Alloy wheel retrofit?

[Layfs]

Hi all, I have access to a free set of lovely 18" wheels from my father in laws old 635csi. The car has just blown its head gasket and he is breaking the car. The question is can I squeeze these wheels onto my mk4 golf gti? The tyre size are fronts 235/40/r18. The rears are 265/35z/r18's. The wheels are 5x120 I think so will need an adaptor?

[paulshears]

Whats the offset & width of the BMW wheels?

[Layfs]

Not sure what you mean by offset but the wheel size is 9x18 et40. Does that make sense?

[Faz123]

The offset would be the ET no. As you've pointed its Offset is ET40

[paulshears]

owner of the above says "18x9 et 44 25mm adapter final et 19"

most adaptors are 25mm at the thinest, so your final offset would become 15mm (et15)

link below

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?4592901-...

If it was my car I'd stick to something 18x7.5 et38 & already 5x100 ... once you've bought the adaptors & skinny tyres & probably had your arches rolled you'll probably wish you had stuck with "normal" wheels

[Layfs]

Ok probably take the advise. Shame I love the wheels

[Layfs]

[ManOpener]

I'd probably clean them up and sell them on to someone else in the BMW scene, assuming they're something desirable like a BBS-made 3-piece split-rim.