BMW E61 Wagon. Fitment is finally aggressive enough to post in this forum, PIC HEAVY

[Itsahyundai]

I love BMW's
I love wagons
I love those Forgestars

I can't wait to see this thing finished

[ucsbwsr]

Thanks for all the kind words guys, I replaced a rear bearing and am now just waiting for another part to come in the mail so I can complete my BBK install and then move on to finishing the Forgestar fitment!

In regards to those interested in the E39 M5, I created an ad in these forums (not sure why I didn't earlier). The car is located in the Bay Area, and really is a machine that should be seen in person to get the full effect....and sound!

http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1233577#post1233577

Evan

[Evil Panda]

Love it. Would love to see it sit lower all around though.

[ucsbwsr]

Love it. Would love to see it sit lower all around though.

I hear ya. I toyed wit the idea of putting this on air but I couldn't justify the price. Since this is my new daily (in the Bay Area) and I wanted to run a higher tire ratio for protection and comfort. Also, the wagon will be seeing time in legit snow so my goal was to find a happy medium on coilovers where I could compete all these objectives:

1) Tire-Fender gap is eliminated
2) There is enough ratio/rubber for DD comfort
3) Ride height is high enough to alleviate speed bump crawl and bumper scraping
4) I can swap to winter-specific wheel/tires and have enough clearance for snow

This was a pretty challenging task since most goals were contradictive but I for a good-looking good-performing package at a static height I think I bauced this shit up.

Evan

[e30polak]

So damn sexy!!!

[Illeste9x]

how much of a drop do you have?

[ucsbwsr]

how much of a drop do you have?

I never measured, I would estimate around 2.5" in the Front and 1.5" in the Rear. Or aroud here... "not enough!!!" haha

One of the photos above which is 4 pictures in 1 has a before and after with the coil overs.

Evan

[Illeste9x]

I never measured, I would estimate around 2.5" in the Front and 1.5" in the Rear. Or aroud here... "not enough!!!" haha

One of the photos above which is 4 pictures in 1 has a before and after with the coil overs.

Evan

So about the same drop as me, stupid AWD. We will have about the same fitment, but omg that wagon is beautiful

[ucsbwsr]

Little bit of an update:
Wheels arrived but I had send the fronts back to Forgestar for some extra machining. They have returned and are mounted. Tires are Hankook V12 245/40F and 275/35R, again wheels are 19x9.5F and 19x10R.

I ordered the wheels prior to doing my OEM M5 brake install and with doing so and changing the rear hubs I effectively decreased my offset by ~20mm. In these photos there is a 12mm spacer but in a couple days I will have them swapped for 20mm H&R which should make the rear nice and flush. I a very pleased there is no rubbing on the front and there was no fender work done, I anticipate the rear to rub ever-so-slightly under hard compressions if at all.

I also have some 75mm studs on the front and 90mm on the rear.

Here are some crappy pics for now, I will take some better ones after the fitment is complete.

Hope you enjoy,
Evan

[Zacne_4]

Well done, it looks great. Spacers at the back will make it perfect!


Sent from my mobile apple command iCenter

[ucsbwsr]

Update:

After these photos I adjusted my KWs as low as they would go. It sits about 3/4" lower in the front and 1" in the rear, not a huge difference but I looks way better to me.

Enjoy




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[white out]

This looks fantastic.

[F31Dingus]

Serious badassery going on here. Love it.

[willlarney]

so cool.

[hi its me alec]

Nice mods, love it!