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Originally Posted by Montaver
The BMW wheel offsets are determined by EU requirements for snow chains. Given the choice they would develop a more aggressive offset to widen the cars track. All the manufacturers do this, look at Audi for example. If your spending money on aftermarket wheels there is no real downside to getting a more aggressive offset. A lighter wheel will be great for unsprung mass and has a ton of benefits (ride, suspension response etc).
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I totally missed this post, and this is great info.
In fact, the only mention I found in the user's manual about offsets is in reference to snow chains.