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[B1N]

I want to get rear spacers only, for a e93 with oem suspension and style 197 rims. This is purely for cosmetic reasons as the rear wheels are tucked inside the fenders pretty badly, but in terms of perfomrance/safety is this setup ok? do I need to add spacers to the front to balance it out. I don't want to be messing with any of bmw's setup and throwing off handling just to make the car look better.

on a side note, with the 197 style wheels should I get 12mm or 15mm spacers? I dont plan to lower it but i dont want any rubbing at all.

[tsev]

I am also interested in this? Do you have sport suspension or?

[roadkillrob]

I have style 193 18's on mine, but the offset is the same and so is the outside diameter of the tire, so it should be no different than what I am running.

I was running 15 mm's with the stock Bridgestones with no rubbing and no issues, but then I switched to PS/2's and they have a slightly more square edge profile and they rubbed just a tiny tiny bit on large bumps, so I switched to 12.5mm from Turner Motorsports. I can't really see the difference of the 2.5 mm difference when I changed one and not the other.

My car has sport suspension on it.

Rob

[JohnnyE]

Originally Posted by B1N

I want to get rear spacers only, for a e93 with oem suspension and style 197 rims. This is purely for cosmetic reasons as the rear wheels are tucked inside the fenders pretty badly, but in terms of perfomrance/safety is this setup ok? do I need to add spacers to the front to balance it out. I don't want to be messing with any of bmw's setup and throwing off handling just to make the car look better.

on a side note, with the 197 style wheels should I get 12mm or 15mm spacers? I dont plan to lower it but i dont want any rubbing at all.

Hi,

I ran 18mm spacers on my previous xdrive. Just the rears and had no problems for the almost two years I had the car. Had them on during both summer and winter. Also, currently running 16mm rear spacers and no problems... Both oem suspension, now 193 style wheels, not sure about the et though... Most likely et 35 rear.

As far as I can tell from my own experience, you should be fine running just the rears..

Is it possible for you to test both spacers at a local shop/garage/your own garage?? Then see which is best. And the 3mm difference is not that much if you're running oem suspension. If lowered, the difference flushwise (is that a word?) will be more noticeable IMO...

[brocklanders]

you will not have any problems, 12mm 15mm thats not going to matter, you wont notice 3mm difference. i have 12.5mm in the back, because they were laying around from my previous e90. i do have 5mm on the front but only because the bolts are silver, i do not recommend 5mm, if you do not tighten the bolts properly you could get vibration. if i were to buy spacers over again i would get 15mm and leave the fronts without.

[Eric335]

i also want to get spacers on the rear of my e92 coupe, stock sport suspension, stock rims. what is a recommened size? 15mm?

who sells high quality spacers?

[BEAR-AvHistory]

I have no interest in spacers but would buy these if I did. The key is to be sure what ever you get that they come with fresh longer high quality bolts.

http://www.burgertuning.com/BMW_wheel_spacers.html

[hammick]

I have a set of macht schnell 20mm used one winter on my 08 m3. Comes with black lugs. $100 shipped.

[jon328i]

i have 5mm H&R spacers on the rears, looks much better

[Saintor]

Originally Posted by brocklanders

you will not have any problems, 12mm 15mm thats not going to matter, you wont notice 3mm difference. i have 12.5mm in the back, because they were laying around from my previous e90. i do have 5mm on the front but only because the bolts are silver, i do not recommend 5mm, if you do not tighten the bolts properly you could get vibration. if i were to buy spacers over again i would get 15mm and leave the fronts without.

That's what I did and I think that they give more 'Europulence' to the car.

LCI cars have a 24mm wider rear track.

[Neutrino45]

Originally Posted by BEAR-AvHistory

I have no interest in spacers but would buy these if I did. The key is to be sure what ever you get that they come with fresh longer high quality bolts.

http://www.burgertuning.com/BMW_wheel_spacers.html

Here is my experience/review of their spacers. http://www.e90post.com/forums/showpo...43&postcount=6

[Murf]

I've been running 10mm in the rear only for over a year no probs, looks much better.

[Bakeneko]

Originally Posted by Eric335

i also want to get spacers on the rear of my e92 coupe, stock sport suspension, stock rims. what is a recommened size? 15mm?

who sells high quality spacers?

15 mm: http://www.turnermotorsport.com/p-15...cers-pair.aspx

[Eric335]

Originally Posted by Cltch

15 mm: http://www.turnermotorsport.com/p-15...cers-pair.aspx

are there any good pics of an e92 with/without spacers?

also, i do need the longer bolts if i buy there from Turner?

[dlbrooks18]

I ran only 25mm spacers in the rear with my stock 162s for half a year, car handled better..

[badblkX6]

I have a 2012 335i with the sport suspension and 193 wheels. I have H&R Trak+ 15mm spacers with the extended bolts just on my rear. They fit perfectly, zero rubbing issues and make the wheels fit really really nicely.

I also have the stock run flat tires. I purchased mine through Alan and Gilbert and **********s. They offered a good price and were great to work with.

I am sorry I cannot take any pictures. I broke my leg and am pretty much stuck on the couch. Getting across the house, down the steps and into the garage to snap a few pics is only a distant dream right now. 8 more weeks of no weight baring on my leg! Wahoo! NOT!!!

Best of luck and I would highly recommend getting the spacers! Did notice better handling too!

[B1N]

15mm rear spacers it is thanks guys!

[Bakeneko]

Originally Posted by Eric335

are there any good pics of an e92 with/without spacers?

also, i do need the longer bolts if i buy there from Turner?

There are plenty of pics if you just do a search for spacers in the wheel or suspension sub-forums.

You'll need longer bolts for anything larger than 5 mm. Turner offers the option for longer bolts when you're adding to the shopping cart. They'll match the correct length for the spacer in either black or silver.

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EDIT: Here's a shot of my E92 with rear spacers (15 mm Turner Motorsport) and stock 189s.

[Eric335]

Originally Posted by Cltch

There are plenty of pics if you just do a search for spacers in the wheel or suspension sub-forums.

You'll need longer bolts for anything larger than 5 mm. Turner offers the option for longer bolts when you're adding to the shopping cart. They'll match the correct length for the spacer in either black or silver.

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EDIT: Here's a shot of my E92 with rear spacers (15 mm Turner Motorsport) and stock 189s (bad image resize, I'll fix it later).

swet thanks for the info.

so im thinking i should go with 20mm for what i want, since the 15mm is not far enough? Idk im on stock sport rims.

[Bakeneko]

I'm on stock suspension and running 255/35 Bridgestone Potenza RE970AS. I chose 15 mm because I'll be lowering (mildly) soon and didn't want to worry about rubbing. Lowered with 20 mm spacers, one will have to consider tires more if/when replacing them. Chances are there will be no effect, but I didn't want to think about it. I think 15 mm fills out the ass well without disrupting the lines...but to each their own

[EPOS]

I'm running 12mm upfront and 15mm in the rear. Zero rubbing on E90 LCI with Msport.

[Snyperx]

I have a 2006 pre-lci and am looking at 12mm front and 18mm rear. Thoughts on this setup?