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E36 M3 Wheels
I just visited the part dept of an unnamed local BMW dealership to
investigate buying another set of alloy wheels for my 95 M3 (with
a view to putting racing tires on them)!
The parts representative tried to sell me some 17"x7.5" (front) and
17"x8.5" (rear) BMW OEM wheels, further suggesting that I use
225/45ZR17 (front) and 245/40ZR17 (rear) tires. Now having read all
most of the literature and this digest for sometime I recall that
the suspension geometry of the 96' M3 was changed "in concert" with
the change in wheel/tire combintaions from the 95' which was 17"x7.5"
and 235/40/ZR17's all round.
I questioned the parts guy, but he was oblivious to this and made
no mention of the potential change in handling if I went with such
a solution!
So, my question is, to those with greater understanding than I, am
I right in my assumptions, and furthermore would such a change result
in significant (negative) results in the handling of the car, given
that I have Dinan stage III suspension mods on my car (my feeling is
that the car would understeer a lot more with the shift in contact
patch size etc from front to rear)?
Thanks
- Larry.
P.S
Any suggestions what I should do about the parts representative to
ensure he does'nt make this mistake (if in fact he has) again?
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