2014 SE Sport Touring, show me your wheels

[Evil.soup]

I have recently bought a 2014 320D SE Sport touring and after a few months of ownership, I have totally fallen for it. It's a fantastic car and a great place to be on a long or short drive.

My car came with 17" wheels, they look fine, but I have always felt that wheels make a car. With that in mind, I am considering changing to either 18" or 19" wheels. I know 18s will go on without any need to lower the car, but I need to know if it will make muck difference to the 17 wheels. 19s will go on ok as well, but as its not an M sport car, will it need to be lowered for the 19s to look ok?

Do you have pics of your SE Sport with 18s or 19s and have you had to lower it?

Thanks in advance!

[danb79]

Not an SE but our F31 M Sport sitting on Bilstein B4S shocks with Eibach Pro kit springs as pert of a full suspension overhaul in Jan 2024

Summer - 18 405Ms with Goodyear Assym6 F1 XL tyres - 235/45/18s all round

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And on its winters - 18 397s with Goodyear Vector Gen3 all season tyres - same sizes as above

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I'd always highly recommend 18s due to more tyre sidewall, comfier drive, and IMO better handling and turn in feel... And I'd recommend the Bilstein / Eibach combo too - much better than OEM

[Evil.soup]

Looks fantastic on 18's, does help a lot that it's lowered though.

This is my daily driver and I have a modified WRX that I tend to spend all my money on, so I am worried about going down the modified rabbit hole with the F31.

I would like to just pop a setoff 18s on there and be happy with it, but I know it won't sit like yours for sure lol!

[danb79]

Evil.soup said:

Looks fantastic on 18's, does help a lot that it's lowered though.

This is my daily driver and I have a modified WRX that I tend to spend all my money on, so I am worried about going down the modified rabbit hole with the F31.

I would like to just pop a setoff 18s on there and be happy with it, but I know it won't sit like yours for sure lol!

Is yours an xDrive, SE or M Sport (there's no such thing as an SE M Sport, it's one or the other)

This is how the F31 sat before the suspension overhaul, on OEM M Sport suspension



And on the 405Ms in their original factory satin black



That should give you an idea

[Evil.soup]

It's an SE Sport, so it has the sport interior but SE bumpers etc, not the M Sport bumpers. I have a feeling the M Sport is slightly lower as standard.

[danb79]

Evil.soup said:

It's an SE Sport, so it has the sport interior but SE bumpers etc, not the M Sport bumpers. I have a feeling the M Sport is slightly lower as standard.

Ah cool. Never realised that was an option... Know there's a Luxury spec which to be fair are nice, nearly settled on a 330D Luxury but it's spec wasn't as good as our F31 nor was it under 100k miles (wanted to get fully comp extended warranty etc)

Yes the M Sport will be slightly lower, but with 18s least you'll have the better sidewall, 19s will make the gap even bigger again.

You could go for 17s unless you've got the M Performance Brembo brakes in which case you'll need 18s at a minimum

Or, you could fit OEM Sport springs or Eibach Pro kit springs to yours. Then again doing that, it'd make sense to fit the likes of Bilstein B4 shocks which are c£100 a corner...