boston green daily

[stuey]

Been a lurker for a while so I thought i would contribute
I crashed my mildly modified previous e36 a couple of years ago-

I bought this stock e36 se with the insurance-

after prominsing my other half I would not modify another daily I .... changed my mind! This is my daily car and quite honest its all done with little or no money-
first thing was to ditch the indicators tail lights and stock badges for some darker ones to give the car a darker look- I also painted the grilles black-


then I had a set of fondmetal 5800's powdered in grey and fitted- check that crazy ride height!

so next where some interim lowering springs, some side skirts , M3 bumpers and DTM mirrors-

the springs replaced a few months later with coilovers (note to self dont drive through a drainage ditch as you'll smash your front bumper!)-

Im now refurbing a set of rc041\42's which will be the next thing to go on-


Im hoping somebody can give me from tyre size/wheel spacing advice for when I fit them as I would dearly like to run it lower at the front (the rear is as low as it will go)
any hoo- comments and any advice is welcome as Im always wanting to learn from people who have done it before.

thanks and apologies for my god awful photography..
stuey

[slimadi]

Looks nice and clean,best bet would be to do a test fit with the new rims you dont need tyres on to do that but make sure you have some blocks of wood under each rim for when you lower it then you should have a good idea what size spacers or profile tyres to run on or maybe get some pics up with the new rims on that way we can have a good look, the more specs about the rims the better to it's all about trial and error in this game good luck

[stuey]

Thanks for the advice- I'm now building the wheels up as my stainless hardware arrived today- ill get some pics up once they are all together- first one built-

[stuey]

Made a test fit on the front today with an cheap eBay tyre ( now destined to be the spare) and it looks good space wise- I can drop it about another inch and with some spacing it should be a tight but drivable fit! it's a 205/40/17 -
Can't wait for my centre caps to come back from the powder coaters!

[stuey]

wheels built and ready for my next payday so I can buy some tyres-

[doninphi]

You in Boston Lincolnshire?

Try lincsdriver.com if so... We are coming to Corten miller in Boston on June 1st for an RR day so come say hello!

[stuey]

no boston green is the colour of the car but im only over in kings lynn so not that far away- if Im off work that day I'll maybe slide over...

[stuey]

BBS are go!

Wheels now fitted, back needs to go lower again and some spacing required me thinks otherwise they look cool

[stuey]

new headlamp

I decided to fit a set of Hella "angel eye" headlamps but theres far too much chrome on them so I decided to black out part of the reflcectors to fit in with my car-
(in porgress)

and on the car-

now all I need to do is get a new grill!