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[xaappx]

Just got my 19" BBS Ri-D

[ethhaynes7]

Gold BBS RIA 18x10 et25 265/35, 18x11 et37295/30. 12.5 spacer only in rear

[bgexpress]

E05

[derbo]

Originally Posted by Narvin

My jet black on black

10.5 square 285/30

What wheels are these?

[M3E90sedan]

Originally Posted by bgexpress

E05

Silly question but are these 18” or 19”? I used to have 18” E05 but they looked smaller than this. Thanks!

[bgexpress]

Originally Posted by M3E90sedan

Silly question but are these 18” or 19”? I used to have 18” E05 but they looked smaller than this. Thanks!

19”!

[M3E90sedan]

Originally Posted by bgexpress

19”!

Nice, thanks! I thought the lip looked a little larger. Looks awesome!

[kaiv]

My beater on RI-As

[DulinsE92]

Running 18x10.5 +22 Square with a 275/35/18 MPS4S
5mm front/10mm Rear Spacer

[HSHTGM3TOO]

Track setup:

SQ 18x10 ET40 BBS RE1243
SQ 20mm spacers
F - 265/35/18 AD09
R - 285/30/18 AD09

[onedubdub]

hey everyone, I just picked up an e92 that came with a F80 brake retrofit on front and rear. Does anyone here know if 18" RI-A's will clear those brakes?

[kaiv]

Originally Posted by onedubdub

hey everyone, I just picked up an e92 that came with a F80 brake retrofit on front and rear. Does anyone here know if 18" RI-A's will clear those brakes?

Yep!

[FormerRotor]

Love this photo thread! FYI to all: I'm going to be pulling my Custom-Finished BBS RG-Rs out of storage and listing for sale by the end of the month. It was a very aggressive setup for our E90 LCI 335d, but I'm pretty the specs are on-point for the M3 crowd...
Front: 19x8.5 ET32 BBS RG-R custom finished in Midnight Blue / Mag Blue
Rear: 19x10 ET25 BBS RG-R custom finished in Midnight Blue / Mag Blue
Custom Finished in Volk Racing Mag Blue as seen here (SORRY IT'S NOT AN M3!): https://www.e90post.com/forums/showp...77&postcount=3

If you google "midnight blue BBS RG-R" they are just about the only ones around

[MineralWhiteF80]

Originally Posted by FormerRotor

It was a very aggressive setup for our E90 LCI 335d, but I'm pretty the specs are on-point for the M3 crowd...
Front: 19x8.5 ET35 BBS RG-R custom finished in Midnight Blue / Mag Blue
Rear: 19x10 ET25 BBS RG-R custom finished in Midnight Blue / Mag Blue

The front 8.5 +35 wheel is not a very good fit for an e9x M3 and is much better suited for a non-M e9x car. That offset isn't aggressive enough, and the wheel width isnt an upgrade for wider tires if performance mattered. You would need a 5mm to 7.5mm spacer just to get it to fit like a stock front m3 wheel, and most people run 15mm to 20mm spacers up front on the stock wheels to get them to fit better. For a flush fitment with an 8.5" +35 wheel, you would need to run a 35 mm spacer which, IMO, is too much for a street car. Otherwise, the wheel will look very pushed into the wheel well.

The rear 10" +25 will fit better. For a flush fitment, on an e9x m3, you would want to run a 10mm or 12mm spacer and a 275/35 tire.

[FormerRotor]

Originally Posted by MineralWhiteF80

...For a flush fitment with an 8.5" +35 wheel, you would need to run a 35 mm spacer which, IMO, is too much for a street car. Otherwise, the wheel will look very pushed into the wheel well.

The rear 10" +25 will fit better. For a flush fitment, on an e9x m3, you would want to run a 10mm or 12mm spacer and a 275/35 tire.

Thanks, Mineral! I know some folks like to go for super-flush, but (and I could be wrong here)...
Aren't the standard e90M3 Wheels...

• Front: 19x8,5J x 19" ET29
• Rear: 19x9,5J x 19" ET23

...And the competition wheels...

• Front: 19x9" ET31
• Rear: 19x10" ET25

...so with a 7mm spacer in the front I think these RGR's would sit identically (from a "flushness" standpoint) to the OEM competition wheels. From a width standpoint they'd offer similar-to-better sidewall support vs the standard OEMs, but...RGRs!

I get your points, though. Regardless: Don't want to thread jack, so MOAR awesome M3 BBS Photos Please!

EDIT: Correction, I was rusty on the wheel specs of my wheels. The Fronts are ET32, not ET35. Numbers corrected above.

[bipp]

18x10.5 ET22 RI-A on 275/35/18 Conti ECF, no spacers; -3 F camber -2 R camber; no rubbing that I've encountered so far

edit: jk rip my front fender liners, hope they'll self clear

[Fineline]

Originally Posted by bipp

18x10.5 ET22 RI-A on 275/35/18 Conti ECF, no spacers; -3 F camber -2 R camber; no rubbing that I've encountered so far

edit: jk rip my front fender liners, hope they'll self clear

Looks great! Have been curious what it would look like with no spacers, thanks to your photo, it works well. Thank you.

[bipp]

Originally Posted by Fineline

Looks great! Have been curious what it would look like with no spacers, thanks to your photo, it works well. Thank you.

Apologies for forgetting to update - this pic actually has a 5mm in the front to clear the strut, due to ECF rim protectors. But visually, it should maybe look better without the spacer since there's a tiny bit of poke up front.

[kaiv]

I miss those, wish they had more brake clearance

[danylo]

BBS RI-A
Refinished similarly to diamond silver
18x10 +25 (5mm spacer to clear ohlins)
18x11 +37 (12.5mm spacer)

Falken RT660
265/35/18
295/30/18

Installed yesterday, thinking about going a tad lower, but this height is functional and works.

[a5m]

Originally Posted by danylo

BBS RI-A
Refinished similarly to diamond silver
18x10 +25 (5mm spacer to clear ohlins)
18x11 +37 (12.5mm spacer)

Falken RT660
265/35/18
295/30/18

Installed yesterday, thinking about going a tad lower, but this height is functional and works.

Nah it looks good like that. As you said, functional but also aesthetically pleasing.

Can't wait to throw mine on.

[danylo]

Originally Posted by a5m

Nah it looks good like that. As you said, functional but also aesthetically pleasing.

Can't wait to throw mine on.

True, it’s ironically more functional than my daily 😂. This is angle def hides the wheel gap, but when I mean lower, its probably no more than a quarter inch to close up the gap in the rear.