@James1549...That's funny! Good lord the things people do to cars! That ranks right up there with the plywood ground effects kit!
JesseJames..I know I must have been tired yesterday when I typed that message. I have 32mm offsets in front not 35mm as I mentioned earlier. Sorry! I had "35mm shank lugbolts" on the brain all afternoon!
I know how you feel about the lack of offsets for our cars, I got tired of feeling like I was stuck choosing from the slim pickens of Mandrus wheels! After scouring these forums for days I decided to do what so many others here have done and stuck to my gut that I knew I could make it work regardless of what the wheel retailers kept telling me. Stinking BMW's get all the great wheel/offsets.
Got the rears on and took a few picks. Everything fits fine. I have to admit I was worried that the 295's were going to bulge and look horrible. Glad I took a chance on them. Sadly, I cannot find a set of 35mm conical lug bolts for the fronts anywhere locally. I'll just order a set online today, So they will have to wait till after the weekend.
Hopefully JesseJames will be able to get his full set on soon and go out and enjoy them on the road! It's been over a month since I've driven my 6 and I gotta tell you the wifes Charger is nice but, That hemi's exhaust note has got nothing on the whine of the supercharger nor the fun factor that comes with owning something so unique as a Crossfire!
Specs are
Fronts: 18x8.5 32mm offset. No spacers needed but you need shorter bolts for the front with a 35mm shank. It appears the threads in the front hub taper and I'm unwilling to take a chance and tap them straight through and end up with loose lug bolts over time.
Tires are: 235/40/18 Conti Extreme DWS's
Rears: 19x9.5 35mm offset using H&R 12mm Hub centric spacers.(23mm effective offset)
I'm using 40mm shank conical lug bolts WITH the 12mm spacers. They run into the hub a hair more than the stock ones did(I used anti seize on the threads for the sole purpose of checking thread engagement in the hub for both the stock wheels and the TSW's). Check for the dreaded e-brake click and all is well!
Rear tires are 295/30/19 Conti Extreme DWS's
I should mention that the 235/40/18's are on closeout at Tire rack. So it looks like I may go up to a 255/35 next year if there are no more of them left.
So here's a little motivation for JesseJames! Who has superb taste in wheels I might add.
