Dear Experts,
I would like to seek advice about spacers setup on my E46 sedan, 18” inch Breyton Racing wheels + 40 series Dunlop tires. I actually had my coilovers installed today but unfortunately my front tire and coil adjustable screw are hitting the tire and the rim lip (slightly). It was noticed after deciding to adjust the coilovers to its maximum drop. It hits whenever a certain turning point but not when driving straight, you can actually notice the tire rub on the spring. The worst part is when we drive test the car after installation; the front wiggled badly when about 60km/hr and it was due to the 8” local front spacers installed. First we thought by having this 8” spacer would fix the hittings but didn’t. So I’m really unease and annoyed thinking about this right now…. Please find picture below for more information:
So in conclusion, I had to head back to the mechanic next week (Monday) and hope to get it done and for some new spacers, if they will have stock for 11” 72 center cap diameter as suggested by the mechanics. They’ve advised me to instead consider installing an 11”inch Breyton original set spacers for front instead of the 8”inch local brand to fix the wiggling.
Questions:
1) How much does new original Breyton spacer Set costs, around $250 usd?
2) Is it ideal to also have 11” inch spacer for rear, since front will have them? Can you have 11”inch front and 8inch for rear? For currently temp fix, I have 5” front original and installed the 8” for the rear and this is where I have to accept intermittent hittings
3) Should I just replace fix height coilovers (non adjustables)? (this will of course stop me from getting my E46 stanced though ) or just stick to plan A replace all 11” inch spacers?
4) Do I need front and rear alignment after job been completion?
5) Consider replacing the rims or stick to plan A?
Appreciated your advices in advance. Thanks,
Ingrid
I would like to seek advice about spacers setup on my E46 sedan, 18” inch Breyton Racing wheels + 40 series Dunlop tires. I actually had my coilovers installed today but unfortunately my front tire and coil adjustable screw are hitting the tire and the rim lip (slightly). It was noticed after deciding to adjust the coilovers to its maximum drop. It hits whenever a certain turning point but not when driving straight, you can actually notice the tire rub on the spring. The worst part is when we drive test the car after installation; the front wiggled badly when about 60km/hr and it was due to the 8” local front spacers installed. First we thought by having this 8” spacer would fix the hittings but didn’t. So I’m really unease and annoyed thinking about this right now…. Please find picture below for more information:
So in conclusion, I had to head back to the mechanic next week (Monday) and hope to get it done and for some new spacers, if they will have stock for 11” 72 center cap diameter as suggested by the mechanics. They’ve advised me to instead consider installing an 11”inch Breyton original set spacers for front instead of the 8”inch local brand to fix the wiggling.
Questions:
1) How much does new original Breyton spacer Set costs, around $250 usd?
2) Is it ideal to also have 11” inch spacer for rear, since front will have them? Can you have 11”inch front and 8inch for rear? For currently temp fix, I have 5” front original and installed the 8” for the rear and this is where I have to accept intermittent hittings
3) Should I just replace fix height coilovers (non adjustables)? (this will of course stop me from getting my E46 stanced though ) or just stick to plan A replace all 11” inch spacers?
4) Do I need front and rear alignment after job been completion?
5) Consider replacing the rims or stick to plan A?
Appreciated your advices in advance. Thanks,
Ingrid
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