My E36 Coupe

[aiden]

get some rubber on them rims

[ignacio]

looks good.
195/45 - 195/40 or 205/40 front
and 205/40 or 215/40 rear.

You can get away without touching the front, the rear needs a roll.
i would rather respray the bumper than the wheels, wheels looks to be in good shape.

Thanks man. Three out of four rims have a good amount of chipping from the previous owner. He left some chemicals or something sitting on the rims, and have eaten through to either the primer or bare metal. Check out the photos here:

http://stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13144

The mirrors, front bumper and hood need repainting so I'm hoping to get the entire car done in the near future, so I'm either going to hold off on that or do some sort of DIY'ing

[Zic]

looks good.
195/45 - 195/40 or 205/40 front
and 205/40 or 215/40 rear.

You can get away without touching the front, the rear needs a roll.
i would rather respray the bumper than the wheels, wheels looks to be in good shape.

[ignacio]

Alright so yesterday I test fitted the rims before having them repainted.

The front (17x8 +20):










The rear (17x9 +26):




You can see how my rear bumper needs a respray...




I know the rear fenders will need some work, but I'm going to see if I can get away without touching the front's. Now to decide what size tires...

[ignacio]

If you're going to be much higher than that dude from England who ran these on a blue Coupe, I am going to be disappointed.

I have a certain weakness for 32s... get them on, quickly!

As for tires, if you want bigger stretch, then run 195/40 and 205/40, for mild stretch run 205/40 and 215/40. Rolling in the rear will be needed, dependin on how low you go maybe even a slight pull. Fronts should be fine.

Don't hold your breath then.

Remember, I'm not even on coilovers. Struts and springs, the ultimate static stance.

I don't really think I want to run a ridiculous amount of stretch though, in my case I think it will look somewhat goofy. Keep in mind that I am not exactly slammed to the ground. I may be tucking tire slightly, but I will more than likely be at that height for a while. Once/during getting the wheels ready, I will be hopefully transitioning to the cosmetic side of things. My car needs a respray badly, along with some dent removal and something to spruce up the front end.

[Dr.AK]

11/2010: Picked these up locally for $250, hoping to have them repainted in the next couple of weeks. I still have to figure out what tires to run and how much fender work is needed. All in due time though.


BMW Style 32's: 17x8/+20, 17x9/+26

If you're going to be much higher than that dude from England who ran these on a blue Coupe, I am going to be disappointed.

I have a certain weakness for 32s... get them on, quickly!

As for tires, if you want bigger stretch, then run 195/40 and 205/40, for mild stretch run 205/40 and 215/40. Rolling in the rear will be needed, dependin on how low you go maybe even a slight pull. Fronts should be fine.

[T.Reed]

Haha. Mine is starting to bore people.

[ignacio]

Following this.

Thanks man, I'll try not to bore you.

[ignacio]

to pull off those rims..i think you would need to do some slight pulling and fender rolling....and you might have to run some 205/40 or 215/40

Definitely some pulling and rolling. As far as tires go, I'm not sure how much stretch I actually want. Not going for anything extreme at the moment... like I said I still need to do more research.

[T.Reed]

Following this.

[Anonymous User]

to pull off those rims..i think you would need to do some slight pulling and fender rolling....and you might have to run some 205/40 or 215/40

[ignacio]

nice progress.....and i think we have the same shift knob..haha is yours a momo?

Thanks and unfortunately it was not. It was an Ichibahn. I loathed it but waited until forever to do something about it. I have an RK2 now.

[ignacio]

11/2010: Picked these up locally for $250, hoping to have them repainted in the next couple of weeks. I still have to figure out what tires to run and how much fender work is needed. All in due time though.


BMW Style 32's: 17x8/+20, 17x9/+26

12/2010: This is how she looks right now.


I've added the painted grilles (black) and a Thule roof rack from a friend's now-parted-with E36. I also bought the old-school Thule fairing, I think its the 555, but I'm not sure how I feel about it on my car. I got it from a guy that used it on his E30. If you're interested in it then I may be willing to part with it.

Some items that went unnoticed photo-wise, but worth mentioning:

• K-Sport rear camber kit
• UUC RTAB's
• UUC RK2 knob
• Clutch fan delete replaced with electric fan
• 6k HID's in the fog lights

I still have a long way to go until I am "content", but that's just how it goes...

[Anonymous User]

nice progress.....and i think we have the same shift knob..haha is yours a momo?

[ignacio]

08/2009: I proposed to my wife. She said yes. Begin wedding planning. I promised her I would save as much as I can as we were handling a fair amount of the costs... meaning don't spend money on the car.

11/2009: I disliked my H&R Sport's and someone was selling a used set of H&R's locally for $90, so guess what I did...


It's okay though b/c I sold my Sport's right after for about that price.

Almost out of my sticker phase...