BMW E81 Build

[Ratcliffe33]

This is what I'm thinking, its going to be a lot of money to get my arches done right and its going to look like Tony's car! Nothing wrong with that but it isn't original! I do like the IND's hmmmmmm

[E-8ATESE7EN]

SJC still better! (But already done by tony lin)

[cus]

INDS are nice.. but i think youre on to a winner with the SJC's.. a bit of work will be worth it!

[Ratcliffe33]

Ok Soemthing interesting has come up, im struggling to get my car in soon to have the arch work done and now i have just been offered a set of 19x8.5 ind's and cash my way for my sjc's wont have to do any work to get the ind's to fit... so tempted by this!

[E-8ATESE7EN]

In my opinion, Max out rear camber on your stock rear camber arms, and you'll be fine just make sure your tyres are 245/35/19 for a good stretch. Front is not a problem, it will be flush and wont hit the guard when turning, just some note taking, it will rub into your bumper clips most of the time.

Roll guards won't help much unless you are somehow pumping your guards extensively so it's going out about 10-20mm.

[fifty3bags]

ET30 Front and ET20 Rear.

Well they are 19x9 on the front and 19x10 on the rear, offsets are above, and I'm going to be running pretty stretched tyres.

Oh, that's where you run into the problem then. ET20 rear is REALLY low for the 1 series, most people I see complain about +35. Are you going to be pulling the fenders or just running a lot of camber?

[Ratcliffe33]

I wish i had the money for SJC's..... but honestly man great looking car, i love the way its turning out!!

Thanks man, i can't wait to get the wheels fitted!

[Ratcliffe33]

Give me your wheel offset, for I am the E81/87 god. I fit 19x9.5 ET 25 front easy. with Max negative camber (-5) not to mention my rears are 11

19 inch is a pretty bad size to go, the car will never be able to go that low as it will need to sit high to accommodate rubbing.

ET30 Front and ET20 Rear.

What kind of modifying will you need, just rolled, or rolled and pulled, or more extensive than that? Reason I ask is I tried a set of CCWs on mine this past weekend and they were 18/10 (or 10.5, not sure) and didn't know the offset, but they fit and I had at least a half inch probably more, before hitting the shock. The wheel was flush with the fender and -0.9* camber. My fenders are only slightly rolled and I was able to drive fine on them with 285/35/R18 tires. What size tires are you going with?

Well they are 19x9 on the front and 19x10 on the rear, offsets are above, and I'm going to be running pretty stretched tyres.

British police dont mind stretched tyres that much. To be honest it isn't actually 'illegal' (there are a few loopholes to explore...in the same way people say poke is illegal but it isn't, you are allowed up to 25mm of poke aslong as the tyre tread is inside the arches in the UK.

Use a company like nankang and get them to write to you saying your stretch is okay (my friend put a 225/35/19 on a 9.5, which isnt alot but is still fairly stretched). Nankang wrote back saying the tyre could cope with this, so if a policeman does try and do you for the car being 'dangerous' he can produce this letter which states that it is still with-in the manufacturers specifications!

Ah okay cool, thanks man! I know about the as long as the tyres are under the arches its cool but didn't know the situation with stretch.

[Mcflurvin]

Well had an email from Rotiform this morning and my wheels are ready and being dispatched today! Seriously cannot wait for them to arrive. Here is a photo of my wheels in Rotiform.





Hope you all like them!

I wish i had the money for SJC's..... but honestly man great looking car, i love the way its turning out!!

[BenVAG]

Hopefully the police wont notice how stretched my tyres are...

British police dont mind stretched tyres that much. To be honest it isn't actually 'illegal' (there are a few loopholes to explore...in the same way people say poke is illegal but it isn't, you are allowed up to 25mm of poke aslong as the tyre tread is inside the arches in the UK.

Use a company like nankang and get them to write to you saying your stretch is okay (my friend put a 225/35/19 on a 9.5, which isnt alot but is still fairly stretched). Nankang wrote back saying the tyre could cope with this, so if a policeman does try and do you for the car being 'dangerous' he can produce this letter which states that it is still with-in the manufacturers specifications!

[fifty3bags]

Yeh mounts for the front, but need arch work done on the front and rear, the wheels are 19x9 on the front and 19x10 on the rear, the rear wheels will have quiet abit of camber but a massive stretch on the tyre will help not having much work done to the arches. Looking forward to the challenge though and got a company that are excited to work with the car! Hopefully the police wont notice how stretched my tyres are...

What kind of modifying will you need, just rolled, or rolled and pulled, or more extensive than that? Reason I ask is I tried a set of CCWs on mine this past weekend and they were 18/10 (or 10.5, not sure) and didn't know the offset, but they fit and I had at least a half inch probably more, before hitting the shock. The wheel was flush with the fender and -0.9* camber. My fenders are only slightly rolled and I was able to drive fine on them with 285/35/R18 tires. What size tires are you going with?

[E-8ATESE7EN]

Give me your wheel offset, for I am the E81/87 god. I fit 19x9.5 ET 25 front easy. with Max negative camber (-5) not to mention my rears are 11

19 inch is a pretty bad size to go, the car will never be able to go that low as it will need to sit high to accommodate rubbing.

[Ratcliffe33]

For the front I'm assuming? How much camber will you need to run, and what are the wheel specs?

Yeh mounts for the front, but need arch work done on the front and rear, the wheels are 19x9 on the front and 19x10 on the rear, the rear wheels will have quiet abit of camber but a massive stretch on the tyre will help not having much work done to the arches. Looking forward to the challenge though and got a company that are excited to work with the car! Hopefully the police wont notice how stretched my tyres are...

[fifty3bags]

Spoken to a few people over the weekend, looks like there is a lot of work that needs to be done, need to buy some coilover top mounts to adjust the camber, and also have some serious arch work done! Cant wait to get it done though!! Nice little project for me and the car should look mega once its done!

For the front I'm assuming? How much camber will you need to run, and what are the wheel specs?

[Ratcliffe33]

Hurry it up!

Spoken to a few people over the weekend, looks like there is a lot of work that needs to be done, need to buy some coilover top mounts to adjust the camber, and also have some serious arch work done! Cant wait to get it done though!! Nice little project for me and the car should look mega once its done!