bbs lms 5x100.... :o

[jayjay]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Sti-BBS-LM-Im...item3efda1aa4e

gold, 18x7.5. from a rexxie.

[tomtom_r32]

OMG, always wanted LM's.

Nice find.

[Yevvy]

ET49

[WABIT]

isnt a higher ET better than a lower ET? at least if you drop the cash on them, they are guaranteed to fit, obviously with spacers... but try shaving the mounting face because they stick out instead.....

dom

[gareth_oau]

a lower et will typically make the wheel/tyre sit wider and offer more inner clearance for suspension and brakes, but has the risk of rubbing on your wheel arch

http://www.1010tires.com/WheelOffsetCalculator.asp

[anth]

a lower et will typically make the wheel/tyre sit wider and offer more inner clearance for suspension and brakes, but has the risk of rubbing on your wheel arch

http://www.1010tires.com/WheelOffsetCalculator.asp

Gareth, what dom is saying is that you're better off having a higher offset because you can make the wheels fit the way you want with the help of spacers. If they were too low of an ET then it's harder to make them fit

[thestu]

Sexxxxxxxxxx

[Yevvy]

isnt a higher ET better than a lower ET? at least if you drop the cash on them, they are guaranteed to fit, obviously with spacers... but try shaving the mounting face because they stick out instead.....

dom

spacers are illegal

[gareth_oau]

i'm looking for wheels atm, but trying to avoid spacers as they are illegal, and compromise insurance.

my current is ET35 on a 7.5" rim. and if i go to an ET30 or less, I can go to a 8.5 or 9" rim and it makes the rims and stance look a lot wider without compromising fit, and without using spacers.

i know a lot of people use spacers, but i'm waiting for a hardluck story when someone has a crash, writes off someone else's property and then has their insurance claim rejected on a technicality, due to illegal spacers....

[WABIT]

whatever then... just making suggestions for those who cant work it out..... not holding a gun to anyone's head.....

dom

[gareth_oau]

no worries Dom.

I'm just a bit of a granny when it comes to insurance, cant afford to write off a $28k car and not have the insurance cough up.

Its unfair because there are limited 5x100 wheels out there and I'd love to be able to use spacers and/or adaptors and expand my choice of wheels

[Preen59]

Funnily enough it's legal if they came from factory with spacers (think Porsche), yet illegal if you fit them aftermarket. What a wank! haha.

[gareth_oau]

i'm not sure why spacers are illegal. i think its to do with shortening the useable length of the studs.

they should make it leagal as long as longer studs are used as well.

sounds like typical, narrow-minded, ignorant legislation drafting

[jayjay]

if you have a lot of mods already just get everything engineered?

[Manaz]

i'm not sure why spacers are illegal. i think its to do with shortening the useable length of the studs.

they should make it leagal as long as longer studs are used as well.

sounds like typical, narrow-minded, ignorant legislation drafting

Spacers from the factory are legal because factory ones aren't likely to be shonky. There are plenty of shonky after market ones that aren't hub/wheel centric and end up putting strain on the wheel bolts/studs that should not be there, and that can cause spectacular failures.