I just canceled my MW03 order from March but they can’t fulfill orders. They keep getting pushed back. I ordered mid March with April estimate and they are now into July. I was said to cancel, very sexy wheel.
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Aftermarket Wheels on Model 3
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Evpowerdan
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Cuz nothing is made in America anymore. Bring back American MFG - that's the only way to stop the supply issues.
I'm looking for great fitment (wheel to fender), and I really have no idea what I am doing. A pretty large seller in my country told me these would fit really well:
Front:
9.5x20 + 40
or
9.0x20 + 35
Rear:
10.5x20 + 42-43
or
10.0x19 + 40
So by taking those numbers, I found a perfect set of wheels:
Front: 8.5x20 + 28
Rear: 10.0x20 + 40
Can anyone confirm whether or not I'm right/wrong? Would 8.5 front and 10.0 rear look weird, especially with a 12 offset difference?
Front:
9.5x20 + 40
or
9.0x20 + 35
Rear:
10.5x20 + 42-43
or
10.0x19 + 40
So by taking those numbers, I found a perfect set of wheels:
Front: 8.5x20 + 28
Rear: 10.0x20 + 40
Can anyone confirm whether or not I'm right/wrong? Would 8.5 front and 10.0 rear look weird, especially with a 12 offset difference?
Evpowerdan
Member
Why such a difference in size between front and rear? I get the staggered setup, but 20x10 with an appropriate 275 or larger width will hit your range. Many even make the car slower with the additional rolling mass, and more rubber to the pavement. Using 20" rims with that width in the rear, you may have to go to 30 side walls, that's super thin.
Hm okay, I see. I don't have a lot of experience, so I'd rather ask. I do want rim to fender fitment, though.
I can "only" get the rims in 8.5, 10, or 11 width, so I guess 8.5 for the front and rear will have to do, then.
8.5x20 + 24 for the rear and 8.5x20 + 28 for the front. Does that sound about right?
Supply issues exist at every point in the supply and manufacturing process everywhere. The US is not immune to this.
Evpowerdan
Member
We (the USA) never had these supply chain issues before late 2020 on any products - that's a fact.
Evpowerdan
Member
Sure others are way more knowledgeable on stretching the limits of the wheel wells. What is you reason for going so large on a M3?
Are you then saying supply chain issues were occurring en masse elsewhere before late 2020?
And what does that have to do with what is going on right now since simply chain issues are occurring everywhere?
I predict these messages getting moved somewhere off-topic....
When people here want a 'flush' fitment just for looks, I believe the standard recommendation is a 15/20mm spacer front/rear.
If you don't want to deal with spacers, do the math - front offset of ~20, and rear offset of 15 on a 8.5/9.0-wide wheel should work on an otherwise stock suspension with stock-sized rubber.
pdx_m3s
Active Member
Can confirm. Perfectly flush is:
Front:
8.5" +20
9.0" +25
Rear:
8.5" +15
9.0" +20
Would recommend against staggered, personally. Best approach is to use a square wheel/tire setup with a 5mm rear spacer.
Staggered, square etc. are all new terms for me, so I just looked it up. I'm going with 8.5 front and rear.
Just to be sure.. I cannot get an offset of lower than 20. Does that mean that if I get an offset of 20 on both rims, I need a 5mm spacer on the rear to get the offset to +15?
I don't think 20" is a lot. 225/35 R20 tires is the same I'm running on my car now, except they're only 19". 225 for a bit of stretch.
Zcd1
Active Member
If you have money to burn and don’t give a sh*t about being ripped off, sure, get them!Well, after looking at literally thousands of photos of Model 3’s with aftermarket wheels, I finally found the one that speaks to me enough for me to say… I got to have these!!!…
Please talk me off the ledge!!!!
pdx_m3s
Active Member
Correct. A 5mm spacer would turn a +20 into a +15. Is your car lowered? If not, then +25-F / +20-R might be better. There are very few low offset wheels (+20 or +25) in 8.5" width.
Evpowerdan
Member
IMO - You'd have way more smiles for miles, upgrading the a Plaid S with Zero-60 in 2 seconds. Never hit a pot hole or damaged any wheels? Dang - I've blown out a couple of low profile tires on pot holes and scraped several wheels in my days - no glass roads in all the states I drive. However, if those wheels are what you want and you can afford them - then get them.Thanks, Mike. Sorry to hear about your experience with the damaged HRE wheel. It’s certainly a risk we all take & accept when purchasing expensive performance products. Fortunately, the risk for wheel damage is extremely low (almost zero) with my particular lifestyle, driving habits and the road/surface conditions in my area. So far with over 38 years of driving various vehicles, I’ve never run into any potholes or damaged any wheels… knock on wood. Yeah, I sort of live in my own bubble!
As for resale value, that has never been a factor/driver on anything that I have purchased. I suspect anyone who is crazy enough to seriously consider purchasing (or owns) HRE wheels is probably not concerned with resale value.
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Danny
Finally got some shoes on Bane. Forgiato EV 001 20”
Evpowerdan
Member
Nice looking wheels - looks stealth with your paint color/wrap. Didn't know they made those EV 001's in a 20". Seen them in 18" and 19". Are they 20"x8.5 or 20"x9?
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