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      06-02-2020, 06:58 AM   #67
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That's unfortunate, especially with the caliper not fitting under there. I suppose the barrel on these 18s taper in and have even less room to work with than other 18s?

Thanks for the photo of a stock 19 in rear and 18 in front from a straight on side view. It really gives the correct perspective and visual comparison between 18s and 19s on this car. The 18s IMO look really good.

What size are these R compounds you have installed? I guess I'd also need to figure out how to read those numbers too.
Clearance is bad on these wheels, had them as a spare set on my e46

Tyres are racing wets 265/645/18 so pretty much the same as a 265/35/18

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Been there. I run 18/9.5 Bimmerworld wheels and still need 10-12.5mm spacers for 265/35/18 with MCS coilovers. I have no idea how people are running 10 inch fronts without contacting the strut collar.
I had to go 9.5 on the front too. Some coilvers with a shorter spring design can give more room. The MCS kit is bad as the spring gets bigger but mostly its down to running a lot of camber.
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      06-02-2020, 07:02 AM   #68
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265/35/18 & 275/35/18 Nankang AR1

Untitled by M2 ClubSport, on Flickr

Protrack One wheels from Hack Engineering

18x9.5 et25 & 18x10.5 et 40

Untitled by M2 ClubSport, on Flickr

Untitled by M2 ClubSport, on Flickr

Chucked a 3mm spacer on the front to give me that little bit extra clearance.

Since pictured above I've had a geo to my desired specs and ceramic coated the wheels, will be putting them back on this evening and going to try out my 10mm spacers all round as gained room with added camber.

Bedford GT this Saturday, lets hope I can remember how to drive on circuit.
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      06-02-2020, 01:43 PM   #69
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there you go! the car is on stock suspension with 5mm spacers all around
in my opinion the fitment with the fender is almost perfect
now it only needs some proper suspension to get a little lower
but the tires came out quite nice! I really like the higher sidewalls

I'm a total nob when it comes to tire/wheel fitment but I have a MG M2 as well and this is the exact set up I would want. Is this the wheel set you have.....

https://www.turnermotorsport.com/p-5...d-set-of-four/

why does it say it doesn't fit ours? Do these wheels require spacers?
appreciate any help. Thanks
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      06-02-2020, 03:07 PM   #70
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I'm a total nob when it comes to tire/wheel fitment but I have a MG M2 as well and this is the exact set up I would want. Is this the wheel set you have.....

https://www.turnermotorsport.com/p-5...d-set-of-four/

why does it say it doesn't fit ours? Do these wheels require spacers?
appreciate any help. Thanks
yes, this is the exact same set of rims I got, the m513.

Well they don't say it doesn't fit our MG M2 or LCI ;D
they say it fits on M3/4 because the wheel originally came with the M3 and M4.
It was the standard wheel for m3/4 and the m437 was the optional 19" wheel.

but in my opinion most of the m3/4 buyers upgraded to the m437 19" wheel and therefore the m513 are quite rare to see on a m3/4 and if the buyers took the m513 18" wheel they upgraded after a while to some bigger tires

nowadays the m513 wheel is popular for track set ups or people who want oem quality and a light racy looking wheel

it has the exact same width and offset like the m437 and therefore fits (after my knowledge) all BMW OG M2s and LCIs without spacers, not on M2c with bigger brake kit though ...

I hope this was helpfull

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the price seems quite high, here in germany you can get a used set for arround 1000€, maybe you can get a cheaper used one from craiglist or somewhere else
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yes, this is the exact same set of rims I got, the m513.

Well they don't say it doesn't fit our MG M2 or LCI ;D
they say it fits on M3/4 because the wheel originally came with the M3 and M4.
It was the standard wheel for m3/4 and the m437 was the optional 19" wheel.

but in my opinion most of the m3/4 buyers upgraded to the m437 19" wheel and therefore the m513 are quite rare to see on a m3/4 and if the buyers took the m513 18" wheel they upgraded after a while to some bigger tires

nowadays the m513 wheel is popular for track set ups or people who want oem quality and a light racy looking wheel

it has the exact same width and offset like the m437 and therefore fits (after my knowledge) all BMW OG M2s and LCIs without spacers, not on M2c with bigger brake kit though ...

I hope this was helpfull

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the price seems quite high, here in germany you can get a used set for arround 1000€, maybe you can get a cheaper used one from craiglist or somewhere else
thanks so much! Im gonna use your set up as a guide, looks great!
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So im going to say 18x9.5 with offset under 25 will clear the front. Depending what suspension setup.
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yes, this is the exact same set of rims I got, the m513.

Well they don't say it doesn't fit our MG M2 or LCI ;D
they say it fits on M3/4 because the wheel originally came with the M3 and M4.
It was the standard wheel for m3/4 and the m437 was the optional 19" wheel.

but in my opinion most of the m3/4 buyers upgraded to the m437 19" wheel and therefore the m513 are quite rare to see on a m3/4 and if the buyers took the m513 18" wheel they upgraded after a while to some bigger tires

nowadays the m513 wheel is popular for track set ups or people who want oem quality and a light racy looking wheel

it has the exact same width and offset like the m437 and therefore fits (after my knowledge) all BMW OG M2s and LCIs without spacers, not on M2c with bigger brake kit though ...

I hope this was helpfull

EDIT:
the price seems quite high, here in germany you can get a used set for arround 1000€, maybe you can get a cheaper used one from craiglist or somewhere else
thanks so much! Im gonna use your set up as a guide, looks great!
+1 for 513m on the m2
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thanks so much! Im gonna use your set up as a guide, looks great!
your welcome, share some pics when you are done!
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any one try 18x9.5 +28 front and 18x10.5 +40 rear with 255/40 and 275/40 mpss? would be going on stock suspension at the moment. issues? too much poke? Thanks.
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2 months ago I was going to mount BFG R1's in either 275/35 or 285/30 on my square setup.

That all changed...

My thought process is to have one tire I can Solo 2 on and use at the track.

I got a set of the APEX EC-7's 18x10 33 offset thru the group buy with 12mm spacers and lugs.

The hottest 200 wear street tire is now the new Yoko A052.

I mounted 265/35 on the front and 295/35 on the rears. Fit perfect.

Now have to wait till this damn Virus runs it course before any events here in the Northeast get green lighted.
So you are running staggered A052's on a square rim setup? Apex advised me not to do this... (run square tire on staggered rim setup)... can't remember why.

How have you found it?
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So you are running staggered A052's on a square rim setup? Apex advised me not to do this... (run square tire on staggered rim setup)... can't remember why.

How have you found it?
Fine so far. Will be tracking in a couple weeks. Probably will put some 11" rims on the rear if needed.
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