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In Reply to: Re: Wheel Size? posted by Randy Walters on April 03, 2000 at 21:46:35:
: With all due respect, the Tire Rack offers
: only a handful of wheels for a 4-lug E30, but
: there's a lot more brands out there that make
: wheels for our cars that they do not carry. Of
: all those, the only two that look halfway proper
: on an E30 are the BBS RX and the Borbet Type T,
: but the rest don't look right on the car. The
: only reason i bought the Kosei K1's is because
: they're light, although i cannot stand the way
: they look on the car.
: Knowing the exact offset requirements and bolt
: pattern makes it easier to find other wheels
: from various makers, and also makes it possible
: to buy Volkswagen wheels and select the right H&R
: double-hubcentric Spacer kits to make em fit an
: E30. The Rack will not sell VW wheels if they
: know they're going onto an E30 BMW and used with
: spacers, even if the owner knows for a fact that
: it works just fine. It's also good to know this
: info when buying used wheels from private parties,
: or salvage yards or garage sales etc etc. It also
: prevents one from buying possible candidates as
: they can measure them and determine if they'll
: fit before they ever plunk down the cash.
: Knowledge is a good thing to have when you
: own a BMW :-)
: Randy Walters
: Happy Tire Rack customer, just not for wheels :-)
:
You are correct there are other companies that have wheels for the car the factory offset should be ET35 but that is only a 14X6 wheel. If you go to a wider wheel you would need to adjust the offset to make room for the more width. The center bore for your car is a 57.1mm and the bolt pattern is 4-100. By the way I disagree with your assumption that there is only 2 wheels that look good on the car. I have Borbet type C and they look great.
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