It's Back. Again. - E46 BMW

[staciwaas]

Really like the car !

[NathanHeeney]

only other person ive seen on those wheels was DtmDan on e46fanatics, i believe he is on here as well. You pull them off quite nicely though!

Thanks! I'll look him up.

That's odd they won't go any lower. They went pretty low on the Jetta. Hopefully you figure it out. How many threads did you say you have left in the front?

I don't know have many threads for sure, I can let you know when I put my new spacers on. I think I can lower in another half inch.

Really like the car !

Thanks!

[NathanHeeney]

Update - 4/30

I've sent my car off to get some maintenance done. I sent it in for a 90K mile service but there happens to be many other problems that I didn't know I was going to have to pay for. It's going to hurt my wallet but it just has to get done before I leave for Arizona in a couple months.

In the meantime however, I got my Thule kayak holder onto my OEM BMW roof bars. I've decided that I am going to start actually using my kayak... It has been in the storage unit for a couple years now...

P.S. Adaptec Speedware is making me a tad bit frustrated.The custom spacers I ordered were said to be shipped out in 7 to 10 business days, it has been 13 business days since then and they still haven't been shipped out... I ordered them on the tenth of April. Hopefully I get them this week but more than likely I will get them next week at this pace...


^iPhone Photos

[NathanHeeney]

Update - 5/5

I got my car back from the shop and I've decided to start Kayaking for exercise so I slapped this bad boy on my roof.

*My spacers should be here this week. I'll be sure to update with photos.

[Vstone2262]

Looks great, adaptec went full retard with me too. So it's not just you.

[Hella_RICH]

Nice e46, BTW I like the pictures.

[dollaR]

last shot is so dope. Love the oem wheels, looks really good

[NathanHeeney]

Update - 5/11

I finally got my 40mm/45mm spacers in last week, three days shy of a month to receive them after placing my order... Despite that taking so long, I got used red/white tail lights from a 2002 M3 from Canada.

Either my crossover or speaker broke so I have been driving around without a passenger side door card on for a week, my girlfriend isn't too pleased about it...

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Then today I borrowed a fender roller from a local KC Euro member and got to work. Would of been a painless job but E46's have an unnecessary amount of rubber glued into the lip on the fender. I had to scrape it all out with a box cutter and the curved side of a hammer. After pulling out all of the rubber I sprayed the area down with a zinc aerosol to prevent rusting. I did that to the inside of the fender and to the outside where my tires rubbed before the rolling process.

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I need to buy either a 5mm or 10mm spacer to give the rear a little bit more poke, the front is perfect.

And now on to what everyone actually cares about, the pictures.

[Sabertooth]

Ugh you make me want to get an E46. Your car has a very OEM+ feel and I enjoy it a lot.
Awesome picture's also!

[NathanHeeney]

Ugh you make me want to get an E46. Your car has a very OEM+ feel and I enjoy it a lot.
Awesome picture's also!

Thanks! You should get one, it's my favorite BMW series. Behind the E30 series of course.

[Stupid Kid]

You take such nice pictures

Those wheels are actually very nice looking, they could be wider though.

[NathanHeeney]

You take such nice pictures

Those wheels are actually very nice looking, they could be wider though.

I know... They look so skinny! I **** it but it'll have to work for now.

[NathanHeeney]

Update - 5/15

I got my new spacers in! I ordered a set 5mm spacers for the rears and I also got another set of 5mm spacers for my moms 528i. After rolling my fenders I got some more wheel clearance and of course I had to fill that space with something! My offset is now -3 on the rear. I'll probably (I will) switch wheels in the future but for now the look is pretty slick.

I'll take some photos tomorrow of my car and how it looks now and what my moms car looks like for those who care...




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The rear tires on my moms five are almost shot so when it comes time to replacing them I plan on putting 285's instead of 275's so it will pillow like the tires on the front wheels.

[kittenpuncher]

Good bye wheel bearings

Looks great so far man, keep it up.

[NathanHeeney]

I started a thread showcasing the car with its new spacers on.

http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45001