BMW e36 - "On a budget" build.

[DinanDave]

Looks so much better than what you started with. Nice job man!

[Evil Panda]

After a good wash, I snapped these few.. very low quality though.

I have never liked these wheels, but they look great on this setup. Well done.

[Minuki]

Whatever you do, do not paint them black.

Wondering what it would look with ambers back on it...

[InSpeedWeTrust]

with that color blue you have ide say go for white. But it has to be glossy white. that or polished. Polished would really set it off. But unless you can do it yourself it might not be worth it on a set of OE wheels.

I photoshoped it with white rims and I don't like it... Polished will be nice YES, but I can't do them myself and the shop asked for 400$ which is not worth, just like you said..
I think I will repaint them silver again.. A little refreshment won't be bad..

Looks so much better than what you started with. Nice job man!

Much appreciated!

I have never liked these wheels, but they look great on this setup. Well done.

Thanks

Whatever you do, do not paint them black.

Wondering what it would look with ambers back on it...

No worries, there will be no black rims in this thread.
As for the ambers, I never liked them nor will be...

[InSpeedWeTrust]

Just placed an order for THIS




and this





and I will leave also this picture as a rear hight reference

[brandonford]

You sir are doing it right

[InSpeedWeTrust]

^ thanks bud !

Front bumper arrived today. Droped it of to the paint shop.

[bimmerbabe]

Yay on the new muffler!
and oh that color... I'm such a sucker for avus blue

[InSpeedWeTrust]

Yay on the new muffler!
and oh that color... I'm such a sucker for avus blue

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Chasing the desired wheel fitment, decided to buy some shitty 7mm spacers from Autozone..
Hooked the car up, installed all 4 spacers and took the car for a drive.

Now that I was happier with the looks of the car, I said to myself why not hit the gas a little....

And of course this happend:







Usually I tend to fuck shit up, i'm pretty talented at this, but the main reason behind this nightmare (hope you guys will never go through this) is that I got greedy and did not buy longer bolts..
Just thought that fewer threads (2) will do the job....

Well THEY DIDN'T!!!

While attempting to fix the car in the middle of the road , I receive a call from the painter telling me that my front bumper is ready for pick up. This lightened up my day a little.
Also ordered some new spacers. 10mm Hubcentric with 20 longer bolts to make sure that my wheels will never fly again..

[Spirit]

ouch mate and a warning to others of the importance of being safe especially longer wheel bolts

[jeger]

Oh f*** !! (We can also say it is a huge fitment, dude ^^) Good luck to repair this !

[InSpeedWeTrust]

thanks guys, fortunatelly nothing happend to the car!!
I was able to fix it in the middle of the street with a hammer and a screw driver


Thank god the car is low and the wheel did not have space to go outside of the wheel arch because in this case I would have suck it big time

Front bumper is painted and mounted on the car. I'll post some pictures tomorrow.
Cheers

[willie@stance]

dang and i was going to do the same thing to my wagon tomorow lol, i think not. good thing that didnt mess stuff up big time. like they say, cheaper isnt always cheap in the end

[InSpeedWeTrust]

dang and i was going to do the same thing to my wagon tomorow lol, i think not. good thing that didnt mess stuff up big time. like they say, cheaper isnt always cheap in the end

Yep, just save 40 more $ and buy some decent hubcentric spacerc that will not make your steering wheel bounce off your hands when you drive over 20 mph and also consider (please) buying some longer bolts


Now, let's cheer up a little this thread!
Did some work on the car today and I managed to install the new M bumper on the car and I have to say I love the way it looks...

During the surgery.


Result



As the keen eye probably observed I have some bolts missing but new spacers and longer bolt are on the way
Oh, and one ass shot just for the sake of it..

[willie@stance]

looking good man