***Please Help me Decide on Changin Mags for my 3 Series***

[ACT111]

Malapit na. It's gonna look like this:





Front: 8.5x19 235 35 R19
Rears: 9.5x19 265 30 R19

It sounds weird that the front tires are 35 and the rears are 30 but I asked Peter of Wheel Experts (LA, USA) and a friend of mine from Indonesia (those pics are of his car) that this is the perfect setup for an E46 with wider rears.

[baiskee]

:whoa: nice!

[BlueBimmer]

too cool 4 words

[niwde11]

awesome

[BlueBimmer]

shadow grills r awesome!

[luckytruck]

"Front: 8.5x19 235 35 R19
Rears: 9.5x19 265 30 R19"

if you take a look at what the numbers mean, they will show you the real story naman. 235 and 265 are millimeters denoting the width of the tires. so your front wheels are 235mm / 25.456 = 9.23 inches in width (perfect for your 8.5 rims) and their thickness is 35% (35 series) of that, so 3.23 inches. if you double that (top and bottom) plus the rim size (19 inches) . rolling diameter is 25.462 inches.

doing the same thing for the rear:so your rear wheels are 265mm / 25.456 = 10.41 inches in width (perfect for your 9.5 rims) and their thickness is 30% (30 series) of that, so 3.123 inches. if you double that (top and bottom) plus the rim size (19 inches) . rolling diameter is 25.246 inches.

front and rear rolling diameters are practically the same.

is this rear wheel drive? front wheel drive?

[empy]

those look a lot like the g-power rims...but given that they're work wheels they are probably much lighter.

btw, i thought wheel experts was in texas?

is this rear wheel drive? front wheel drive?

sir, the e46 is a rwd platform, unless act111 has the xi variant, which i highly doubt is sold there.

[cokyi]

grabe... sana may trabaho na din ako at mayaman na! :waah: lupit ng car, pati mags! whew! sana hindi kaya gasgasan lang ng mga tao yan dito sa pilipinas?!

[luckytruck]

kung RWD sya, then the staggered setup is perfect. more meat to get the power down.

[hens]

It sounds weird that the front tires are 35 and the rears are 30

Weird ba?..hehehe ganun din setup ko...225/40/18, 255/35/18..

AFAIK, mas maliit kasi ang fender gap sa likod...pag may sakay sa likod (2-3)..medyo naka-"tuck-in" na ang likod...kaya mas manipis ang likod keysa sa harap..para di sumayad yung wheel sa fender..

pero kung 8.5/19 all around...lahat 35 series pwedeng-pwede..

[ILuvDetailing]

ACT111: Nice Rims even better Car.

Question lang mga sir, yung BMW sa pic halos wala ng gap sa rear wheels ah. Ganon din ba sa ride ni ACT111? Tsaka di pa parang "piki" or naka slant paloob yung rear tires pag may karga? Sorry OT

[airshaq20]

Bimmers have negative camber at the rear wheels and gets more (camber) as you corner hard or as you put more load..

ACT111: Nice Rims even better Car.

Question lang mga sir, yung BMW sa pic halos wala ng gap sa rear wheels ah. Ganon din ba sa ride ni ACT111? Tsaka di pa parang "piki" or naka slant paloob yung rear tires pag may karga? Sorry OT

[ILuvDetailing]

Thanks for the info Airshaq

[notEworthy27]

is the negative a plus for bimmers?

[airshaq20]

is the negative a plus for bimmers?

Thats how they have been built and thats how they always be. And as a former bimmer owner (E36 and E46), i could say that the handling (with the help negative camber and good suspension geometry) is what made bmw of today.

I'd probably drive a bimmer again if they are bit rare - i got sick of seeing a bimmer on almost every block.