Re: Swapping wheels

["Kittock" <red951@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard,
I can't speak for the bolt pattern, but I do know the offsets for the 5's
and 7's are very different than what the 3's use.  And since the 3's use a
larger offset you can't use spacers to make them fit.

Mark Kittock
'96 328i Sport w/ 17" OZ Monte Carlo

>Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 11:34:42 -0500
>From: Richard Coker <RichardCoker@domain.elided>
>Subject: Swapping wheels
>
>I was at my dealer yesterday and he told me none of the 5 series or 7
series wheels
>will fit on my 3 series.  Can anyone verify this???  He says the bolt
pattern is
>totally different for each series? I really wanted those nice wheels of the
540i so
>I could perhaps take advantage of the new larger rotors on the 3 series.
(I have
>16in and the rotors require at least 17s)
>

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