How to run style 37s on an e36

[gr33ne36]

When I was trying to do the research on how to make these wheels fit, I found next to no helpful information so I decided to make this short thread on how to make these wheels fit. My goal from the beginning was to have a more stance look, while still being able to drive the car hard as it is still my daily driver. One of the reasons for wanting to run M Pars was that I realized because they were 18s, I could have good fitment without being super low to the ground, making the car more driveable. Let's get into the wheels themselves:

These are Style 37's off of an e38, meaning the specs are 18x8 et13 front, and 18x9.5 et25 rear. This is how they looked when I initially test-fit them:

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This made me pretty nervous, especially when I saw how much the front was poking. The only fender modifications I've made was a slight roll on the rear fenders. After a asking for many opinions and lots of useless research, I bought 205/40 and 225/40 Michelins and heres how they fit now:





I did end up raising the rear a bit haha. So here are the final specs of everything along with a couple other pics:

Wheels: 18x8 et13, 18x9.5 et25 e38 style 37's
Tires: 205/40, 225/40 Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3+
Suspension: Broadway Static 500s coilovers (comes with camber plates), -1.7* rear camber, and -3* front camber. Stock rear camber arms.
Fender mods: Slight roll on rear fenders, N/A for front. May end up having the inside of the fenders shaved so I can run it a little lower/tighter.

TL;DR They aren't as difficult to fit as people seem to think. If you want to be a hotboi all you really need is coilovers with camber plates and you're good, otherwise you can go for a meatier tire setup if you are fine with being higher up off the ground. Hopefully this was helpful for a few of you out there. I know it would have been for me

[nikinas]

Looks amazing!

[cody2130]

Love M-pars, this makes me want a set of them for backup's

[XnWarden]

Wheels look nice but those tires are way too skinny for my taste.

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[pizzaman09]

Wow, those are big wheels for an e38.

[gr33ne36]

Looks amazing!

Thanks man!

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Love M-pars, this makes me want a set of them for backup's

Do it!

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Wheels look nice but those tires are way too skinny for my taste.

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Haha has to be done if you want to be this low/fitted

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Wow, those are big wheels for an e38.

you mean e36? Was pretty unsure if I'd like the look of 18's on an e36 but they've grown on me a ton, would definitely run another set of 18's