winters refitted with spacers

[Ashway]

I put my winter wheels on yesterday but this year I've added H&R spacers. They don't look as lost in the arches, rears especially. The Wintrac extremes are much more forgiving than the oem Bridgestone runflats.

If i get chance today I'll post up some pictures

[tiger78]

I just fitted mine yesterday and went from 20" to 18" .  Not fitted spacers yet but defo need.  I was thinking 40mm each side for rear only .  What did you go for? My winters are only 255 wide instead of 315 I think

[davyk31]

Interested in hearing what size of spacers you got, cost and where you got them from. This is something I could do with doing as my 19" winters disappear into the arches. did you just do the rears?

Any tips on the wheel changing, did you do it yourself? I wrecked my back last time so am dreading the process again.

[tiger78]

I thought wheel changing was nice and easy - trolley jack and one axle stand as backup when the wheel was off.  Just have to do it all again when I decide to buy and fit spacers.

[Ashway]

Here's the pictures

[Ashway]

I went with H&R spacers from Venom motorsport, shopped around allover and they were cheapest. (no affiliation and good service)

http://www.venommotorsport.com/


went with 60mm rear and 40mm front, as this was the nearest to OEM set up using the offset calculator below
http://www.1010tires.com/Tools/Wheel-Offset-Calculator

easy to compare original wheels and then the winters, the spacer required is the difference as indicated

[davyk31]

Wheel changing is easy yes but its the weight of the 20" wheels that kills me, I must be a weak one.

[davyk31]

What did you pay for the spacers?

[535dboy]

Have you got them On the m3 too?

[Ashway]

no spacers on the M3, they're the OEM square set up for winters


X5 spacers are £67 and £79 +VAT for the 40mm and 60mm respectively, also needed to get longer wheel bolts for the front, sourced them from ebay

[535dboy]

How does the m3 get on in the snow?

[Ashway]

Don't know yet, I only got in April when the 0% deals were on so not had it when conditions are bad.  I had a 335i a few years ago and that was awful, though surprisingly not as bad as the front wheel drive A5 I had.

[535dboy]

Be interested to hear how you got on with the winters on it.

[Ashway]

I'll let you know, did about 50 miles in it today just to scrub the tyres in a little as they were still shiny with release agent. Ride a lot more forgiving but too early to comment on handling as it was mainly motorway in a straight line

[JensM]

[quote="Ashway"]
Here's the pictures



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Hi Ashway
I also got a 30D MSport like yours. Just changed to winter: 8,5x18ET37 and 255/50X19. Specially in the rear they are lost in the arches. Thinking of spacers as well from HR. May I ask what size summer wheels you have? Mine is the 10x19 & 285/45x19 set up. Can see you go with 60mm spacers rear, can not really judge by the pic but do they follow the summer wheels more or less? I was thinking of 30/40mm but now in doubt based on your pic

Thanks
JensM