BMW Wheels on my B6 A4

[100%VAGitarian]

Re: BMW Wheels on my B6 A4

Well if you want a helpful post here we go

a stock wheel on a a4 is 7" in width and has an offset of +35 mm in front of the wheel center-line. So lets convert the wheel width into mm and do some math 7" x 25.4= 177.8mm . So the factory wheel will sit 177.5/2(wheel center-line) -35mm= 53.9mm from the front face of the wheel to the wheel mounting point(rotor)of the wheel.
Now the BMW wheel is 8"(203.2mm) wide with a 0 offset after the thinnest adapter that leaves the wheel sticking out 101.6mm past the rotor.

Go out take a wheel off and tape a string with a couple of washers tied to the end to the outside off your fender at the wheel center point and measure the distance back to the rotor face from the string, this is the space you have until the rim sticks out past the fender. Or Measure from the outside lip of your current wheel and add 47.7mm.

I hope this helps, as this method can generally be used to pretty much get a perfect fitment on most vehicles, minus factoring in camber which is allot more math and explaining.


http://kgm.tiwing.com/calcs/offsetcalc.htm

thanks. i don't really care about this stuff. i find it difficult to understand myself. that's why i roll on stock wheels lol! i just think that if you are going to put, "i don't mean to be a dick" in your post, you meant it. i just figured someone else would like to help this guy out after that.

OP, what wheels? style 5's? because i have a loose one, and a B6 if you really want to try it haha

[hooddub]

Re: BMW Wheels on my B6 A4

Are you sure the BMW wheel has a +15 offset? Seems real low for an OEM wheel.

That's just what the ad said.

[hooddub]

Re: BMW Wheels on my B6 A4

OP, what wheels? style 5's? because i have a loose one, and a B6 if you really want to try it haha

I don't understand what you're asking lol

[100%VAGitarian]

Re: BMW Wheels on my B6 A4

I don't understand what you're asking lol

just curious as to what bmw wheels they were. cheap, nice, oem 5 series are usually style 5's. so really, i'm just guessing. you are welcome to see how it looks on your car before you buy some. and since i also have a b6, i get too see how it looks without doing any work

[onceover]

Re: BMW Wheels on my B6 A4

Doubt they'll fit right. It's not worth messing around with adapters and everything just to get a "cheap set of wheels"

The only time I would ever use adapters is if I really loved a set of wheels and couldnt get them in a proper bolt pattern

[MechEngg]

Re: BMW Wheels on my B6 A4

I think that my comment here was taken out of context by a few individuals...

If the OP does not understand that you subtract an adapter size from an offset to obtain a final offset then there is obviously more research needing to be done on his part to fully understand. I would rather try to help somebody fully understand WHY this particular wheel setup is not suitable rather then just telling them that no its not going to fit. The WHY is the important part here, and spoon feeding answers of YES or NO will not be helpful in the long run and they won't be able to go about helping the rest of the forum or their friends if they don't fully understand.

That is the point i am trying to get across so please take that into consideration before trying to criticize my posts...

[Danaldson]

Re: BMW Wheels on my B6 A4

you should look at picking up pat's wheels for sale. they looked awesome on his b6.