Hello Gentlemen ~

Im in the market for some rear spacers , I want to push these babies outward.
I really want to go with the 15mm spacer.

what brand spacer would you recommend?
what type of lug nut would I need in order to have a safe amount of thread on the stud?

thanks~

 

I have 13mm on the rear from SCC

check it out :

 

1) Ask Tirerack. They'll get you what you need. They gave me good advice about spacers to adapt my winter setup to an E90, before I changed my mind and ordered an E60.

2) BMW uses bolts on the wheel, rather than nuts and studs. This will make it easier to get the correct length.

 

As andy said, SCC make excellent spacers (in Germany) and the H&R ones are excellent, too.

You would ideally need bolts 15mm longer. M12x1.5, 60 degree tapered head, best with a 17 nut fitting. Iirc, standard thread length is just under 27mm, so you'll be looking at 42mm thread length on the bolts.
For a safe fastening, a minimum of 6.5 turns of the bolt is recommended.

 

mind if I ask where you all got your bolts from?

I totally forgot that bmw uses bolts that go into the hub , lol...

 

For reasons relating to my inability to remove my 20mm rear spacers when I changed from replica #166s to OEMs, I still keep the 20mm's on the rear.

It looks pretty good. I believe that 24mm = 1 inch, so the extra 1/3rd inch more than someone with the recommended 12mm spacer is not that much.

 

[quote name='.:reza:.' date='Jun 26 2007, 03:17 AM' post='439853']
Hello Gentlemen ~

Im in the market for some rear spacers , I want to push these babies outward.
I really want to go with the 15mm spacer.

what brand spacer would you recommend?
what type of lug nut would I need in order to have a safe amount of thread on the stud?

thanks~

I picked up H&R spacers and bolts and put them on a short while ago. Do a search on spacers and you should find my post. Anyway, I used 12mm spacers and 43mm extended bolts, swapped the front bolts to match.

http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html/show_...p;RWheelSpacers

Good luck

 

wow! I have the rogue engineering wheel spacers originally installed on my 03 330i zhp. front is just right but the rear needs to be pushed more. i was thinking 15mm would be enough, but your saying 24mm will still work. i still have the stock wheels and tires. do you have any other pictures on your rear set up so i can see how much gap you have on those 20mm? thanks.

btw, to the origal poster of the topic, rogue engineering comes with the bolts.

 

i remember some members having Ichiba spacers . Youll need the longer bolts which they also carry, and thier spacers are hubcentric. They are located in socal

http://www.ichibausa.com/15alwhsp7.html

 

spacers are spacers really. the most popular brands are like the springs that people get indecisive with, between eibach and H&R. vt used ichiba spacers when he had his 166s. for my 128s, i used 15mm spacers for them to be flushed with the rear fenders, since the previous offset was ET32. for the spacers, it all depends on what offset you have and what offset you desire to have. i remember coming across a thread earlier, there's a member selling his 12mm eibach spacers.