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Originally Posted by 2THIRTY5
jdag001
lol, i've been in your shoes before. I wanted to try squeezing 245's in the front as well, but eventually compromised with 235s for a street setup.
See my setup below for reference:
Dinan Springs and Bump stops - alignment as close to stock as possible F/R with no additional camber mods.
Apex EC-7's + Spacers
F: 18x8.5 ET45 + 10mm (effective ET35)
R: 18x9.5 ET 58 + 10mm (effective ET48)
Michelin Pilot Sport 4S
F: 235/40/18
R: 265/35/18
Right before this I was running on RE71 (F:225/40 and R:255/35). I didn't have any problems / rubbing with these tires and the 10mm spacers F/R. However, when I upgraded to the 235/40 fronts MPS4S, I started to rub at the front. Instead of backing down the spacer, I chose to roll my fenders and the rub has pretty much been negated, aside from HUGE (and it has to be pretty drastic) road undulations. The rub isn't at the fender but at the lip where the front bumper starts.
Visually, if you wanted to achieve the same thing without rolling your fenders and no camber plates, 7.5mm spacers F/R would probably be perfect.
You can go through my pics in my instagram below, but let me know if you need any others. I'm more active on FB / IG than forums currently.
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Thanks mate. Yeah we spoke over FB M235i/M240i group.
After your pics and input im pretty sure these wheels is the way to go. I am thinking 4mm spacers up front and 6mm spacers rear. The et41 should give me the wiggle to then run camber plates up front and fit the 245s.... et52 rear seems perfect for rears. although urs looks pretty clean/flush, i wouldn't mind tucking in the most i can and reducing reliance of spacers.
I am just curious on inner clearance with 18x8.5et41 on 245s and how much room is left in there. if i can do et42 or even et43 i will. I found someone running et43 fronts on 245s, but on 8" width wheels.... the 8.5" wheel width will add 2/10ths of an inch of tire on the same 245 tire (theoretically)