E34 steel 15' rim for a spare on a E90?

[stiaan]

Hi guys

I have a old E34 15' steel rim laying around in my backyard, I'm thinking of getting a second hand 15' tyre and use the wheel as a spare, as I'm going on holiday in 3 weeks time.
I don't have runflats on, driving around with a bottle of tyre fix.
Does anyone know if the offsets will work on the E90, as I'm too lazy taking a wheel of and test it?

I'll just put the wheel in the Venter if it will work

Sent from my BlackBerry 9360 using Tapatalk

 

[Solo Man]

Stiaan, fit the steel wheel on your car before you do anything like buying an old tyre as it may not fit over the caliper. I am also thinking along those lines as i have some steel wheels off my old E36 318iS (15 inch) that i want to use as spare on my E90 330d. Will try the rims some time. Otherwise we must group buy a set of mags from the For Sale section and split them as i know that one of the Traffic guys here at the test station in Hermanus was looking for a spare wheel. The E46 330i wheels advertised have a different offset, but could probably work as a spare. But if the 15 inch wheel fits then it is a very cheap solution as you only need to get hold of a tyre with the same circumference as the wheels fitted to your car. Probably a 195/65 x 15 or 185/70 x 15

 

[Sankekur]

I have my doubts, e34's have fairly aggressive offsets (compared to modern 3er's), and will a 15" wheel even fit over your calipers?

 

[Solo Man]

OK, so i tried to fit the steel 15 inch rim over the caliper but would not fit, so for the record, a 15 inch E36 wheel will not work as spare for E90 330d. I was advised to get a can of tyreweld and a kit to fix a puncture and a small compressor and carry that in the car when fitting non-rft's. The run flat indicator will warn you of a pending flat tyre and then you fix it before it disintegrates. Could work!? Any one tried it or running this set up?

 

[Sabretooth tiger]

buy a space saverkit

 

[ChefDJ]

buy a space saverkit

+1


What if you hit something that cuts a gash in your tyre, rendering your repair kit useless?

 

[RAArmstrong]

buy a space saverkit

+1


What if you hit something that cuts a gash in your tyre, rendering your repair kit useless?

+2 Its worth it...

 

[stiaan]

OK, so i tried to fit the steel 15 inch rim over the caliper but would not fit, so for the record, a 15 inch E36 wheel will not work as spare for E90 330d. I was advised to get a can of tyreweld and a kit to fix a puncture and a small compressor and carry that in the car when fitting non-rft's. The run flat indicator will warn you of a pending flat tyre and then you fix it before it disintegrates. Could work!? Any one tried it or running this set up?

Its a pity Silverbird_96kw is in Gauteng, we could have bought his set of 16' E90 rims, at R1500 he wants for it, if we can get 4 guys, its R375 per rim, but to courier here is to expensive



Sent from my BlackBerry 9360 using Tapatalk

 

[Nikhil]

You cant run anything smaller than 17s on the 330’s if im not mistaken :thumbs:

 

[stiaan]

Just called Auto Atlantic, new price for Space saver is R5900

Sent from my BlackBerry 9360 using Tapatalk

 

[Sabretooth tiger]

Just called Auto Atlantic, new price for Space saver is R5900

Sent from my BlackBerry 9360 using Tapatalk

keep an eye on gumtree, they pop up often