Alloy wheels?

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Sheri3663
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Alloy wheels?

Post by Sheri3663 »

I'm thinking of upgrading my alloy wheels for my 1.9 1998 zed. Can I put any BMW alloys on or are there only particular types that will fit?
J1SUA
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Post by J1SUA »

Wheels off Z3, E36 and E46 3 series will fit. I am sure someone knows the offset here.
Diamondj
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Post by Diamondj »

Pleased this topic came up actually, i've got 17"s on my thristy girl at the moment, they are the wheels the car came with (factory), and although nice i was thinking of putting something a little a bigger on i.e. 18"s. as i've stated before, i'm not the most car savy when it comes to stuff like this, before the Zed i never owned anything that i ever though about changing the wheels on before so genuinely don't know much about this stuff - would there be any issues with doing this? She's an 02 2.2.
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Post by spurs fan in a coupe »

Someone might correct me soon but you want between about 30 and 40 ET (offset) - that keeps the wheels within the wheel arch

then you need them to be 120x5 pcd - that means the nuts go through the wheels and onto the car!

then you need to make sure they have the right tyre sizes - to keep the rolling diameter the same, to prevent it affecting the speedo (not exactly sure how to work that one out!

basically (as already said) anything from a 3 series or Z3 (non ///M) or 1 series will fit fine.

Good luck, there are so many to choose from
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GazHyde
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Post by GazHyde »

I bought my Breyton's from BM Auto Sport who were recommended on here and other forums... Have a look through the link below and it takes you to his collection of wheels for E36/46/90/Z3/Z4 which all use the same fitment.

You can then get an idea of styles and also the dimensions you are after.

http://bmautosport.co.uk/index.php?cati ... d_ad_cat=0

If you really get stuck give Mark a ring, he was really helpful when I was looking.

Hope that helps, Gary.
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Post by Diamondj »

Cheers for the link, i'm sure Sherri3663 and i will find this useful, cheers.
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Post by Diamondj »

Just lloking on German ebay and i must admit i really want a set of 18" Breyton magics, i think they'd look really sweet on my Estoril Blue Zed :) ofcourse, haven't checked to see the fit of them yet but they are lovely.
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Post by GazHyde »

Have a look at Jonttt's thread below. He had Breyton Magic's...

http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22055
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Post by Diamondj »

I will but i know that Jontt has a z3m - mine is a 2.2 sport so his car is wider, i think i could fit 8.5's on though, the breytons i've just seen had 9.5's for the back.
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Post by Sheri3663 »

Wow there are loads of different types to choose from I can't decide which ones I like....... Anybody have any particular favourites???
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Post by VikingSven »

18" Breyton Magics on a non-M:
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Post by Sheri3663 »

Will mv2 18" fit
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TitanTim
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Post by TitanTim »

This might help,

http://www.alloywheelsdirect.net/bmw_al ... e36_alloys

They only deal in Genuine BMW alloys :lol:

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Post by J1SUA »

Sheri3663 wrote:Will mv2 18" fit
Yes. We had these for a while.
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Post by Sheri3663 »

Thanks for the links
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Post by Diamondj »

VikingSven wrote:18" Breyton Magics on a non-M:
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lovely :) might be worth emptying the piggy bank for :)
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Can I fit 3 series 18" M wheels?
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Sheri3663 wrote:Can I fit 3 series 18" M wheels?
Don't believe you can fit M3 wheels on the Z. Offset would be incorrect. 2 wheels would fit but the rear M3 wheels would stick out a bit

I could be wrong, this is how it was on my E46 330, M3 wheels wouldn't fit, but the Z does have more space on the rear end.
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Post by theduck »

the red zed above looks awful. Way too high at the back!
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Post by Jonttt »

It will be running standard suspension. One of the "side effects" of fitting 18 inch wheels and with lower profile tyres than stock is that it exaggerates the wheel arch gap (even though its the same as before). Its common to also lower the car 20-30mm as well :wink:
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Post by VikingSven »

theduck wrote:the red zed above looks awful. Way too high at the back!
It's because the ground slopes to a point in the middle, it's not actually like that when it's on flat ground :P
Diamondj
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Post by Diamondj »

Might be of some use to one of you guys:

http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30344
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Post by spurs fan in a coupe »

someone mentioned ///M wheels earlier......

They do fit, a matter of opinion (here comes some controversy) as to whether the rears stick out too much to be legal. However physically with the rear arches rolled they do fit and look, in my opinion, awesome.

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That looks PRO!
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Jonttt wrote:It will be running standard suspension. One of the "side effects" of fitting 18 inch wheels and with lower profile tyres than stock is that it exaggerates the wheel arch gap (even though its the same as before). Its common to also lower the car 20-30mm as well :wink:
I appreciate that, but I am on 17s on standard suspension and that arch gap looks massive in comparison.
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