stock springs in the rear just to try and get them to work.
Something must be wrong in your car: the body, wheel offset or tyre size. BMW allowed 9x18' ET22 with 245/40R18 on the back:
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=HC91&mospid=47387&btnr=36_0190&hg=36&fg=15
Jan