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M Logo Recomended tires Size and chamber

Hi there, just bring the e30 '91 at home after bargain with old owner...
he has 15" rim and I want to change all the 5 tires need advice what is the recommended size
also I want to do wheel alignment in same time since feel the chamber is not as it is
need advice what is the recommended chamber for above rims
thanks b4

Old 11-06-2011, 11:32 PM
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You can't adjust the camber (not chamber) on an E30 without installing aftermarket suspension parts or E30 M3 offset trailing arm bushings.

You want to know what size tires to use? What kind of rims are they? stock? How wide?
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thanks for correction jared
the old owner just place a modified rubber spacer on guide support and it seems weird since it is not OEM part and found the camber about -4 deg.
from above reason I would like to remove the spacer and would like to know what is the recommended camber for standard , perhaps I need to change entire part to put it back into standard.

for the rims,if you mean after market rim ..yes ,the wide recently I'm not yet measure it,but now he use 195-60-R15 for all the tire.
thanks
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195/60/15 is pretty close to the stock size. You should be fine using that.

As for the upper shock mounts, The stock ones will bring the camber back to the stock setting, which i beleive is less then -1 degree.

I dont know what kind of mount you have, so i cant tell you if it's adjustable or not.
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thanks Jared, just replace upper shock mounting with the OEM part and found the normal camber as you said


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