tires and wheels Answer to most wheel questions

[baller908790]

I have been searching for wheels for my car. After

doing research and asking questions 5" backspacing

is ideal for our cars. Here is a chart that helps you

find what backspacing a wheel has and the et of it

based on the width and backspacing or the other way

around if you have the et and width you can figure out

the backspacing. This will be much easier for people to

determine if the wheels will fit. Of course if you get a

wheel with the wrong backspacing ex 6" you can probably

get a spacer to move the wheel towards the fender. This

should help anyone with questions concerning wheels and

if they will fit. Feel free to add anything I missed.

[napa02]

it's a nice tool, but you will still get people asking " will these fit my car" no matter what you do...

[baller908790]

I used to do the same thing until I found this. They should just throw it on the faq with a bunch of info.

[323IJOE]

I am actually in the same boat, and found this chart and it saved me from annoying everyone with my stupid questions lol

Buuuuuut.... A thought the perfect backspacing for our cars was 4.5" Based on this link

http://www.bmw2002.com/tech/bmw-wheels.html

Anyone care to clarify if I should go by 5" or 4.5" not that it should really matter at that much But ya never know

[baller908790]

That group buy they had on the rotas were et 25 with a width of seven I believe which would give a 5" backspacing. Anyone else want to clarify this.

[c.d.iesel]

4.5 / ET29 is the proper , original offset for a 02

and no - many peiople will continue to ask

because new people join every day and don't read

the mountains of pages/threads/Site Search

informastion available to them.

[bnam]

CD,

The 4.5 that you mention above -- is that the backspace, the nominal wheel width or the actual wheel width?

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[baller908790]

4.5 Is the backspacing that he stated

[bnam]

I keep forgetting to read the subject line on the replies -- and start reading only the main body. Seems like lot more use of it on this forum than on others I've been on. Will get used to it.

B

[TobyB]

will these wheels fit my car?

t

[Colin]

will these wheels fit my car?

t

Yeah dawg but you could go bigger to make it hella flush, yo.