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How important is it to stick with the OEM wheels offset? The reason behind my question is, not all wheels (i.e. BMW) offset are the same. Does this mean when a car is tested for suspension geometory, balance, handling etc, the offset of a specific wheel contributes to the final configuration and stability?

Using wheels spacers on the ///3 is a popular modification on this board, and more often this results in the changes of the offset. Members have used 18/15 for a neutral offset across the car, but doing so, doesn't it change the handling behavior of the car, and result in placing some undue stress on the wheel bearing at least.

I am no technical expert when it comes to suspension and chassis, but these question keep coming up every time I decided to put on the 10/10 RE spacers on my car.

BMW have spent countless hours testing the car on the 'Ring honing its handling but we're quick to install spacers for what I think are aesthetical reasons rather than to improve handling.

I would like to hear from experienced drivers, forum sponsors/vendors, and any experts on wheels, chassis and suspensions to contribute to this questions.

I am sure like me, there will be at least a handful on this forum who would have thought about the negative impacts of spacers and decided against.