Team Dynamics Wheels and Offsets

[cantfind1]

my 18 x 9.5j are in the uk now and will be trial fitted next Thursday at Simpsons wuith 265/35 tyres. I will trial them -2 and -3 camber so if you want to wait till then i can tell you if 265 all round will fit
bear in mind youll nearly double the life of the tyres being able to swap them fron to back, pays for my new rims in 2 sets of tyres:thumbs:

OK good point will defo be waiting as my car is at simpsons at the moment. Say hello to it for me!

[shimmy]

Those who want to swap wheels front to back then it looks like et 30 all round is the option to go for, with a spacer on the rear say 15mm, however I am still not clear if this will fit the front with a 265 tyre on?

Any way have made my decision TD 18x9j et30 up front and 18x9j et15 in the rear. 245 tyres for the front and 265 for the rear. Any one talk me out of it?

my 18 x 9.5j are in the uk now and will be trial fitted next Thursday at Simpsons wuith 265/35 tyres. I will trial them -2 and -3 camber so if you want to wait till then i can tell you if 265 all round will fit
bear in mind youll nearly double the life of the tyres being able to swap them fron to back, pays for my new rims in 2 sets of tyres:thumbs:

[cantfind1]

Wow opened up a can of worms!

Ok so we are all in agreement that thorney run TD18x9 et 30 all round with spacers on the rear to compensate.

By my calculations an et 30 on the front will give an extra 20mm extend outwards and extra 8mm space inner clearance?

agree et 15 for the rear is perfect, its just that i don t like spacers and will be running 245 up front and 265 in the rear so wheel swapping won t be possible for me. Which is fine by me.

Those who want to swap wheels front to back then it looks like et 30 all round is the option to go for, with a spacer on the rear say 15mm, however I am still not clear if this will fit the front with a 265 tyre on?

Any way have made my decision TD 18x9j et30 up front and 18x9j et15 in the rear. 245 tyres for the front and 265 for the rear. Any one talk me out of it?

Or John any prices on this setup?:thumbs:

[shimmy]

Don't think so skinny jim

I just think 9j Et25 on a road car is still too tight

not even sure what the 18 inch rear m3 OEM rims et is?

[_Nathan_]

Gotcha!

[shimmy]

yes i know but 9.5J rear CSL rims rub on arches on road with -2 camber

9j rims with 265 tyres wont be much better so i would def go et30 rather than et25 on road biased car

[_Nathan_]

We are talking about 9J wheels here though?

Team Dynamics don't make a 9.5...

[shimmy]

Need Nords on here - he left his Intrax top mounts in the road position and didn't get rubbing?

buy my 4 x rears and you have solved your problem. et26 18x9 all around and only £220, but i'll do you deal as you sorted me out on the top mounts:thumbs:

both of these using 9j NOT 9.5j.

9j will be a few mm better both sides

[daniel]

buy my 4 x rears and you have solved your problem. et26 18x9 all around and only £220, but i'll do you deal as you sorted me out on the top mounts:thumbs:

[_Nathan_]

Need Nords on here - he left his Intrax top mounts in the road position and didn't get rubbing?

[shimmy]

Et27 rears do not work pm road geos, they hit the arches hence why I said et30

[_Nathan_]

Nords has some pics of a 265 tyres on an ET26 OEM rear up front running road camber of circa 1.5 degrees I believe. You'll be able to find them somewhere on here

[karbonkid]

Totally. Will depend on set up, ride height and camber. IMO a 265 is pushing it on the front anyway, I hope to run camber up to -3 but want to keep it as close to the strut as possible to avoid issues with rubbing on arches. Do you have any pics of a ET25 up front?

[_Nathan_]

The front fitment depends on suspension, topmounts and camber so it is difficult to give advice based on anything other that my own setup.

As there is only 1mm difference between a solution that is known to work on multiple cars and et25 I'd certainly consider it but don't want to offer it as a full solution to your question and make you buy something that doesn't fit!

[karbonkid]

Your right he did quote that they run ET20 but he corrected himself when I descussed to him about offsets, as I would have thought ET20 would stick out the arch a lot. As the 18" Rear M3s are ET26 and when trial fitting I found they stuck out quite a bit, but work no problem as some do run rears all round. ET25 all round would work fine too and when adding a 10mm spacer to the rear would = to ET15, which is a good compromise too IMO.