From digest.v7.n663 Wed Nov 26 21:22:16 1997
From: TeamM3_at_aol.com
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 17:34:33 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: 1995 E36 M3 Wheel Sizes, Final word.

In Digest whatever, Duane writes:

> >Owner's manual for a '95 M3 describes the wheels as:
> >front - 7 1/2 J X 17"
> >rear - 8 1/2 J X 17"
> >SPARE - same as front
>
> Is this true? i just rotate my two rear tires with my two front tires on
> my 95 M3, will that cause problems? i thought the wheels on 95 M3's are
> the same on all four tires and for 96/96 M3's they are different....

<<<No no no, guys....'95 M3's are 7.5" x 17" all the way around. The Lightweight CSL in
1995 had varying widths and that is what you are reading. The standard and Lux model
M3 are all 7.5" in width.>>>>

The std E36 M3 wheel size in 1995 was 7.5". Starting 1/95 BMW added a Forged Wheel Option. If you ordered your M3 with this option you got the same wheels/sizes as the 1995 M3 LTW, which were 7.5" front/8.5" rear, all 41 mm offset x 17" diameter. The only documentation on this is from the people who ordered them this way, and the letter I have from Erik Wensberg verifying same for SCCA racing. None of the BMW literature ever states what the sizes were for this option.

Mark Sipe