I think its safe to say youve had a pretty productive week as it is!

 

just placed an order on tirerack for this

 

Testing, testing--

 

Not bad, I like those better than the mesh style wheels you have.

 

Hi Burzpaw,
That looks nice !
what is the diameter, width and offset please ?

 

Thank you! They're 17x7.5 +42 which I plan to run with spacers.

 

Which spacers? wow, it would look wide stance !
what is the thickness of the spacer and what is the size of your tire?
It would look Nice for sure !

by the way,
what is the name of that two knob that hold your front bumper to the fender? is it easy to install? and where can I buy those?
Thanks again

 

dont get the easy release BMW. ud ruin ur bumper.

 

The reason is, I might have to roll/pull my fender even more soon...
due to the space needed for the Front Brembo caliper to clear my wheel spoke...
and that might mean I need to take out part of the bumper that hold it to the fender... at least that is what I remember since I took a peek under my fender few months ago...
so I might need that "easy release" ??? is that what the name of those 2 knob?

 

quick release...

i like ur car so much, i'd hate for u to roll ur fenders and have that flaw on ur car. uve spent so much on making it nice. get a body shop to make some custom stretched fenders for u or something to that effect.

 

I have to agree with Ryan/xxryu139xx-- Don't do these quick releases! If you have to, there's another type that I really fancy-- they go on the fender where it's hidden from sight and there's only 1 or 2 buttons on the bumper which you press to release the bumper. It looks way more subtle if you NEED to have quick releases.

Here's an example:



And I'm not sure yet, I'll be running 195/40 on them and it totally depends how much I can space them out without rubbing because it'll ruin my wrap lol.

 

Thanks Ryu and Thanks Burzpaw,
I won't be using it unless I really really have too
hopefully if my calculation is correct, I don't have too...

currently my wheel is 18x7 et42
it used to rub a bit with 225/40/18
but now with 215/40/18 it does not rub at all.

I probably need a 15mm spacer so the wheel spoke can clear the Brembo,
but if I widened my wheel to 8in, then the tire should be a little stretch,
(pulled to the inside by the wider wheel)...
and the tire should clear the fender again even with 15mm spacer...

Yes, I plan to do the widened wheel modification by welding an extra 1in to widened the wheel...
I don't want to change wheel with another brand,
since I already love my current wheel design
and I can NOT afford custom HRE or ADV.1 right now hahahaha
so welding is the best (read: cheapest) solution...
I check around and find this place:
Welcome to Weldcraft Wheels | Wagtail Demo

 

You will love them, been sitting on them for about a week and there really nice.

 

Z got wheels????

Last week when I talked to you, you said something along the lines of no new wheels or something

Either way they look dope....Gotta figure out who all of your wheel hook ups are when the time comes, I feel like someone is always getting new wheels just on the sly...like "oh btw just got some new wheels, no big deal, whateves" haha

 

Thanks Chris! I know right.. but like, I pretty much got these for free for what I got them for haha. I just need to restore them, no rush really. "Now" I'm done

 

Haha nice! They will look great!

Man I'm just going to end up paying retail for wheels lol

 

Fasho! And hahah, the set I'm on now and this new set were both Craigslist finds

 

Burzpaw, keep us updated on your spacer size you go with. I think I'm gonna space my rear out 5mm. Making it a 17x7.5 +35. The fronts sit pretty good at +40 but wouldn't mind a couple extra mm on that too.

 

Ah, well my setup right now is 17x7.5 +33 and I know I can go another at least another 5mm out with the 195/40 tires. But bare in mind that my fenders are all rolled already so I can't compare it to stock

 

does that mean your fit is now lowered on the tein springs? pics?