[oregondonor]

I've done my two weeks of lurking these forums so it's time I say, Hey! Purchased my first BMW ever after being a Honda and Mazda guy. Could never afford a BMW plus the cost of mods. Finally the time has come although mods will come more slowly just due to price.

2011 lease return with 36k on it. Automatic so the wife can drive it.

My first question would be about spacers. This will be my first mod to close up some of the gap. Do people match the front and rear spacer? Rear only? Bigger in the rear than the front?

I was thinking of going 12mm in the rear and 5mm in the front bringing the style 189 to ET25 in the rear and ET29 in the front.

Thanks in advance for feedback.

[E93FTW]

Welcome! Very nice E92! Well i don't know much about spacers but usually people go wider in the back.

[e92_enthusiast_1]

Good looking ride. Welcome. Yeah, I wish i could answer your question but I could use a schooling on the technicalities of wheels/tires myself. I upgraded from an accord/rx8 and now im here

[kdbryce]

Congrats! Beautiful car

As far as spacers, I run 15mm all around. Staggered 19s in the summer (with some rubbing) and staggered 18s in the winter.

I know most people do 10s or 12s in the front, though.

I just like 15s better.

[liang]

Welcome, your car looks mint. For stock 189 wheels, you can go more aggressive than that. 12mm in front and 18mm in rear.

[oregondonor]

Originally Posted by Liang

Welcome, your car looks mint. For stock 189 wheels, you can go more aggressive than that. 12mm in front and 18mm in rear.

Thanks everyone. Yeah, pretty close to brand new condition. It's a certified pre-owned and BMW is pretty hard core about their CPO cars.

I wish I could see some quality pictures with 189s and specific sized spacers on an LCI E92.

Looking at my current gap and it does seem huge.

[mansito]

Welcome and Beautiful ride.

[liang]

Originally Posted by oregondonor

Thanks everyone. Yeah, pretty close to brand new condition. It's a certified pre-owned and BMW is pretty hard core about their CPO cars.

I wish I could see some quality pictures with 189s and specific sized spacers on an LCI E92.

Looking at my current gap and it does seem huge.

Take a look at this thread, it is on a pre-lci e92 though.

Go with 15mm in the back if you want to be safe. But 12mm at the front is definitely okay.

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=754625

[oregondonor]

Originally Posted by Liang

Take a look at this thread, it is on a pre-lci e92 though.

Go with 15mm in the back if you want to be safe. But 12mm at the front is definitely okay.

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=754625

Thanks for digging up that post. I want to maintain a definite stagger and it doesn't seem like the 12/15 achieves that. Maybe it's just the angle of the photos.

I wish there was a shop that had the entire set so you could try before you buy.

[oregondonor]

So I went ahead and ordered 12mm spacers for the rear only.

I measured my gap as best I could and with the Style 189 wheels on the LCI E92 there isn't much of a gap in the front. Maybe 10mm. There is a lot in the back but the inner fender sticks inward quite a bit.

Spending some time searching online, it looks like 15mm spacers in the rear will rub on occasion with Sport suspension. I plan on getting KW V1 coilovers and dropping it a bit and don't want any clearance issues.

I will document this well so owners in the future will be able to find definitive information on this specific setup.

Thanks for all the help guys.

[bimmette]

I don't know anything about spacers, but wanted to say welcome and congrats on the nice car!

[oregondonor]

Originally Posted by bimmette

I don't know anything about spacers, but wanted to say welcome and congrats on the nice car!

Thanks!

[upstatedoc]

performance mods>cosmetic mods

[JesseJames]

Lovely motor!

[chatch10]

I'm on stock sport suspension and I'm running 15mm front and 20mm back just so you know how much room you really have to push these rims out.