Hello everyone, I purchased a new to me 05 530I non sport with the 17~ wheels. My question specifically is I would like a flush tire/wheel combo to fill up the wheel wells without dropping the vehicle I've read/heard the negatives and expense of the harder ride so I'm wondering can I possibly upgrade to say a 18 or 19 wheel with a taller tire to fill in the gap.

From the research I've done it looks like in a 18 a 255/40/18 & 285/40/18 or 245/35/19 & 285/30/19 would do the trick, I don't want to go into a sub 30 series tire with the roads here in Indianapolis and the potential rim damage.

I don't drive the car hard so a minor rub during a slow speed turn is no big deal.

Any help on this matter would be appreciated.

 

Common tire sizes for 18" are 245/40/18 and 275/40/18 and for 19" are 245/35/19 and 275/30/19. Although some have mounted 245/40/19 and 275/35/19 to fill the gap better. Flushness depends on the offset of wheels.

 

 

Don't know if you are interested in a set of chrome OEM 2008 535 sport wheels with tires? The wheels are 18 inch and the tires are Dunlop runflats which have maybe 3000 miles. The wheels were chromed 10 months ago and don't have a mark. The front tires have 9-10/32 and the rears have 8-9/32 tread.
The fronts are stock sizes, 245 and the rears are 275.

 

Do you have some suggestions as for offset to use to give the flush look for the size wheel/tires above, any help would really be appreciated.

 

some people prefer the M6 offset to make it flush, if not you can always get spacers

 

It's all depending on what wheel you choose... Let me know what wheel you are looking at. If it is an OEM BMW 5 series wheel chances are I can tell you what spacer I have tried. I have had the most popular designs throughout my ownership. ie. 122's, 124's, 172's, and 166's.

 

This is the wheel I'm looking at: http://www.beyernwheels.com/BMW_wheels_beyern_wolff.php

And thanks for the help.