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      03-17-2014, 03:30 PM   #1
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Winter wheel setup - offset/spacer question

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For those of you running 20" wheels in summer and either an 18" or 19" winter setup, are you using crazy large spacers to help "fill out" the flared fenders? By my calculation from the OEM rims/offsets, going from 315 to 255 rears (using either OEM 18 or 19" wheels) leaves about 38mm of extra space/clearance between the wheel and fender, which I'm guessing would look strange. Can you even buy spacers/adaptors that large (or are they safe???) Or do you just go with an aftermarket rim with a much lower offset? I think the OEMs have an offset of +25, so that would mean going to a negative offset to get close to the same exterior look.

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I have stock m sport 19's and if you're coming from stock 20's with the flared fenders, which the m sport has even with 19's, they definitely do look a little odd in the rear, since the rear fenders are flared more. That said, for winters, I don't think it's bad enough to deal with spacers. Even for summer, it's not so bad.
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Anyone tried mounting stock 18" or 19" from the E70? My initial plan was to go with a used set of 18" rims for a winter setup, but from what I gather, the offset on the stock F15 is +25 while all of the various E70 OEM wheels I can find online seem to be more like +40 or even higher.
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