Oh man are those going to look good. What are you thinking for the final alignment up front?
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Originally posted by hinrichs View PostOh man are those going to look good. What are you thinking for the final alignment up front?
I’m still totally open to suggestions if you have any!
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I think I ran -3 camber 0 toe front, -1.5 or 2 camber 1/8 toe in out backMy super boring build http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...other-M3-buildInsta Mintyhinrichs
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Originally posted by hinrichs View PostI think I ran -3 camber 0 toe front, -1.5 or 2 camber 1/8 toe in out back
Originally posted by C2_mad View Postnot boring at all.... keep the updates coming. looking great so far.
Test Fit
So the day has come. My hubs are on, the car is officially 5x114.3 and I can test fit these wheels I have been preparing for what seems like forever. One small note, I did get these wheels professionally ceramic coated. I figured I've gone to all this trouble so far, and my brakes generate so much dust, I may as well get them protected while they are fresh out of powder coat. No photos of this because, well they look exactly the same before and after haha. I've never done this before though, so I'm looking forward to seeing what difference they make in a real world applicated. I struggle to keep my fifteen52s at all clean, so it's definitely something I hope makes a big difference. But enough on that, here's the good stuff.
Here's the front and rears for you. You can see on the front, both patterns are usable at any time. On the rear, you have to rotate the rotor to change patterns. But both 5x120 and 5x114.3 are in fact usable on the car itself. That's a big deal for me, because I'm sure I'll find 5x120 wheels I'll want to swap to at some point. Or possibly even stocks when I'm feeling extra OEM. My wheel addiction knows no bounds, this has opened up a world of bad decisions for me.
So there's the first test fit, and the wheels on the car fully bolted on and on it's own weight. I'm stoked, I can't explain how cool this is to me. Bolt pattern swaps are something I've talked about for years, which is stupid but true. I keep getting into cars with bolt patterns that just don't have cool options. Or, at least not as easily and widely available as 114.3. I would have killed for 4x114.3 conversion hubs for my Miata. I'm fairly anti-adapter after some bad experiences with them in the past, so really this is the best solution. Plus I now have fresh wheel bearings at all corners. It didn't need them, but I have them. So that's kind of nice.
In terms of fitment itself, in these photos I have an 8mm spacer up front, and no spacer in the rear. With my current alignment, it's about flush in the front and 100% rubbing in the rear. I need to realign the car as previously discussed, and I'm hoping that'll solve some of the clearance in the rear. In the front, I'm planning on adding camber, which to me says I'll probably need to step up to a 10mm spacer to accommodate for the fitment change.
So up next I plan to send the car off to get aligned to more aggressive specs, and then test fit again. If it fits, great, if not it'll need more fender rolling in the rear. Then I need to, and this is the shittiest part so far, order custom spacers. Not because 8mm spacers are hard to find, but rather hub centric BMW spacers in 5x114.3 are non existent. I don't want any wobble or vibration on the freeway, and the only way I can think to do this is order spacers that are 5x114.3 but with a 72.56mm hub bore. The Regas are miraculously a 73.1mm hub bore, which means I can add a centering shim (I ran them on the fifteen52s as well) and I'll be in good shape.
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Rare Parts
Small update, but I ordered these tail lights direct from Germany a month or so ago. They finally arrived, authentic InPro sedan clears. Not 100% sure how I feel about them yet though.
Took some time to test them out on the car yesterday evening. I had OEM euro tails on the car, and I loved the look. So that's probably why I'm so conflicted.
More photos to come soon, just wanted to post these while I was thinking about it.
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Originally posted by cblock406 View PostThe Inpro's work on silver. I have a set but they contrast too much with my car. Love the wheels!My BMW E36 318ti Steel Blue Compact build thread -
http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=88271
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Originally posted by cblock406 View PostThe Inpro's work on silver. I have a set but they contrast too much with my car. Love the wheels!
Originally posted by Steven_318ti View PostAmbers on red will always work though, in fact ambers on silver would look awesome aswell, big fan of the Inpro's and the wheels work perfectly with the car :-)
Bonus Shots
Took my M3 over to my friends house today real briefly to reroll the rear fenders. I took exactly zero pictures of this process because we were speeding through it. My fenders were like "half rolled" before. Clearly someone had started the process, but they really didn't try all that hard to make them really flat. Prior to this, the Rega was tire on fender, now it has a little breathing room. Post-realignment, they should fit perfectly.
Some bonus photos though. First being with the Rega and the tail light together. I only brought one wheel with me to his house, so that's the best I could get. The second, just admiring how the car looks now with the tails. It's grown on me a lot pretty quickly. Spacers should (hopefully) be here next week for the front. Likewise, alignment should happen then too. So then I'll finally be in business.
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Feels Good
I love it when a plan comes together.
Off to alignment on Wednesday. Adding camber all the way around, removing toe up front. But I am so happy with how this looks.
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Originally posted by SebastienPeek View PostVery nice, sits great and the Rega's look great!
Originally posted by Freddye View PostDamn, i think this car is THE definition of clean
Originally posted by Fruttolo View PostNeeds more (rear) lows
I love how it looks with the regas, only thing that bugs me rn is the rear spoiler, I think it needs either a taller one or no wing at all
I’m with you on the wing, I feel like it needs an LTW or GT wing. I’ve just been hesitant to pull the trigger on that because I feel like everyone does the LTW these days. If I could find a low rise/GT wing, I’d probably go for that. But real ones (which I would prefer) are $5,000 and replicas seem to mostly suck. So I’m at a loss on what to do for the wing long term. For now, I think this is better than none, it adds some height to the rear end.
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