Project - 320 TSi

Rav320uk · Post by **Rav320uk** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:18 pm

What sizes and offsets are the wheels going to be.
I only ask, as I'm going to be using BBS RM's on mine with 8j fronts and 9j rears.
Cheers

drjim · Post by **drjim** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:22 pm

What does that bar do, I always thought it was the fuel pipe, but having dismantled/rebuilt the slugs fuel tanks, I know it isn't.

Did you wait for the girl to appear and ask her to hold the arch on so you could get a pic of her? pervert!

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:31 am

i am a pervert but thats not why she is there lol. she is my photographer friend and as i always have to pose for photos in cars for her i decided to make her pose instead, i think i may start a pole on what my next picture should involve, maybe she can have less cloths on next time she is holding car parts,
as for that bar, im thinking that maybe the chassix was a bit wobbly so they put that bar in as an after thought, i always though it was a fuel pipe till i actually traced it. think it simalar on an e30 aswell, could be wrong

as for wheel off set, there capri wheels so they have a 0 offset, but with the A&R spacers they are 25 mm of the front and 20mm of the rear as i had the rears shaved done by an engineer, sure there are loads of posts on here about wheel offsets although to be fair the best place to get wheel info in my mind is wheelwhores.com as they no all about stretch and fitting cool retro wheels into tight archs

Duracel79 · Post by **Duracel79** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:47 am

The bar is for the fuel breather hoses to go through, up to the filler neck etc.
Duracel79

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:36 am

wow over engineered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rav320uk · Post by **Rav320uk** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:51 am

That's BMW for you

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:59 am

its bloody raining today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr dunno how much work im gonna get done today on the car, hope the boys let me go inside of the garage instead of having to work outside

Rav320uk · Post by **Rav320uk** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 11:04 am

Put up a Cheap 3mx3m marque, Argos does them for £15, Works for me when i can't get into my mates garage.

lemonayd · Post by **lemonayd** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 9:22 pm

Rav320uk wrote:What sizes and offsets are the wheels going to be.
I only ask, as I'm going to be using BBS RM's on mine with 8j fronts and 9j rears.
Cheers

hi rav, i think this might help
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/sh ... ?t=1279497

this guy (Atilla on bimmerforums)recently changed his rims to BBS RSs this is what they turned out like
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/sh ... ?t=1311309

not bad eh

.....aydin

Rav320uk · Post by **Rav320uk** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 9:38 pm

Cheers for the link, lots of info on there.
At least I know they will fit.

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:27 pm

hopefully polish crew will be next door when i get back tonight and be up for a late one, need to get atleast 1 arch on my car!

Jason_323i · Post by **Jason_323i** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:10 pm

Hi

here are a set of arches taped to my car

running 7" at the front would need 10's to fill the arches.

personally anything bigger than a 7" on the front is a waste of tyre

they cost more, the wheels costsmore, they kill the scrub radius, tramline, increase wheel bearing consumption.

Not the way I would do it.

Jason

Rav320uk · Post by **Rav320uk** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:24 pm

Sorry Jason, but what do you mean 7" at the front.

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:25 pm

I ran 8 inch rims and 235/50's on the front of a 2002 and it was bloody awful.

Jason_323i · Post by **Jason_323i** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:26 pm

I mean 7" wide front tyres

jason