e46 - budget ballin

[DER E30]

I want to run 18s but I don't want to deal with a lot of fender roll and I do live in Los Angeles so rub is going to be an everyday thing. I know y'all are gonna kill me but I'm not looking to go that low, I'm just trying to max out negative camber in the rear.
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so i might be wanting to run something like a 205 30 in the front for a stretch look, since the height will be smaller?

Yeah I want my car to be stretched tires and poked out a little with as good amount of negative camber in the rear. Those look great i would just want a little bit more camber.

regarding the 17s, I'm on a budget right now and k1s are all i can afford and they only come in 17 x 8.5[/IMG]

I don't get it, first you want no fender roll, but you want more aggressive than the e46 I posted, then you want them to poke? and no lows? I think 8.5 is almost too small to make the real stretch and flush... The pic I stole was on 10 wide et +12 and +10....

Edit: I guess what I'm asking is do you want a meaty-flush not totally dumped look or a hella-slammed-stretched look? Because super stretched tires look horrible if it isn't dumped IMO... You can pull off a meaty flush mildly stretched look and not be totally dumped, but without the fender roll, they can only be either 1, not very low. Or 2, not very flush but low...

[Androoskie]

yes if you start with the same section width (205) a 40 will be be taller in relation to the sidewall hight than a 35 series sidewall. By 10% so by like 10mm(205mm/100x5=10.25mm). its difficult to compare tire sizes that are different section widths because you are changing two variables in the equation. you need to find the section width you want based off of the final offset you will be running and then decide on a sidewall based on how low and what kind of proportions you want to go with.

oh i see. thank you so much man that was so much knowledge i could actually grasp

so i might be wanting to run something like a 205 30 in the front for a stretch look, since the height will be smaller?
yeah the two different variables really fuck me.

for offset i wanna run something like et 10-15
so i guess ill have to figure out spacers and all that after tires

[Androoskie]

What do you want in stance? Like this? Look in this thread for that car... As previously posted, 16s and 17s look small on e46s, and you have to be really slammed to pull that off, the guy in the pic is on 18s
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Yeah I want my car to be stretched tires and poked out a little with as good amount of negative camber in the rear. Those look great i would just want a little bit more camber.

regarding the 17s, I'm on a budget right now and k1s are all i can afford and they only come in 17 x 8.5. imma try to go as low as possible and then maybe get a camber kit if someone can recommend a good one.

heres a e46 with koseis. I thought it would look good stanced?


edit not my picture at all

[meech]

yes if you start with the same section width (205) a 40 will be be taller in relation to the sidewall hight than a 35 series sidewall. By 10% so by like 10mm(205mm/100x5=10.25mm). its difficult to compare tire sizes that are different section widths because you are changing two variables in the equation. you need to find the section width you want based off of the final offset you will be running and then decide on a sidewall based on how low and what kind of proportions you want to go with.

[DER E30]

What do you want in stance? Like this? Look in this thread for that car... As previously posted, 16s and 17s look small on e46s, and you have to be really slammed to pull that off, the guy in the pic is on 18s

[Androoskie]

got these babies for 80 bucks on cl. just gotta order q clips and a fairing. surf finally in my car!




Really in need of those kosei's guys! if you could help with the tire fitment that would be great!

[Androoskie]

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete...151026153411:s


You really need to read this completely and get a grasp of what the tire size numbers mean, its really confusing you I think. Your going to want to run 205 40 17 on an 8.5j wheel if you want some more meat on the tire(in relation to sidewall) then a 205/45/17 will work as well. So the tire is 205mm wide, the sidewall is going to be 40% or 45% of that 205mm width and 17 is the rim size.

I'm pretty sure i understand it. first number is width in mm sidewall to sidewall

i just don't really get the middle number. like can you run a 205/30 too? will that mean a thinner tire? than a 205/40 cause its a percentage of the first number right??? i guess still confused..

[meech]

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=46&s_kwcid=AL!3756!3!72454646413!e!!g!!how%20to%20read%20tire%20size&ef_id=VaRrKwAABALUurcj:20151026153411:s

You really need to read this completely and get a grasp of what the tire size numbers mean, its really confusing you I think. Your going to want to run 205 40 17 on an 8.5j wheel if you want some more meat on the tire(in relation to sidewall) then a 205/45/17 will work as well. So the tire is 205mm wide, the sidewall is going to be 40% or 45% of that 205mm width and 17 is the rim size.

[Androoskie]

First number is tread width (215 = 21,5cm Tire Tread) the second number is the height of the tire in % of the width (215/100x40 = 86cm). There are no tire sizes like 200 or 210 from what I know...its mostly 195,205,215.
http://tyrestretch.com/ you can look there to see how much a tire will be stretched.

having the wheels "out a little" is what people on here most possibly call poke. The size of spacer you need to get comes down the the offset of the wheel...offset is a little more complicated to describe but you can basically say the lower the offset the further out is the wheel.
You can calculate it here: http://www.willtheyfit.com/

haha i get the tread width thats pretty easy, I'm just retarded and i don't think i can understand the percentages of the height of the tire lol. thanks for trying but its like helping a brick wall

and if i run 205, and 215 the problem is too thin, or fender rub? if its fender rub ill prolly go one up in the front and back

so for basically more poke i would need a big spacer right?

yeah i wanted to say poke and stretch, I've been lurking for like 10 years no joke, but i didn't wanna come off as a stance nation illest slammed dat low lyfe guy. :lol

[Androoskie]

those coils dont have rear camber adjustment on the tophats from the look of it so to max out the rear camber your going to need to slam it. but ive never wrked on a e46 do they have adjustable rear upper camber arms?

Hey so cause these don't have rear camber adjustment i gotta get camber plates right? UUC or SPC? Im gonna take better pictures of the coils on weds so y'all can help me out thanks brothers


if your asking if you can get adjustable camber arm kits for e46 then yes (i don't know how to tell if my coilovers support that), or if the struts on the top can adjust camber a little then yes they can do that.

I'm not very good mechanically real sorry guys.
just really interested in this stuff.
gotta start somewhere

[MadMax]

yo first i wanna shout out individual all the positive heads in this thread, I want to each an individually thank you for helping me in a no negative way


i pretty much figured out tire specs. just don't understand the middle numbers still. (sorry I'm dumb)

so i now know k1s are only 17 x 8.5 so imma run as low as possible and prolly run something like 200-210/40 in the front and 210-20/40 in the back depending on your feedback (i kinda wanna drive comfortable )

also i wanna the wheels out a little so what size spacers should i get, 20mm should clear it right? these street edge coilovers don't go that low from what i hear

First number is tread width (215 = 21,5cm Tire Tread) the second number is the height of the tire in % of the width (215/100x40 = 86cm). There are no tire sizes like 200 or 210 from what I know...its mostly 195,205,215.
http://tyrestretch.com/ you can look there to see how much a tire will be stretched.

having the wheels "out a little" is what people on here most possibly call poke. The size of spacer you need to get comes down the the offset of the wheel...offset is a little more complicated to describe but you can basically say the lower the offset the further out is the wheel.
You can calculate it here: http://www.willtheyfit.com/

[snappymilli]

I totally understand your questions, but I'll try my best

[Androoskie]

yo first i wanna shout out individual all the positive heads in this thread, I want to each an individually thank you for helping me in a no negative way


i pretty much figured out tire specs. just don't understand the middle numbers still. (sorry I'm dumb)

so i now know k1s are only 17 x 8.5 so imma run as low as possible and prolly run something like 200-210/40 in the front and 210-20/40 in the back depending on your feedback (i kinda wanna drive comfortable )

also i wanna the wheels out a little so what size spacers should i get, 20mm should clear it right? these street edge coilovers don't go that low from what i hear

[jackgardiner]

Thanks bro this is the first response i actually got lol.


I want to run 18s but I don't want to deal with a lot of fender roll and I do live in Los Angeles so rub is going to be an everyday thing. I know y'all are gonna kill me but I'm not looking to go that low, I'm just trying to max out negative camber in the rear. I got coilovers cause I end up wanting to go wayyyy low tho


so i can run even more stretched tires? imma run kosei's with a 2XX/40/17 offset and imma pu em on them with 20mm spacers

(I'm sorry I'm such a nub but whats the 40/17 i see some people run em at like 35/20 or some shit)


but ur kinda saying stretchin 17's on a e46 looks to small tho rite?
I should just opt for the 18's and die on tire rub and destroy my fenders?


da looks kill

okay so tire specs are written as so:

ex: on a 275 40/17r

first number is width so 275 is 275mm
second number is height but its pecent of width so 40% of 275
third number is diameter aka rim size so 17"

those coils dont have rear camber adjustment on the tophats from the look of it so to max out the rear camber your going to need to slam it. but ive never wrked on a e46 do they have adjustable rear upper camber arms?

[meech]

Do a little research on how to read tire sizes, and find some e46 build threads on here for some motivation. You are going to want to roll your fenders pretty much regardless unless you have really sunken wheels (bad fitment) i suggest getting it over with in the beginning so that when you do finally get wheels and tires you don't tear everything up. i would go with a 205/40/18 on an 8.5 especially in the front, you might be able to get away with a 215/40 on the back. There is plenty of info out there just look around.