18s up front and 19 rears?

Bimmer335i07 · 03-01-2010, 10:57 PM

Sorry, if this is a stupid question, but are we able to run 18s up front and 19s in the rear? Are there any benefits of doing this?

Just watched Motorweek and saw that the Corvettes had 18s up front and 19s in the rear.

Thanks!

zhangzeyuandss · 03-02-2010, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Bimmer335i07

Sorry, if this is a stupid question, but are we able to run 18s up front and 19s in the rear? Are there any benefits of doing this?

Just watched Motorweek and saw that the Corvettes had 18s up front and 19s in the rear.

Thanks!

I know a couple of friend who has vettes running on 275/35/18 front 305/30/19 rear which is really wide . I have seen it in person. In terms of performance I am not quite sure. But I was told he actually feel the car running slower. Do not quote me on this.

turbocomppro · 03-02-2010, 09:20 AM

I think bigger rears should be reserve for muscle cars. On any other street car, it just looks funny... just MHO.

Delta0311 · 03-02-2010, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by turbocomppro

I think bigger rears should be reserve for muscle cars. On any other street car, it just looks funny... just MHO.

Last night at 22:43 Eastern, it was officially declared that the 335i is a muscle car, which I guess would make the M3 a super car.

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...ght=muscle+car

Therefor now it is ok to put a larger rim in the rear.

turbocomppro · 03-02-2010, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by cb4

"Muscle car" implies all power and no handling. The engineers and designers of the BMW 335 would be offended by this remark. BMW strives for balance.

This line says it all...

OlivaresAnthony · 03-02-2010, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Delta0311

Last night at 22:43 Eastern, it was officially declared that the 335i is a muscle car, which I guess would make the M3 a super car.

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...ght=muscle+car

Therefor now it is ok to put a larger rim in the rear.

agreed...

lol..

xEcUtEr · 03-03-2010, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by turbocomppro

This line says it all...

ahahah amen to that!

yamazaho · 03-03-2010, 06:02 PM

I wonder about this too, I see this mostly done on Corvettes and I have no idea why.

iBoost · 03-03-2010, 06:48 PM

looks good on some cars. but i highly doubt any e9X can pull it off.

Ghost170 · 03-04-2010, 10:11 PM

Agreed , looks good on some cars. ie nsx. it prob does not look good for e90x

Amir87 · 03-04-2010, 11:45 PM

It would look good with a forward rake. I can see 20 inch BBS LM's rear and 19's front.

Would look badass on a M3.

remmib · 03-05-2010, 06:17 AM

Not sure if it would look any good.

02themax · 03-05-2010, 07:14 PM

I know a guy running 18's on the rear and 19's up front. He runs this on his 800hp Supra and used to run in the One Lap of America.

John_01 · 03-05-2010, 10:42 PM

Maybe this would work if the wheel arches were larger on the rear than the front, but this is not the case for the E90. The E90 rear wheel arches aren't too hard to fill, but you have to get the front of the car quite low to close up the front gaps.

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turbocomppro First Lieutenant 59 Rep 305 Posts Drives: 2022 M340i Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: El Monte, CA iTrader: (0)	I think bigger rears should be reserve for muscle cars. On any other street car, it just looks funny... just MHO.
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02themax Captain 28 Rep 946 Posts Drives: E90 335i Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Calgary, AB iTrader: (6)	I know a guy running 18's on the rear and 19's up front. He runs this on his 800hp Supra and used to run in the One Lap of America. __________________ E90 335i Sport Package - Logic 7 Sound w/ipod - Bluetooth - Comfort Access - PDC - 19" M3 Reps 275/30 235/35 - Blacklines - 10mil spacers rear, 5mil spacers front - BMW Alarm
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John_01 Colonel 232 Rep 2,643 Posts Drives: E90 325i, E82 135i Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia iTrader: (0)	Maybe this would work if the wheel arches were larger on the rear than the front, but this is not the case for the E90. The E90 rear wheel arches aren't too hard to fill, but you have to get the front of the car quite low to close up the front gaps.
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