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Old 03-28-2014, 05:51 PM
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I was being sarcastic since I have a set on my own car. Sorry if I confused you. They are good rims in my opinion, and I really like mine. You just have to figure out how thick of an adapter you'll need to make them fit your car. For instance, the adapters I use to mount the rims to my car are only 3/4" thick. I'm not sure what Jerry used to mount them to his 68 Camaro. You shouldn't need much more than what I used I bet.

To figure out how thick you need the adapters to be you can maybe use washers to test fit the rim. Just take the spring out of the car so you can move the wheel up and down through the suspension range.

The other method would be to simply measure how much offset or back spacing the rims have and then compare that to what other people have on their 18in rims, whatever brand, that fit the same car. The difference should be how thick of an adapter you'll need. I'm sorry, I don't remember the back spacing or offset for the M-parallels. An example would be that in order to fit 18in rims on the front of your car let's say you need an 18in rim with 4.5 inches of back spacing. If the M-parrallels have 5.5 inches of back spacing you will need a 1 inch thick adapter in order to correctly position the rim.

Does this help?

Also, since you'll need adapters to make the rims fit, have the company make the bolt pattern convert from the GM pattern to the BMW pattern. I believe you have a 5 x 4.75" pattern. The BMW rims are 5 x 120mm.
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Old 03-28-2014, 06:19 PM
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dont mind me, i didnt look at the screen names which is what confused me then i reread. I looked at your build, it looks great, and i really like the wheels. thats for your help
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Old 03-31-2014, 11:05 PM
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