[Markyc66]

Just a few ring Pictures from the green Hell weekend just passed.

She has to ruin every god dam picture

[yhwang]

M performance hood ✅

IG: f87young

[Sadd16]

Hi just wanted to share a few photos of my 2017 LBB M2 in manual. The car gives me such joy.

[luxo]

Originally Posted by yhwang

M performance hood ✅

IG: f87young

Need more pics of this! I never see anyone with the OEM M-Performance hood. Been trying to find pics of an LBB OG with that hood forever.

[yhwang]

Originally Posted by luxo

Need more pics of this! I never see anyone with the OEM M-Performance hood. Been trying to find pics of an LBB OG with that hood forever.

Aluminum not carbon, still 10kg lighter than stock though

[luxo]

Originally Posted by yhwang

Aluminum not carbon, still 10kg lighter than stock though

What brand is it? Fitment looks pretty spot on. I think this style hood suits the lines of the car more than the GTS/Suvneer hood.

[///MPhatic]

Chamber of Reflection. by Andrew Thompson, on Flickr

[vrooooom]

^ My vote for the most reflective car out there.

[m2ss]

Originally Posted by Stylin.M2

Parking lot night time lights always hit just right

I love LBB under different lighting...

[vrooooom]

LBB

[Sadd16]

Originally Posted by tokic_o

No frills

Hwy 7 & Warden?

[///MPhatic]

Originally Posted by vrooooom

LBB

Do you keep your pix in a folder somewhere, like Flickr? I'd like to see more. I'm about to buy those Anthracite Apex wheels, and I'd like to see the tire fitment closer. You've got stock PSS? I'd like to see the rear stretch, I know the front is fine.

[vrooooom]

I'm sorry no. I used to use photobucket years ago but not even sure about them now. I can post some photos here. U want to see if they stick out of the fender? It doesn't. Yes original tires. I'll take some photos from the rear to see the "stretch".

[vrooooom]

Originally Posted by m2ss

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that's wider than stock size right?

[///MPhatic]

Originally Posted by vrooooom

I'm sorry no. I used to use photobucket years ago but not even sure about them now. I can post some photos here. U want to see if they stick out of the fender? It doesn't. Yes original tires. I'll take some photos from the rear to see the "stretch".

Or you could send them to my email, or phone if it's easier. Love the look of the Anthracite on LBB, and I'm thinking of putting my PSS on the wider 9.5/10.5, and that's what you did, right? Looks good to me.

[m2ss]

Originally Posted by vrooooom

that's wider than stock size right?

No, stock size cup2...they came with the 763m wheels...10mm future classics spacers

What are you running?

[vrooooom]

My apologies for the dirty car. I realize many would cringe to see that. 😬 but in haste, here it is. Apex BMW standard size or stock pilot super sport (I can’t wait to finish) tires. No spacers. They are 19x9 & 19x10 ET40.

[vrooooom]

Tried to copy the same angle as m2ss. I like his position better. Looks like mine would need 10mm spacer to make it similar.

[///MPhatic]

Originally Posted by vrooooom

My apologies for the dirty car. I realize many would cringe to see that. 😬 but in haste, here it is. Apex BMW standard size or stock pilot super sport (I can’t wait to finish) tires. No spacers. They are 19x9 & 19x10 ET40.

Ah, I thought you were on 9.5 & 10.5.

[m2ss]

Originally Posted by vrooooom

My apologies for the dirty car. I realize many would cringe to see that. 😬 but in haste, here it is. Apex BMW standard size or stock pilot super sport (I can’t wait to finish) tires. No spacers. They are 19x9 & 19x10 ET40.

10mm all round (if you don't mind spacers).

My wife has 12mm on rear and they poke too much for my taste.

Preferred route would be no spacers wider wheels.

[vrooooom]

If I had gone with 10.5, would that have resulted to it being more flush to the fender? I just didn’t understand the whole width and ET40 stuff all too well. So went with the 100% sure.

M2SS, you’re on 10mm all around? You said future so I thought you’re just planning it.

[///MPhatic]

Originally Posted by vrooooom

If I had gone with 10.5, would that have resulted to it being more flush to the fender? I just didn’t understand the whole width and ET40 stuff all too well. So went with the 100% sure.

I always figure out what people have found to be acceptably-flush in the real world, then work backwards from there.

For example, stock wheel specs are:
19 x 9 +29
19 x 10 +40

Lowered to BMW's recommended 595/600 (vs 620/620 stock) and running stock tires people have determined that 12mm spacers in the front, and 10mm in the rear gets them acceptably-flush.

So now we effectively have:
19 x 9 +17
19 x 10 +30

Now it comes to the tires, and if you're keeping the same overall diameter (which you should, and most people do), then it's all about tread width because tw is where the shoulder of the tire sits.

Looking at the stock PSS star spec tires you get the following tread widths:
8.8 front
9.4 rear

Looking at those numbers, and calculating from other tires, you will see that the front PSS 245 star spec is .4" too wide, which is why many people modifying their OE wheel specs have rubbing in the front, and not in the rear. 8.4 & 9.4 would have been perfect.

In any case, once you have those numbers you can extrapolate from there.

19 x 9 + 17 with a 8.4 tw
19 x 10 +30 with a 9.4 tw

Then you just use a calculator like willtheyfit.com to translate to whatever width of wheel you want. To get the same fitment as above with 9.5 & 10.5 it looks like this:

19 x 9.5 + 24 with an 8.4 tw tire
19 x 10.5 +37 with an 9.4 tw tire

However, this results in even more stretch to the tire sidewall than stock, which is where people get in trouble with trying to do standard calculations on tire sizes without taking the specific tire tread widths into account.

The difference between a 245 and 255 should be 10mm, but it's not. In fact, I can find you many 245's that are WIDER than other 255's, so you MUST take into account the specific tire you're looking for and its tread widths. We have tirerack to thank for providing this information on most tires.

All of that is to say that generally, you can use...
9.5 + 22/23/24/25/26/27/28
10.5 +35/36/37/38/39/40/41/42/43/44/45

All will fit, depending on the specific tire/drop/suspension/camber you choose.

Any modification to any of those parameters will result in you having to tailor your wheel offset.

And now you see the rabbit hole.