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06-04-2009, 06:51 AM
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I recently purchased a set of vossen 083 20" staggered, fronts are 20x9 rears are 20x10.5, stock sport 2005 bmw 545i. Vossen said they would fit with no issue's. They recomend 245/35r20's in front and 295/25r20 in the rear, i installed falken 452's 245/35r20 in front and 285/30r20 in the rear so the rolling diameter would stay as close as possible, well the first dip i drove over while turning the front wheel made contact and bent my fender, mind you i was alone in the car and do not have anything heavy in it. Just a heads up.
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06-04-2009, 07:11 AM
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Thats terrible man. 
Have you contacted Vossen? Maybe they can swap you out with a smaller front wheel. Maybe a 20x8.5.
Have you contacted Vossen? Maybe they can swap you out with a smaller front wheel. Maybe a 20x8.5.
06-04-2009, 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by AKAlius' post='900729' date='Jun 4 2009, 11:11 AM
Thats terrible man. Have you contacted Vossen? Maybe they can swap you out with a smaller front wheel. Maybe a 20x8.5.
Have you contacted Vossen? Maybe they can swap you out with a smaller front wheel. Maybe a 20x8.5.
06-04-2009, 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by brian95' post='900704' date='Jun 4 2009, 09:51 AM
I recently purchased a set of vossen 083 20" staggered, fronts are 20x9 rears are 20x10.5, stock sport 2005 bmw 545i. Vossen said they would fit with no issue's. They recomend 245/35r20's in front and 295/25r20 in the rear, i installed falken 452's 245/35r20 in front and 285/30r20 in the rear so the rolling diameter would stay as close as possible, well the first dip i drove over while turning the front wheel made contact and bent my fender, mind you i was alone in the car and do not have anything heavy in it. Just a heads up.
Brian
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Another issue... to be as close to the OEM rolling diameter specs, the tires should have been 245/30/20 and 285/25/20 (or 295/25/20 as they recommended). I know some folks run the 245/30/20 and 285/30/20 size and have had no problems.... I wonder what your wheels' offsets are
Good luck.
06-04-2009, 09:13 AM
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Is your car lowered? If so, I think the better choice should have been 245-30-20 and 285-25-20 Also. Post pics of the car with the wheels on.
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+1 according to rolling diameter sidewalls should be 30 in front and 25 in rear. as Michael said above, people run 35 in front and 30 in rear and we recommend those sizes solely for more rim protection with a thicker tire sidewall, but yes there would be greater chances of rubbing.
