18 inch wheels on an e39 touring.

[Scamp's Walker]

Want to buy some Style 32 wheels for my e39 touring and have been looking at 18 ones. Don't think 18s were ever specced for my car, an '98 model. Any advice? Offset is ok

[Fox-]

Although they were never offered from the factory they do fit fine.

A word of warning though - quality premium brand tyres for the 18 inch wheels are considerably more expensive than for the 17 inch non-staggered wheels.

Both my 530i Saloon on 18's and my fathers 530i Touring on 17's are getting rear tyres this month - the best price, fitted, for Eagle F1 Assymetric 2 is £110 each for the Touring but a staggering £200 each for my Saloon. This is after an exhuasting amount of shopping around, too.

As the Style 32 is also available in 17 inch size, my advice to you would be to find a set of non-staggered 17 inch ones and enjoy the ability to buy high end, quality tyres for sensible money.

[Deano_BMW]

i had a set of 18 inch style 32s on my 540 touring. They were E38 fitment so i had to get them bored out. I ran 265/35/18 on the rear and 235/40/18 on the fronts. no problems at all and they looked fantastic.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/600/newwheels...

God i miss that car.

[Crombers]

Deano_BMW said:

i had a set of 18 inch style 32s on my 540 touring. They were E38 fitment so i had to get them bored out. I ran 265/35/18 on the rear and 235/40/18 on the fronts. no problems at all and they looked fantastic.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/600/newwheels...

God i miss that car.

I had the same set up on my old 540 saloon, stunning alloys they were.

Alpinas came with 275/30/19 on the rear of the tourings so fill your boots on the big wheels if that's what floats your boat. The alloy size won't ruin ride quality, knackered suspension components will do that for you!

Personal preference but the 18" style 32s are far more impressive than the 17" jobs...

Edited by Crombers on Thursday 19th January 00:32