BMW E91 Wagon.... everyone is doing bags, why not external reservoir coilovers

[becausephilchow]

Wow, that rear fitment is absolutely perfect. Slight stretch to tuck the tires in.

Any rubbing? I assume you've probably rubbed through your fender liner and whatever tab(s) there were/are there? haha.

[TechnoV]

Even the original RT-615s were good on the. They got a little greasy when they got too warm, but, they seemed to fix that with the RT-615Ks.

Yeah, now that they fixed that, they feel amazing. They don't grease up anymore.

THOSE MEATY TIRES. I love them! I love the whole car! Looks bonkers!

Thanks man.

You're from the bay area....and so am I, You have really cool stuff and really cool cars. I'm jealous, can we be best friends? lol

Haha. I'd go out to more car meets but I hear about them to late. Only stuff I usually go to is Fatlace Fridays now.

Any fitment photos? Didn't know the Non Widebody E9Xs could run stuff like 10.5 +25 with a relatively meaty tire.

Current wheel set up:

Advan TCIII's
Front 18x9.5 ET35 +10mm Spacer = ET25 245/40/18 Falken RT615k
Rear 18x10.5 ET25 275/35/18 Falken RT615k

The BBS CH's Black Edition before:
Front 18x8.5 ET35 + 7mm spacer = ET28 245/40/18 Falken RT615k
Rear 18x10 ET40 +10mm spacer = ET30 275/35/18 Falken RT615k

New set up is more aggressive but the tires are the same so they have a stretch now. Only reason why they fit.

UPDATE
Roof box creativity, kinda

So I wanted to play around with some of the extra vinyl in my garage.
This is the outcome.

Pulled the roof box off, cleaned it and tossed inside since its hot outside.



Setting up the cut lines



One color done... I wanted orange but had none



Then the white



Our dog loves to chew on the scraps, he's eyeing the piece on the box



and some layered stickers



Boom... on the roof





And since some people after and PMed me for some fitment photos... here they are.

Rear:





Front:



Hope that helped. Again the fitment is:

Advan TCIII's
Front 18x9.5 ET35 +10mm Spacer = ET25 245/40/18 Falken RT615k
Rear 18x10.5 ET25 275/35/18 Falken RT615k

[becausephilchow]

Any fitment photos? Didn't know the Non Widebody E9Xs could run stuff like 10.5 +25 with a relatively meaty tire.

[royalife]

You're from the bay area....and so am I, You have really cool stuff and really cool cars. I'm jealous, can we be best friends? lol

[Back_in_Black]

THOSE MEATY TIRES. I love them! I love the whole car! Looks bonkers!

[becausephilchow]

Even the original RT-615s were good on the. They got a little greasy when they got too warm, but, they seemed to fix that with the RT-615Ks.

[TechnoV]

Such an awesome fleet. Looks like you have the same problem as me. Cant leave anything well enough alone, sticky tires and coils on the daily haha.
What lift is that you have on the floor of your garage. Ive been meaning to look into a lift like that for my garage as well.

Cant leave anything stock. lol.

The lift is Quickjack BL-5000SLX. It works great. Pull the car in, slide it under and lift.
They have a 3500lb, 5000lb and 7000lb version. I have the 5000 just incase.

Here is the link to the site and the one I have. CLICK

I have a buddy that can get 10% since he's sponsored by them. He's one of the Bimmerworld racecar drivers.

wow I wanna see you guys have fun with an E32! subbed ! awesome!

Btw more updates are welcome! need something to read while im deployed

Look in my sig. I have 2 other build threads E36, E82 and the E91 Enjoy

[whacka]

Btw more updates are welcome! need something to read while im deployed

[whacka]

wow I wanna see you guys have fun with an E32! subbed ! awesome!

[laextreme5]

Such an awesome fleet. Looks like you have the same problem as me. Cant leave anything well enough alone, sticky tires and coils on the daily haha.

What lift is that you have on the floor of your garage. Ive been meaning to look into a lift like that for my garage as well.

[TechnoV]

Wow you guys have quite the fleet of BMW's!

We don't really understand how this happened either. We were looking for a 996 porsche but randomly saw the 135i, it was the right price and we drove home with it. That being said I wanted a 997 anyways so now thats next at some point

All your cars are awesome! I love the way youre running with meaty tires on both the 1 and the wagon. Keep it up man!

Thank you. We went a little over board on the Falken RT615k's but they feel great. I can feel the difference between the tires we had before and the Falken's. The grip is awesome and they don't snap hard, everything is very gradual and controllable. First car to get them was the e36 M3 with 235/40/17 square and when my girlfriend drove it she was able to explain to me the extra grip and the way the car felt. Then she went on a 2 day Rallye and through the twisty mountain sections she kept up with all the guys (GT3 rs, GT3's, s4's, AMG's, etc) While I was at work I got texts from a few of them asking how I feel about my girlfriend out driving me (as*holes )
After that we ended up getting them for the wagon and now the 135i. They are not Pilot Sport Cup expensive but they are more sticky, they are still street quite and the first set lasted me 18k miles on the wagon (the fronts still where over the ware bar and my buddy used them for another 6 months on his car)

Following this

[F3t1sh]

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[royalife]

All your cars are awesome! I love the way youre running with meaty tires on both the 1 and the wagon. Keep it up man!

[cblock406]

Wow you guys have quite the fleet of BMW's!

[TechnoV]

I love it! Keep up the great work! I've always had a weak spot for wagons for some reason haha

Thanks man

Yo man this is amazing! I agree that the E91 is all you need from a car
Pretty stoked on the new wheel set up too, I love me some fat grippy tires
I hope you made a custom M3 rear bumper to match the rest of it

I love the meaty tire look as for the rear bumper, I'm going Mtech with dual exhaust.

I've seen this around at a couple of meets, Looks really clean in person!

Thanks man. Come say hi next time.

Got a weak spot for wagons and this ones super clean. Honestly never seen external reservoirs but they look wicked.

Right, it seems everyone is blowing crazy money on bags, why not crazy coilovers.

328? or 330?
Man, I love everything you do yours cars, it looks so good.

Its a 328i

Do you have rubbing issues on the fronts?
I'm about that low and have worn through the fender liners and into the bumper/fender bolt in a week's worth of driving.

Nice e91, wish I could have found one with my specs!

With the BBS CH's no, with the Advans yes. It rubbed right where the fender and front bumper meet. I went ahead and used a dremel to trim the area and make room. I can post better photos when I swap the coilovers to the R2's

UPDATE
tires on, wheels on, coilover cleanup, photos

So my new spoke stickers and blue valve stems came in.



Sorry for the crappy photo, I was too excited



I love this place. These guys are super nice and good about matching up the correct color dots to the valve steams.



Gotta clean up the garage real quick



CLEAN!



Getting the wheels clean so we can do the tires



All the bullnose studs are officially on.



Pulled the coilovers apart to clean them. Here they are



So on the 1 series there is no room in the front. It's really hard to have a combination of good fitment and wide tires. I had to shave the blue piece off so I can clean the 245/40/18 on a 18x8.5 ET35 with no spacer. Even a 3mm spacer made me rub under hard cornering. So I shaved the part and Sharpied it blue so I can see if the wheel would rub.....nope. It was perfect



Since now I have them apart I'm going to clean this up so it's cleaner and there is more clearance.



Wheels are going to go back on



Love the wheels. Concave looks cool.







End result guys.
Eibach R2's are not currently on. I'll have them on soon enough.
Falken is done in oil based silver sharpie (no white, so hopefully it won't yellow out, plus I don't run tire shine so I should be good)

Wheel Specs:

Advan TCIII's
Front 18x9.5 ET35 +10mm Spacer = ET25 245/40/18 Falken RT615k
Rear 18x10.5 ET25 275/35/18 Falken RT615k