Prodrive P1 wheels
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Topic: Prodrive P1 wheels
Posted By: M3Nally
Subject: Prodrive P1 wheels
Date Posted: 16-October-2006 at 12:01
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Can the 17" impreza P1 wheels be made to fit at all on an E30 M3,
spec is 17x7, ET52, 5x100 Is th PCD too far out and the offset too big? Cheers Kevin ------------- E30 M3 Macao blue metallic Evolution 2 E39 530d Sport Auto, Aegean blue Edition, Sat Nav, TV, comms pack etc. E39 540i Auto, Sat Nav, TV, leather, luxo barge |
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Posted By: jpboost
Date Posted: 16-October-2006 at 12:06
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I reckon it's doable, et52 gives you around 30-35 mm of spacer depth to paly with. I'm sure you can get a 5x100 to 5x120 hub converter that is under 35mm thickness. Pretty sure they start at 25mm total thickness. I'd start with some of the vw specialists... if you get stuck I'll dig out some details of a place near me (south london) |
Posted By: Jim M3
Date Posted: 16-October-2006 at 12:32
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I may be wrong but i'm sure Ian Godney put Subaru wheels on his rally car. Maybe worth asking him. |
Posted By: jonny 320is
Date Posted: 16-October-2006 at 12:47
Correct, in Total Bmw this month. ------------- * '88 320is - Dolphin Grey - FOR SALE * '97 528i se - Montreal Blue www.pixometry.com |
Jim M3 wrote:Posted By: M3Nally
Date Posted: 16-October-2006 at 13:42
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Good idea, thanks chaps. ------------- E30 M3 Macao blue metallic Evolution 2 E39 530d Sport Auto, Aegean blue Edition, Sat Nav, TV, comms pack etc. E39 540i Auto, Sat Nav, TV, leather, luxo barge |
Posted By: jpboost
Date Posted: 16-October-2006 at 13:54
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He did, but IIRC he didn't use normal hub adapters, I think he engineered a converter as part of his own BBK. I'm sure he could make you something up, although I'd imagine it'll be a fair bit cheaper if you can find something off the shelf.. |
Posted By: Lancastrian
Date Posted: 16-October-2006 at 17:51
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Out of interest I found Ian's post on how he fitted his wheels. Ian said: "It depends on how the spacers are made , on my rally car project I couldn't find any wheels I liked in BMW fitment , so bought some Subaru wheels , they have an offset of 45 , and a wrong pcd , so I made some 30mm thick spacers , drilled them on a 5 x 120mm pcd and used cap head bolts to bolt them to the hubs , then fitted wheels studs and pressed them in from behind on a 5 x 100mm pcd to fit the wheels too. If you want to run spacers it will be fine as long as they are a perfect fit and you use top quality bolts / studs / nuts. As long as you have locating rings on the spacers for the wheels to fit there is no strain on the wheel studs"
------------- E30 M3 Project - Specification TBC |
Posted By: Dannyboy
Date Posted: 16-October-2006 at 18:33
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P1 wheels look very simlair to OZ superleggras why not just get some of
those in the rught size? ------------- 1992 clio 1.8 16V Good 1998 Subaru Impreza Turbo Terzo Great 1987 M3 Diamond Black Awesome (Now awesomer with Billys & Eibach) |
Posted By: Matt T
Date Posted: 16-October-2006 at 19:29
The original P1 wheels are produced by Speedline. Not sure if they make the same model in BMW fitment? This is interesting though as their are loads of deep-dish and/or 2/3 piece jap wheels out there which would suit the m3 imo. -------------  |
Posted By: M3Nally
Date Posted: 17-October-2006 at 09:56
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Ian said they won't fit, so I'll look for similar.
Matt, the P1 wheels were made by Oz Racing. ------------- E30 M3 Macao blue metallic Evolution 2 E39 530d Sport Auto, Aegean blue Edition, Sat Nav, TV, comms pack etc. E39 540i Auto, Sat Nav, TV, leather, luxo barge |
Posted By: MorganIRL
Date Posted: 23-October-2006 at 15:58
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Its been done alright: http://www.irish-rallying.com/classified.php?classified_id=060329_085435 - http://www.irish-rallying.com/classified.php?classified_id=0 60329_085435
------------- 1990 BMW E30 M3 18" BBS Split Rims Trekmiester Suspension Full Miltek S/S Exhaust Carbon Fibre DTM Mirrors (sweeeeet!!!) |
Posted By: Dannyboy
Date Posted: 23-October-2006 at 16:47
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I think you"ll find that is Ians car the same one that is pictured above. ------------- 1992 clio 1.8 16V Good 1998 Subaru Impreza Turbo Terzo Great 1987 M3 Diamond Black Awesome (Now awesomer with Billys & Eibach) |