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[FedeM]

I'm looking to buy rear wheels in these setting: 10x18... I can decide the offset between 15 and 65. I'll fit a 265/35 tyre.

There will be some fitment problems with et62?? Maybe 65 better?? i've seen APEX are 9.5et62.

May someone have a pic of inner space between rear APEX WHEELS and plastic in ours e82??

Thank you.
Federico

[BrokenVert]

I cant think of anyone with 10"s in the back of an unmodified 135.

I think the Apex wheels are as close to the strut as you can get safely.

[FedeM]

Ok i've done some calculation, try to follow me: we know that APEX 9.5et62 will fit correctly with 265/35, lowered too.
Tirerack and some websites said that every 0,5" more, the same tire will have a section width of 0,20" (5mm) more.



So 265/35 on 10et62 have 5mm more section than 9.5et62.
This "more sections" is splitted between inside and outside... So to have the same inner distance we have to traslate out the wheel by 2,5mm... So, approximating, 10et60 will be good.
On the outside, with 10et60, we'll have +7mm of rubber, but, considering this pic with NITTO, should be fit!

[BrokenVert]

so just to be clear these are custom made 3 pieces then?

Youll have to massage the fenders a bit (just trust me on that one) but if you do it that way I think youll be good.

[FedeM]

Originally Posted by BrokenVert

so just to be clear these are custom made 3 pieces then?

Youll have to massage the fenders a bit (just trust me on that one) but if you do it that way I think youll be good.

Yes they're custom made, but they don't have 9,5j, only 8.5j and 10j.
8.5j on the front is OK with et45 (same of APEX), but in the rear I've to try.

[BrokenVert]

Originally Posted by MuCcIo

Yes they're custom made, but they don't have 9,5j, only 8.5j and 10j.
8.5j on the front is OK with et45 (same of APEX), but in the rear I've to try.

an 8.5 et 45 would put them in the same position as my 8 et40s more or less

Youll have to trim the headlight clip a bit if you expect to not rub with a 245 or larger up there.


TIL I run a 17x8 et40 square setup with 245/40 R17 Star Specs on all 4 corners

[FedeM]

Ok now i need that someone who runs APEX 9.5et62 with 265/35 post a pics of inner space...

[Eddy@ApexWheels]

If you increase wheel width by .5" you are adding 12mm~ of extra wheel. That has to go somewhere. If the offset were to stay exactly the same as our APEX wheel (ET62), then 6mm of wheel would go close to the inside and 6mm would go further out.

If you ran ET60 with 10's then there would be 4mm more inner barrel and 8mm more on the outside.

As is, our wheel is already extremely close on the inside. 275/35/18 tires can touch the subframe and the inner fender area. We are talking about room for sheet of paper.

If you ran a tire meatier then the NT-05 (which is one of the narrowest extreme summer tires available) then you would have even less room if you ran the 10" wheel.

Also note that our photos that you posted are of a stock 1 series, not one that's been lowered on an H&R cupkit.

We used ET62 to avoid rubbing on the fender side based on the experience that the BERK Technology team had when running 265/35/18's. Some customer running wide tires had to spacer the wheel out, but in trade had to do significant rolling/flaring to the rear fender.

Consider what you are trying to accomplish, and ask yourself if it's really worth it.

You want to run a 265/35/18 on a 10" wheel to stretch it a bit more for very small change in added section width. To make that 10" wheel fit, you would have to push that 0.5" of wheel out towards the fender as there is no room on the inside. This means you'd really need a 10" ET50 to keep from getting any closer to the inside. That is very aggressive. At that offset your back to 245's and 255's depending on how you mess with the outer fender.

Instead you could accept that the 1 series has a terrible rear fitment, and 10's are beyond the reasonable limit for the car if performance is the goal. If you want to run 10's for a purely aesthetic purpose you can, but you have to accept that you will be sacrificing performance to do so.

A more reasonable alternative if you're already running a 9.5" wheel with a 265 is to run a better 265 then you are already using. The tire compound itself is going to have a much bigger impact on performance than the slightly wider section width. You could spend your dollars elsewhere and make much bigger gains. And this will also really depend on how your using it. Is it at the track or autocross, or is it for regular street driving and drag racing?

[VMRWheels]

An 18x10 in the rear is quite a difficult thing to accomplish. For a performance oriented setup I would opt for a 9.5 in the rear with a better compound. If your goal is to put an 18x10 in the rear with a tire like a 275 Hankook Ventus V12, you'll get much better performance from an 18x9.5 with a 265 Bridgestone RE-11. If this is for looks you may be better off just doing fender modification accordingly because inner clearance may be the issue at that point.

[FedeM]

Well, thank you guys.
The problem isn't that i want to run 10j, but is that 9,5j isn't available.
So i'm forced to run them if I want this sizes of rims.

I like "apex" too and i would like to have them, but I'm italian and with shipping/duty taxes and more i will pay about 50% more of USA's costs.

Well, i've to find something else.

PS: the wheels/tyres will be for all purpose, from track (with track i mean Mugello/Misano World Circuit, not on straight line) to street.

[ptack]

yeah - what they said - 10" is too wide unless you plan on doing a lot work and running stretched tires.

Unless you can get yourself the rear quarter panels from a 1M.