What wheels fit a Z1?

Racing Tortoise · Post by **Racing Tortoise** » Mon 07 Nov, 2005 21:44

What by way of a 16" BMW alloy would fit a Z1 other than the obvious Z1 alloys which aren't too common as spare sets?

I ask as I have a set of excellent 16" Dunlop winter tyres in the garage left over from my S3 which it would be great to be able to fit to the car come winter time given your average BM's hopeless performance on snow and ice.

felix · Post by **felix** » Wed 09 Nov, 2005 15:05

Any E30 era wheels should fit. That said, 16" wheels were probably a rare option (other than the E30 M3) in the late 80's and early 90's. The bigger cars (5,6 and 7 series) all used 5 bolt wheels and with the E36 the 3 series went to 5 bolt wheels as well. I think the Z3, although based on the suspension of the E30, used 5 bolt wheels. Ditto for the E36 compact. So me thinks you need to look for aftermarket wheels.

(editted - E30 M3 appears to use 4 bolt wheels, as least according to www.realoem.com)

spokey · Post by **spokey** » Wed 09 Nov, 2005 15:37

The E30 M3 also used 5-stud alloys.

felix · Post by **felix** » Wed 09 Nov, 2005 17:08

spokey wrote:The E30 M3 also used 5-stud alloys.

Interesting. That's would I would have said except that realoem lists some wheels in common between the E30 M3 and the E30 325. See http://www.realoem.com/bmw/partxref.do? ... showeur=on

spokey · Post by **spokey** » Wed 09 Nov, 2005 18:48

Every E30 M3 I've ever seen, heard of, or read about, has 5-stud alloys. I can only assume that Real OEM is wrong in this case.

felix · Post by **felix** » Wed 09 Nov, 2005 19:07

You mean everything published on the internet isn't true?!?!

spokey · Post by **spokey** » Wed 09 Nov, 2005 19:13

Yes.

Including this.

spokey · Post by **spokey** » Wed 09 Nov, 2005 19:28

Just did a quick check ... seems realoem is wrong.

felix · Post by **felix** » Wed 09 Nov, 2005 20:06

Hi Spokey,

I never doubted you; what you posted matches my recollection of the E30 M3. My comment was tongue in cheek; apologies if it came across that I was taking the proverbial.

Bottom line is: it's unlikely that there's a 16" factory wheel that will fit the Z1 other than the original as the E30 3 series was the last 4 bolt wheel BMW and 14" wheels were the norm.

spokey · Post by **spokey** » Wed 09 Nov, 2005 20:07

Yes, even 15" 4-stud factory alloys are hard to find -- I struggled like mad to find some at a reasonable price for my E21 and eventually gave up.

Racing Tortoise · Post by **Racing Tortoise** » Wed 09 Nov, 2005 22:02

Perhaps Alpina replicas are the only route after all!

Oh yes and that wretched site (along with so many others) doesn't acknowledge that BMW ever made a Z1...grrrrrrrrrrrrr....

felix · Post by **felix** » Wed 09 Nov, 2005 22:11

RacingTeatray wrote:Oh yes and that wretched site (along with so many others) doesn't acknowledge that BMW ever made a Z1...grrrrrrrrrrrrr....

Do you mean realoem?

Racing Tortoise · Post by **Racing Tortoise** » Thu 10 Nov, 2005 13:59

Yes...

felix · Post by **felix** » Thu 10 Nov, 2005 15:27

It works fine for the Z1. Either enter your chassis number (ALnnnnn) in the Serial Number box or select "archive" under the archive drop-down menu.

Linton · Post by **Linton** » Thu 29 Dec, 2005 03:08

There are some good looking e30 4 stud wheels on e'bay at the moment but they seem too big to fit an e30 with standard wheel arches.

Would they fit a Z1 ?

8x 17 et35 and 9x 17 et30.

Racing Tortoise · Post by **Racing Tortoise** » Thu 29 Dec, 2005 10:16

Linton wrote:There are some good looking e30 4 stud wheels on e'bay at the moment but they seem too big to fit an e30 with standard wheel arches.

Would they fit a Z1 ?

8x 17 et35 and 9x 17 et30.

Thanks. Not sure really - the standard fit on a Z1 is 7.5x16 ET25.

Anyone know?

GaryK · Post by **GaryK** » Fri 03 Feb, 2006 13:47

Tree house racing in the US www.treehouseracing.com do a 5stud conversion for E30's dont know if it would go on the Z1 but if it did it would open up a whole host of possibilities!

pierrez1 · Post by **pierrez1** » Fri 24 Feb, 2006 19:50

5-stud from Schnitzer with M3e30 parts and brakes!
Wheels Schnitzer RS: 8,5*18 ET 18 and 9,0*18 ET22

ChrisXL · Post by **ChrisXL** » Fri 24 Feb, 2006 21:42

Hi Pierre, good to see you here