Quick Wheel Question...

[mustard]

Will 8J 16" Wheels (from an E38 as above) fit with 225/55 16" tyres on an E34 with out any issues? From all the info I can find 8J's were only fitted (from the factory) as 17" on E34.... looking to replace the dreaded metrics!

[derin100]

Mustard,

Definitely a straight bolt-on job with no issues at all! You don't even need spigot rings. My wife's E34 Touring runs on E38 wheels with exactly those tyre sizes (and has done for 4 years!). Initially, I thought I needed spigot rings but I was wrong.

To reiterate...straight bolt-on.

Hope that helps.

[mustard]

derin100 said:

Mustard,

Definitely a straight bolt-on job with no issues at all! You don't even need spigot rings. My wife's E34 Touring runs on E38 wheels with exactly those tyre sizes (and has done for 4 years!). Initially, I thought I needed spigot rings but I was wrong.

To reiterate...straight bolt-on.

Hope that helps.

Thought you'd know the answer! 8J's are fine though? Guys described them on ebay as 15" from a 750i which based on info from http://felgenkatalog.auto-treff.com/ they cant be, anyway, he'll take 40 notes for them (they failed to sell)

Cheers

[derin100]

If he's got the wheel size wrong just make sure he hasn't put the wrong tyre size!

These E38 wheels on Ebay say 225/60/16:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dl

Anyway, I've doubled checked...my wife's are most definitely 225/55/16

[mustard]

No tyres on these, so no such worries