purchasing 166's 19"

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01-29-2007 | 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by vafinest25' post='384933' date='Jan 29 2007, 10:33 AM

those are good questions cool guy, yea does anyone have a spare tire with the rim on it? Or are they just the space saver spare. What about spacers what size to get. Can you guys put pics up with your comments about the rims so that I can see what your talking about. Your car year, and model also and the specs of your rims, I.E. spacers, tires,and staggered or not.

Here is my car with Sport Package (factory drop included), H&R Sport spring (1.3" drop in front, 1.2" drop in rear), 166 wheels (8.5X19 ET:12 in front, 9.5X19 ET:28 in rear: ET denotes what the offsets are), 12mm Ichiba spacers, and General Exclaim UHP tires: 245/35/19 in front, 275/30/19 in rear. More pictures here: http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=36174

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01-29-2007 | 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by vegastrashed' post='384935' date='Jan 29 2007, 01:36 PM

Get the wheels from quad_m and tires from Tirerack or Discount Tires. Take all the parts to a tire shop nearby for installation. There's no need to take it to the dealership. They'll rob you blind.

Spacers is a cosmetic look that will bring out the wheels. The 128s have a rear 32 offset which means that the rear wheels are inset quite a lot. Nerwezzy has the same wheels that you are interested in. I spoke to him this weekend b/c he was interested in bringing out his wheels. I recommended 15mm. This setup will not rub b/c it's only 1mm less overall then my current setup and I'm not rubbing at all. Of course, this is with 275 tires.

167s look good on all colors not just black. I've seen it in person. You'll still have the OEM donut tire for a spare. I'm not certain if a full-size tire will fit in the spare well.

Yah I am inspired to change my wheels when I saw pic of Nerwezzy car

.. Any idea how much local guys would charge to replace my stock tires with these 19" ones.. The wheels on ur car looks good too! Damn, now have to decide between urs or Nerwezzy!! loll!