Will E30 Style 5 Wheels Work

[Fraidknots]

Looking at some E30 Style 5 Wheels for my 74 2002, will they work?  Description says "Set of 4 oem style 5 basket weaves with original metal bbs center caps 14x6" .  Will that work and is $400 for a set of 4 reasonable?  No tires.  Thank you all.

['76mintgrün'02]

Nope.  They're five lug wheels.

[Fraidknots]

[Lorin]

19 minutes ago, '76mintgrün'02 said:

Nope.  They're five lug wheels.

All E30s except for M3 had 4 x 100 wheels.

 

Yes, a 14 x 6.5 wheel off a 325is will fit on a 2002. 

['76mintgrün'02]

I'm sorry.  I was curious, so I googled "E30 style 5 wheels" and saw a lot of images like this.

 

 

(Looking farther down the results page, they do show four lug wheels).

Tom

[Lorin]

 

Here is a link.

 

 

 

 

Edited October 31, 2022 by Lorin

[bergie33]

44 minutes ago, Fraidknots said:

Looking at some E30 Style 5 Wheels for my 74 2002, will they work?  Description says "Set of 4 oem style 5 basket weaves with original metal bbs center caps 14x6" .  Will that work and is $400 for a set of 4 reasonable?  No tires.  Thank you all.

They are 14x6.5", not 14x6".  Careful with tire sizes and level of suspension drop, as some people do get some rubbing.

[Fraidknots]

Thank you guys... I appreciate it.

[jimk]

1 hour ago, Lorin said:

All E30s except for M3 had 4 x 100 wheels

and the 325IX, I had one.

[Lorin]

21 minutes ago, jimk said:

and the 325IX, I had one.

 

The ix E30 also were 4x100, my statement is correct. They did use a much more positive offset wheel than the standard E30. It was also a 15 inch wheel similar in looks to the 15 inch wheels E30s got in the rest of the world got. 

[JsnPpp]

3 hours ago, Lorin said:

All E30s except for M3 had 4 x 100 wheels.

 

Yes, a 14 x 6.5 wheel off a 325is will fit on a 2002. 

Not quite right - I believe only the 4 cylinder variants had 4x100 (I have two of these cars). 6 cylinder e30s have the 5 lug.

 

There is also a 15" 4x100 rim that is nice, but only available in Europe and so pricey here (but obtainable).

Edited October 31, 2022 by JsnPpp

[bergie33]

27 minutes ago, JsnPpp said:

Not quite right - I believe only the 4 cylinder variants had 4x100 (I have two of these cars). 6 cylinder e30s have the 5 lug.

 

There is also a 15" 4x100 rim that is nice, but only available in Europe and so pricey here (but obtainable).

 

Still not right...All non-M3 e30's were 4 lug. The iX also had 4 lug, but with the wrong offset for a 2002.

Edited October 31, 2022 by bergie33

[JsnPpp]

26 minutes ago, bergie33 said:

 

Still not right...All non-M3 e30's were 4 lug. The iX also had 4 lug, but with the wrong offset for a 2002.

Roger that, thanks - I was under the impression that 325 e30s were 5 lug rims! Must be all the folks doing hub swaps. Appreciate the clarification!

[jimk]

1 hour ago, JsnPpp said:

Not quite right - I believe only the 4 cylinder variants had 4x100 (I have two of these cars). 6 cylinder e30s have the 5 lug.

 

There is also a 15" 4x100 rim that is nice, but only available in Europe and so pricey here (but obtainable).

 

[calw]

All that I know is that my '86 318i had 4x100 with alloy bottlecap wheels.  And there are many examples of E30 alloy `14" bottlecaps (not iX wheels) being used on 02's with good results, offset wise.