17x8.5 et15

215/45-17

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktVjZu6n8-s

 

17x8.5/10 ET20/15 no spacers 205/40 215/40

 

Deciding on wheels



New guy here. I've been thinking of gettin 17's on my car and am hoping to achieve almost this exact look. I have found a set of wheels 17x8.25 et25.

My questions are.

1. Will this offset suit what I am looking to achieve.
2. What size of tire will would be recommended so that I do not have to worry too much about them popping on potholes. I am hoping to go low profile.
3. How much would I need to lower my car to achieve this look while being easy on my tires from fender or any other type of scratching.

NOTE that I am new to these forums so if I say anything stupid please take it easy. I'll get it. Plus I kinda rushed to write this so...thanks in advance for the help!

 

Same wheels as posted above on the silver coupe

 

What are the specs on these?

 

And again, same wheels as above.

 

Can I reserve space for my new set coming in? :shhh:

 

Of course, is it soon?

 

everything should be put on by the end of the week

 

17x9 +12 cut fenders

 

What wheels are those?


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^ Wouldn't have guessed they were 17's. Low E46's make 17's look perfect. imo


EDIT: What size tires do you have on them? And more pictures? More angles?

 

No idea why the picture is upside down. I'm working on my ipad. Sorry

Its upside down because your iPad thinks you're in Australia...

17x9.5 et17/12 with 205/40 venture

17x8.5 et13, x9.5et7 with 205/40 venture

17x9 et8 with 205/40 nankang

Fenders rolled, and slightly pulled in the rear.

 

what wheels are in the first picture? borbets?

 

Here's another. 17x9 +12 215/40

these were 17x9.5

 

Apex Arc-8 17x9
Conti DWS 245/40/17 all around
No fender work
Slight camber in front

 

what made you want to go with 17's? weight?

 

Looks
Weight
Availability
Swag

 

I like this. I often wonder how my vert would look on 17s but maaaaaann I would scrape everywhere.


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Yea i'm trying to decide between being slammed on some wide 17's, or being as low as possible and trying to tuck rim on some 19's. A pro of the 17's is the wheel and tire cost is lower. Hmmmmmmm

 

Yeah a lot Cheaper. Ideally I want 18s tho. But I dunno.


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:dunno:

 

Whoa sorry huge pic,

17x8/9 et. 12 et. 7
205/40

Rotiforms in my sig were
17x8 square et. 5 et. 0
205/40

Fenders rolled and slightly pulled

http://vimeo.com/69227057

 

Not the greatest picture, and it was right after installing a Street Edge coilover kit. Front still has to settle, and has almost another inch left to lower on the adjustment on top of that, so take that as you may. Rear Springs are just a tad lower than stock spring height, I wanted to let the front's settle before I adjust all over.

17 x 7.5 et40 Sport Edition F6 wheels all around, with 5mm spacers on the rears.
New Hankook Ventus S1 Noble2 tires (225/45/ZR17) all around (a week old at this point lol)
And, as said, sitting on a freshly-installed, as-of-yet-to-settle, Street Edge coilover kit.
Stock everything else, fenders untouched. I know I'm not nearly as aggressive as everyone else that's posted. I'm gonna go down maybe another inch when all is done, and that's as far as I intend to. Just how I like it

 

My 325i with OZ 35th Anniversary Wheels. 17x8. They aren't on the car any more but I really did like those wheels.

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17x7.5 front and 17x8.5 rear

 

your car is how im setting my 330i right now ( twins :thumbsup: )... I wanna have my 68m wheels poke with minimum stretch so i'll be adding spacers once my raceland ultimos arrive.

i bet i'll have to get high mm spacers since the OE offset is
Front Offset 41
Rear Offset 50
:tsk:

i hope i can get poke which is like et15 :banghead:

 

Hi guys,

I want to put 17s bbs reps as the pictures shown. But where i live, streets are not good. I want to put some tall tyres for not braking them everytime.... Standard height for now. Wich offset and with should be the rimms, and what tyre do you recon it can look good, being a bit taller than common? I domt want any fender rolling....

 

All depends on your suspension:

245/40/17 all around should have no issues. That's what I run, anything bigger and you will probably rub.

Conti DWS

 

edit: My picture was way too big...

 

I originally had 19x8.5+40, squared, with 235/35 but there was just no way to get them to sit flush and still be as low as I wanted. Tire width is a lot more limited at 19" than 17" or 18". In order to get the flush and low look that I wanted I had to ditch the 19's I had.

So I picked these up last October for a rock bottom price and refinished them.
Wheel/Tire Specs:
BBS RC090 "Style 5's"
17x8 +20 squared (Final: +10 front, +5 rear)
Firehawk Indy 500 205/40/17

Suspension/Fendors:
ST Coilovers, fronts are maxed () rears still have 3-4 threads.
Rolled rear fenders, no pull

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After having these, though, I think my next set pf wheels will, ideally, be 18x8.5/9.5 and that should be a perfect fit for my suspension.




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BBS RC 8&9x17"

 

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Simmons Racing OM-17
17 x 8.5 ET38 with 225/45/17

 

Yes! Mud flaps on a Touring...awesome. I was thinking of getting a set for mine as well.


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