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E39 530i sport - Wheel Spacers? |
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Ally 
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 Topic: E39 530i sport - Wheel Spacers?Posted: 23 May 2009 at 6:10pm |
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I'm running the OE 18" M Parallels on my E39 530i sport.
I just think that the front wheels sit too far in under the arches if you know what I mean, & was wondering about fitting spacers, so, a few questions... 1. Should I fit spacers at all? 2. Will it affect the ride or handling? I'm guessing it could only improve the handling 3.What size & make would you recommend? 4. Would I need to fit any spacers to the rear wheels? TIA |
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Pete
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Posted: 23 May 2009 at 6:20pm |
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I agree it always comes to my eyes that the wheel on e39 sit to far in
looks wrong
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Posted: 23 May 2009 at 9:51pm |
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Hi
Depends on the ET of your new wheels as opposed to the OEM
1. Should I fit spacers at all? - if too close to strut or want to widen track without exceeding arch
2. Will it affect the ride or handling? I'm guessing it could only improve the handling - if fit pro spacers then will be ok and widening the track can improve handling 3.What size & make would you recommend? - Eibach 4. Would I need to fit any spacers to the rear wheels? - depends on ET I have some spacers available of some sizes for track cars but depends on size you need
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Ally
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Posted: 05 Jun 2009 at 7:10pm |
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Thanks folks, been offline for a while, back up & running now.
I was thinking of 15mm front & 5mm rear, it's the OE M Parallel wheels Cabrio, but as you say, the offset matters too.
My supplier maintains that I should keep the spacing the same front & rear, but I don't want to bring the rears too far out, & thought they had a wider track anyway.
So hopefully, the spacers I'm thinking of, would still give a wider rear track?
I'll need to do some measuring up I guess.
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Posted: 06 Jun 2009 at 1:37am |
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Make sure you fit proper spacers that bolt to the hubs - BUT these wont come as 5mm as no room for the bolt...PM me if you ont understand what I mean - as long as wheel does not hit the arch etc you should be okay
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