18"track wheels

[CLAYTON]

Hi all can anyone help me im running 18"m3 wheels for he track with 265 toyo 888s want to run wheel spacers on the rear i have -1 neg camber on OEM suspension dose anyone no what size i can run any advise appreciated im going to he ring easter anyone else ?:thumbs:

[shimmy]

Hi all can anyone help me im running 18"m3 wheels for he track with 265 toyo 888s want to run wheel spacers on the rear i have -1 neg camber on OEM suspension dose anyone no what size i can run any advise appreciated im going to he ring easter anyone else ?:thumbs:

For OEM 18's the offset is 47mm Front & 26mm Rear, they are 9.0J rims and with 265 tyres assuming they are 35 prodfile and not bigger at the rear you could run at least 12mm and probably 15mm

[pkumarm3]

-1 camber? jeez!

have any of you considered upgrading the rear control arms - Ground Control, Turner Motorsports, Rogue Engineering all make control arms that will allow you to increase rear camber with a simple spanner.

you can go as wide as 10 inch on stock suspension.i have seen 18x10 on et25 enkei

[_Nathan_]

Don't need to upgrade the rear control arms to increase camber.

CSL has alloy control arms as standard too, lighter than the M3 ones.

I'm running turner ones as they are supposed to be stronger.

[CLAYTON]

Hi yes the OEM 18" are 9j with 265 35 running 9j all round -3.5 caber on the front what do standard rear adjust to? The tyres seem to wear perfect on the rear at -1 maybe i need to go a bit faster i meet a guy at the ring last year he said with 12mm spacers on the rear thay will rubb unless i have -2 but then he did have a m3 with neon lights under the car and it didnt move from the car park like a lot of them lol :hahaha:

[shimmy]

Hi yes the OEM 18" are 9j with 265 35 running 9j all round -3.5 caber on the front what do standard rear adjust to? The tyres seem to wear perfect on the rear at -1 maybe i need to go a bit faster i meet a guy at the ring last year he said with 12mm spacers on the rear thay will rubb unless i have -2 but then he did have a m3 with neon lights under the car and it didnt move from the car park like a lot of them lol :hahaha:


12mm rear spacers with 9.5J et27 dont rub, indeed neither do 15mm as far as i know, so you should be fine by a country mile as your rims are only 1mm pushed futher out but the smaller rim width will narrow the 265 tyres a bit anyway.

[DuncanR]

iM RUNNING -3.5 FRONT AND -2.25 REAR, STD CSL WHEELS WITH 10MM SPACERS F & R NO RUBBING FOOK CAPS :thumbs:

[glendog74]

iM RUNNING -3.5 FRONT AND -2.25 REAR, STD CSL WHEELS WITH 10MM SPACERS F & R NO RUBBING FOOK CAPS :thumbs:

The OP is asking about the wider 18" wheels you fuck-knuckle! :bigcry: :hahaha:

[DuncanR]

The OP is asking about the wider 18" wheels you fuck-knuckle! :bigcry: :hahaha: nOW LISTEN HERE YOU WOMANS GENITAL AREA ! I DONT GIVE A FLYING FOOK WHAT HES ASKING ...THATS WHAT IM RUNNING !!!:birdman::birdman:

[glendog74]

nOW LISTEN HERE YOU WOMANS GENITAL AREA ! I DONT GIVE A FLYING FOOK WHAT HES ASKING ...THATS WHAT IM RUNNING !!!:birdman::birdman:

:hahaha: :hahaha: :hahaha: :hahaha: :hahaha:

You stressed? :goodman:

[baldydaz]

nOW LISTEN HERE YOU WOMANS GENITAL AREA ! I DONT GIVE A FLYING FOOK WHAT HES ASKING ...THATS WHAT IM RUNNING !!!:birdman::birdman:
:hahaha::hahaha:

[daniel]

Hi yes the OEM 18" are 9j with 265 35 running 9j all round -3.5 caber on the front what do standard rear adjust to? The tyres seem to wear perfect on the rear at -1 maybe i need to go a bit faster i meet a guy at the ring last year he said with 12mm spacers on the rear thay will rubb unless i have -2 but then he did have a m3 with neon lights under the car and it didnt move from the car park like a lot of them lol :hahaha:

Standard M3 doesn't have rolled arches like CSL, so it will rub with 15mm or even 12mm without enough camber.

[shimmy]

Standard M3 doesn't have rolled arches like CSL, so it will rub with 15mm or even 12mm without enough camber.

I thought m3 had identical shell to CSL

[glendog74]

I thought m3 had identical shell to CSL

It does, but the rear arches on a standard M3 are not rolled - unlike the CSL.

[pkumarm3]

i am running 18x9.5 volk te37 w/et35 offsets.

i run a tckline coilover suspension (koni shock based) 500/600lb springs. my car is gutted so my cars around 2900lbs, so my car is quite low - 12.5 inches in the front, 12 inches in the rear (from the center of the wheel). i run -3 degrees in the front and -2.6 in the rear

i have rolled rear fenders. i was rubbing like a bitch with 10mm spacers in the rear. i need to dial in WAY more negative camber.

either way, with oem 18s u will be fine.

[_Nathan_]

18x10 ET25 all round for me, I have some camber at the front and at the rear for sure but no idea how much, I have some suspension with springs at the front at back and ride height is 40mm from the floor to the splitter.

Hope that was as helpful as Duncans post :thumbs:

[DuncanR]

Not wishing to hijack thread ..question is relevant here, and Rob before you fookin start ...I have searched but cant de assed any more ...so ...the question i have to ask that is relevant to this post and not wishing to hijack the lads thread is this .... it isnt my intention to cause offence or upset anyone if I am deemed to have hijacked this thread ...with my question .... but if anyone IS offended ..or upset ...BOLLOCKS ANYWAY :birdman:

wHATS THE FOOKIN ROLLING CIRCUMFERENCE OF OEM CSL WHEELS .....WITH TYRES ON OF COURSE !:hahaha: ... BOUT 640MM ???

[northernjim]

642 on the back, 647 on the front :birdman:If I can figure it out why the f can't you:blalalala:

[DuncanR]

642 on the back, 647 on the front :birdman:If I can figure it out why the f can't you:blalalala: I can ! C = PI X DIAMETER WHERE PI EQUALS 3.1416 GIVE OR TAKE !!!
Just realise that I have a program for calculating RC and offset diffcalled Rubber Fetish !!
:banghead::banghead: .. oh ... and you gave me the fookin Rolling DIAMETER NOT the circumference !:blalalala:

Another Calculator here http://www.brspecialtuning.co.uk/Tyre%20size%20calculator.htm

So .... running 24/64-18 slicks will give me a difference of 2mm on the diameter on the rear, sooooo... slightly quicker acceleration Nathan ?
So the front wheels are actually bigger than the rears !

[Bounce]

It does, but the rear arches on a standard M3 are not rolled - unlike the CSL.This is correct,well done Rob,but are there any other differences between the Two shells.

[northernjim]

wHATS THE FOOKIN ROLLING CIRCUMFERENCE OF OEM CSL WHEELS .....WITH TYRES ON OF COURSE !:hahaha: ... BOUT 640MM ???

you were way out with this guess then old man:blalalala:
but I still love you:smt055


I can ! C = PI X DIAMETER WHERE PI EQUALS 3.1416 GIVE OR TAKE !!!

:banghead::banghead: .. oh ... and you gave me the fookin Rolling DIAMETER NOT the circumference !:blalalala:
L]

So .... running 24/64-18 slicks will give me a difference of 2mm on the diameter on the rear, sooooo... slightly quicker acceleration Nathan ?
So the front wheels are actually bigger than the rears !

2mm diameter is ~6.5mm on the circumference...fractionally quicker then..


you bought them cheap as chips tyres then yet?

[_Nathan_]

It will indeed slightly reduce the effective gearing, not by enough to notice though, basically the difference in tread depth between the start and end of a track day ;)

[shimmy]

This is correct,well done Rob,but are there any other differences between the Two shells.

Suspension mounting positions?

[Dan]

Suspension mounting positions?

Roof!? :hahaha:

[CLAYTON]

Thanks for all the help guys always get the answers you need on here grate forum thanks again one day i will meet some of you at the ring for some fun :beer: