[rbryantaz]

Originally Posted by StradaRedlands

Hey all, old thread, I hope some of you with experience on this are still active! I'm about to get some 209 wheels with AT3 265/60/18 tires... is 20mm spacing for sure, or can I get away with 15mm? I ask as BMS has some 15mm spacers I'd like to get: https://burgertuning.com/products/x5...828f77b8&_ss=r

But if 20mm is a hard minimum, I'm planning on the ECS ones: https://www.ecstuning.com/b-ecs-part...t/ecs265e70wb/

Thoughts?

And in the rear, although 30mm seems recommended for ascetics, is going w/ 20mm fine? Looks like H&R has a 30mm set, but it's the bolt on adapter kind vs. the through bolt that 20s have.

Additional thoughts?

THANKS!

It will depend on the tire but I think that 20mm of spacing is required with and isn't enough for all tires all tires.

With that rim (8.5" wide and 46mm offset) if the tires are square or have any knobbies on the sidewalls then they probably won't fit even with 20mm....

My cooper AT3s clear by about 6-7mm (an 8mm round screwdriver won't fit between it and the front upper ball joint. The tire is not perfectly square though, the sidewall is actually under the ball joint but the thread is tapering away to get this clearance.

This is with a 265/60/18 on a wheel with a 8" wide wheel 24mm offset wheel.

This puts my wheels 8mm farther out than what you are proposing... (2mm less than mine due to offset and 6mm due to extra width).

So it would be VERY close with 20mm spacers based on my setup and you might need 24mm spacers to fit the fronts to fit some tires... This does seem like the same setup from another member though so if those are falken wildpeaks you just just barely fit with the 20mm spacers. I am not a fan of spacers, there is just more stuff to go wrong with them which is why I opted for a wheel with an offset that fits. Unfortunately I had to get the centers machined to fit the X5 but overall it is better than spacers IMO...

-Rich