Can I make a set of bmw wheels work on my nova?

[exessive]

I have a 72 nova, its lowered 2 inches, has tubular a arms, and the rear fender lip trimmed. I have a line on a set of wheels that were on a bmw, the specs on the wheels and tires are: 17x7.5 for the front with a 42mm offset and a 72.56 bore, and 18x8.5 with a 40mm offset and a 72.56mm bore for the rear. bolt pattern is 5x120. I think the current tire sizes are 245 40 17, and 275 40 18
Can I make these work on my car? if so, what do i need to make it happen? Spacer?


Thanks for any help guys.

[DarkoNova]

I'm running 18" wheels off an E46 M3 on my 69 Nova. Also lowered 2 inches with Hotchkis springs and ATS spindles.

I needed a 1.5" adapter for the fronts. Didn't use anything on the rears.

[exessive]

What size wheel and tire are you running on those 18"s front and rear?

[DarkoNova]

Not sure on the wheel size, you can probably google E46 M3 wheels and figure out what they are. I want to say either 18x8 and 18x9 or 18x9 and 18x10.

Current tires are 235/40/18 in the front and 245/40/18 in the rear.

Fronts hit the frame before getting to full lock, and it's annoying as hell.

I'm only using them because I got them for a super cheap price, but when I have the money I'm getting wheels made for my car so I can get my turning radius back.

I've been told that wheels off a 5 or 7 series would fit better, but I can't validate that as I have yet to run across a good cheap set of wheels for either of those cars.

[79-TA]

This site should help you figure out some of your backspacing issues.

http://www.rimsntires.com/specs.jsp