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      04-12-2014, 08:58 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by lmcq784 View Post
Yeah, the car definitely eats up the wheels. I wish I could do 20"s, but too bad we have really bad roads and I cannot afford to run 20" due to imminent flats and dents to the wheels (and the feeling of endless butt torture).

FYI, I did not oversize the tires. The overall diameter is actually about 2% smaller than OEM. the only thing that was "oversized" is the width of the tire. Didn't lower anything either. Stock GT M-Sport suspension.
Yes, don't get me wrong. The wheels looks great, just a tad small.

I thought the F34 used the same stock size as the F30 - 225/40R19 and 255/35R19, and if you then use 235/40 and 275/35 the tire diameter increases 1.2% at the front and 1.9% at the back and the side wall is 4mm higher at the front and 6mm higher in the rear - thus making them bigger and "oversized" and making the wheels look smaller.

But after your comment now I looked it up and the F34 used higher sidewalls on the OEM wheels so I was wrong.
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