dare rs's and gaz coilovers help needed

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aarc
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Tue Jun 17, 2014 12:33 pm

Hi all jus needed a bit of advice ive purchased dare bbs replica wheels for my e30 16x9 all round and am goin to have to space the front out quite a bit for it to go lower has anyone experienced this and can you recommend any spacer size pls as im guestimating that im goin to need 30mm spacers??
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Tue Jun 17, 2014 1:24 pm

30mm spacers are a bit extreme,

the poor thing will look like its on rollerskates

The only way to tell really is to offer the wheel up and measure
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Tue Jun 17, 2014 7:27 pm

Without knowing the offset no one is going to be able to offer much help.
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MattT
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Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:44 pm

30mm will be abit crazy, even on standard wheels. I`d wager on those wheels it`d look abit stupid and need lots of arch work.

What ET are the dare`s?
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Wed Jun 18, 2014 12:26 pm

+20 iirc.
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Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:26 am

Hate to say it but you might have been better of with a staggered setup, narrower front so you can space them out a little and have not problems.

Look into getting a shorter spring also, BC do shorter stiffer ones and they also had a barrel type (I think), maybe you can get similar for your coilovers?
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Sat Jun 21, 2014 3:27 pm

www.dfaulknersprings.com they're the boys to speak to, they'll make you springs in whatever length, size, poundage you need :)
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