Re: E30 wheel offset

["Allan Williams" <allanw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry... yes - 14x6 is 35mm (34mm?)

Hehehe oops :-)

Allan :-)
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- ----- Original Message ----- > > Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000
> > Subject: Re: E30 wheel offset?
> >
> > The factory 14x6 are 28mm, the factory 15x7 are 24mm.
>
>
> Are you sure that you don't mean that the 14x6.5 offset is 28mm?
> Certainly there is a range of offsets that you can get away with, but I
> always thought that a good rule of thumb is:
>
> Whl width offset
>   6" 35mm
> 6.5" 30mm
> 7" 25mm
> 7.5" 20mm
> 8" 15mm
>
> Regardless, these offsets will work.
>
>
> -Kurt Zimmerman
>
> P.S. As and example of how much variation you can get away with,  I run
> 15x7.5" wheels with a 25mm offset.  I do get tire rubbing in the fender
> wells at full lock, but I do not have any rubbing on the strut.
> However, I can only run 205 tires.  I'm pretty sure that I could fit
> 225s if I had that extra 5mm.
>

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