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[sammysolis]

Originally Posted by Mahhvinn

They should fit with minimal amount of work. I've fit plenty of wheels on my car and the only minor thing I've done was slight roll and adding camber when I got my alignment. Also, you don't look low at all judging by your pictures and choice in tires.

You can't just expect to slap some beefy tires onto your car and think that anything won't happen. You KNEW that you had 8mm less clearance and you know that the wheel well is wider on an M3. Also, I hope that you know there's differences in tires as well. Some will be more square than others, some will have softer sidewalls, and some are more round. Matt gave you his personal experience on tire fitment and let you know that it could work. For whatever reason it didn't work with yours. As for the tire hitting the oil cooler bolt, that's a first because that's never happened to me, I have a 335i.

If you say you knew you should have just gone to America's Tire first and bought their recommended sizes then why didn't you? Yet you decided to come here and ask for other's opinions and experiences on tire sizing, which is what you got. You didn't have to go with what others said because results will vary from user to user. I'm sure you know that not every two cars are similar and that outcomes will be different.

It sucks that YOU couldn't get the tires to fit but at least you will know what works for your car now. Do you know where the tires were rubbing exactly? I'm sure it could've been fixed with a simple alignment and roll.

Hello,

So i got some gunmetal 19' M3 wheels with michiline sport tries and i had to roll my rear fenders a lot. probably almost 1in out and trimmed and folded the inner part of the fender to avoid rubbing. it helped but when i put 2 adults in the back it will rub on the dips. I read something about cambers adjusting it to -1degree , did that help for you?

[BMW325D]

Not really shure what to conclude, but I have a question about the 265/35-19 in the rear. If you tried, was it rubbing outer, inner, front, back, or on top?
What I am asking is if it was the diameter or with + T that caused the rubbing.

I have 265/30-19 on 19x10 ET35 now and will be using the same wheels. I have experienced almost no rubbing in the rear, which means the ET and with should be OK also on the 265/30-19 tire, and I doubt it will rub due to the 1cm higher tire (as I had the car 1cm lower before), but I am not shure...

The reason for this setup is that the new cup 2 tires don't come in 265/30-19. At least not yet, even though I ordered them and 265/35 tires showed up. Front still 235/35-19, so they will be much smaller, but I hope it doesn't matter too much. But I don't want to raise my car in the rear in addition to the 1cm raise from having the 35-tire...

[austinla335d]

Originally Posted by BMW325D

Not really shure what to conclude, but I have a question about the 265/35-19 in the rear. If you tried, was it rubbing outer, inner, front, back, or on top?
What I am asking is if it was the diameter or with + T that caused the rubbing.

I have 265/30-19 on 19x10 ET35 now and will be using the same wheels. I have experienced almost no rubbing in the rear, which means the ET and with should be OK also on the 265/30-19 tire, and I doubt it will rub due to the 1cm higher tire (as I had the car 1cm lower before), but I am not shure...

The reason for this setup is that the new cup 2 tires don't come in 265/30-19. At least not yet, even though I ordered them and 265/35 tires showed up. Front still 235/35-19, so they will be much smaller, but I hope it doesn't matter too much. But I don't want to raise my car in the rear in addition to the 1cm raise from having the 35-tire...

You'll rub due to increased diameter of 265/35-19. I've tried it on pre and LCI, both cars can't handle m3 tire diameters, especially with passengers in the car or when lowered.
I had room to go 285 on my pre-LCI, and with different ET the same may have been true on my LCI, but taller? No. It gets ya. It also has negative side effects like slower acceleration and the feeling of the car sitting up too high... And small as it was, the car looked a little funny with the too-tall tires.

[Ghostriderf80]

Originally Posted by austinla335d

You'll rub due to increased diameter of 265/35-19. I've tried it on pre and LCI, both cars can't handle m3 tire diameters, especially with passengers in the car or when lowered.
I had room to go 285 on my pre-LCI, and with different ET the same may have been true on my LCI, but taller? No. It gets ya. It also has negative side effects like slower acceleration and the feeling of the car sitting up too high... And small as it was, the car looked a little funny with the too-tall tires.

Late to the game here, but Lci Alpina cars run the 235/35/19 and 265/35/19 set up from factory. Unless they are using the old pre-LCi rear suspension set up.

[austinla335d]

Originally Posted by Dexterspeed

Late to the game here, but Lci Alpina cars run the 235/35/19 and 265/35/19 set up from factory. Unless they are using the old pre-LCi rear suspension set up.

Alpine cars use completely different suspension among other things in that arena, similar to the M3, which also wears that tire size...