Maybe try calling www.tirerack.com. They've got a lot of factory specs at
hand and have always been a good source of info. Maybe not to buy from them
but at least for the knowledge. Pretty easy to talk to a real person.


"Planar1" > wrote in message
...
> If someone would actually help to answer my question instead of lecturing
> me on why I shouldn't, the stock sizes, poor ride and such, I would stop
> asking the question. My question is simple: What is the widest tire I can
> put on the rear of my car without rolling the fenders? That's all. I
> expect to use wider rear wheels to accomplish this. 18x9 perhaps. So, has
> anyone out there managed to get an 18/275/45 on an '01 330ci? If you have
> (or haven't because there was an interference issue), I'd like to hear
> your story. Why do I want to do this? I just like the look and I fully
> expect to end up with a great handling car. I'm not concerned with a
> reduction in ride quality as it couldn't be worse than what I have right
> now (Sumitomo SU HTR+ 245/40/17. Very noisy tire). Keep in mind I don't
> race it. Just spirited, every day driving. TIA for all of your "useful"
> answers.
>
>
> "Pete" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Planar1" > wrote
>>> I borrowed this from a Bimmer E46 M3 web site:
>>>
>>> The M3 sits on 18-inch M-style alloy wheels (8.0-inch wide front and
>>> 9.0-inch wide rear), with appropriately sized high-performance tires
>>> (225/45
>>> ZR - 18 front and 255/40 ZR -18 rear).
>>>
>>> Will I be able to successfully install this combo on my 330ci?
>>
>> WTF??? How many times are you going to post the same question? You
>> already got your answers. Don't like what you hear? Is that why you
>> keep asking? Tell us what answer you WANT to hear, then we'll tell you
>> exactly that and then you can go away.
>>
>> Pete
>>
>>
>
>