will 225/45/17 tyres fit on the back with ease??

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Post Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:05 pm

tyre size, 225 will they fit on back.. lowered qprx 40mm...

also will 215/45 fit without rubbing on front??

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Post Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:24 pm

With ease (NOT) i got 225/45/17 on back of mine will run out and take a couple of pics 4 ya mate
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Post Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:30 pm

TOURINGDADDY I think she's a gall :wink:
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Post Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:39 pm

:oops: :yeahthat:
http://img71.echo.cx/my.php?image=image0009dq.jpg

thats a 40mm drop rear (tourin)

http://img71.echo.cx/my.php?image=image0046nf.jpg

small scrub on o/s/r

http://img71.echo.cx/my.php?image=image0063an.jpg

thats a 215/40/17 on the front with a 40mm drop

http://img71.echo.cx/my.php?image=image0036qi.jpg

and that is the rear a fiew feet away
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Post Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:39 pm

i have 225/45/16 on the back of mine which is lowered 35mm and its fine
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Post Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:25 pm

check the offset on your wheels before shelling out... i get rear scrubbing with ET20 wheels (alpina reps) and 225/45/17's, lowered 40mm ish (guess). i reckon something around ET25 to ET30 would clear with no problems.
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Post Wed Jun 22, 2005 8:55 pm

i have 225/45 16 on mine as well and no rubbing
not sure how low mine is but i got 40mm springs from a saloon on a touring so its lower
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Post Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:45 pm

gareth i expect u are right as mine 16's are et28
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:28 pm

hi guys,
just read above so thanks, helped alot.
TOURINGDADDY, pics made loadsa sense, i got 50 profile ballons on at the mo' but fill the arches nice and didn't want to loose that.. no hard feelings bout the 'sex' confusion! :mad: but yes am a gal.. cheers 329i turbo!

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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:28 pm

gareth, ignore me, just noticed ...white! :oops:
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:31 pm

glad im not the only 1 goin :oops:
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:44 pm

yeah but i got a excuse cos im new.. :tongue:
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:48 pm

i've onle got 4 weeks on ya
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:14 pm

your meant to b tha daddy though..
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:15 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:02 pm

u gave up & bailed out quick.. :stupid: :hammer:
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:06 pm

:lol: :lol:

give the man a break will ya he's getting old and needs rest :wink:

touring grand daddy :snigger: :snigger: :snigger: :bolt:
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:07 pm

spun it, got it all rong, :mad:
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:13 pm

hittin back with force... :shoot2: ahhh is the new girl pickin on u.... :cry: :cry: face of concern... :tongue:
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:16 pm

:cry: :cry: :cry:
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:17 pm

329iturbo wrote:give the man a break will ya he's getting old and needs rest :wink:

touring grand daddy :snigger: :snigger: :snigger: :bolt:
thats why he has a tourer then, can put seats down, get the blanket out and take a nap when the youngsters wear him out.......
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:19 pm

sounds like a gal wid experiance
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:19 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I think I like you M155-E30 :wink: :roll:
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:33 pm

:bow: sarcasm never hurt no1
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:35 pm

just this second spent the best 250 squid ever, paint for me car :banana: :banana: :bling:
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:38 pm

what shade of yell :twisted:
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:50 pm

porsche speed yehello.... anthracite/black rims.. not all peps taste but i like to be different :drive:
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:52 pm

you gotta post pics when painted sounds nice :cool:
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:04 pm

will do, she a right sight at the mo though.. half rubbed down, shades of black, red, prima & blue..........mmmmmm :mad: , when i bought her 2 years ago the guy and violently abused her with a halfords own special can of blue paint, cool huh, :cool: it was a masacre, ... :chainsaw: everyone ripped it out of me for splashin the cash but i had my dreem and kept my word that it'll yell :twisted: one day....
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:06 pm

what e-dirty u got then? :D
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:28 pm

well mr longhauldrivingfather , my bmw 3 series shape, known as the early E30 has what one would know as a 2.5pint engine 8O a little letter i after along with an s and an e... bought an mtec kit from autotint design, which was sh :x t i may add, ..rethinkin now an egg carton would of gone on with less hassle , :shoot2: :shoot1: :cens: :chainsaw: sorry needed to let of steam.... 5 spokey thingy rims....lowered by not alot.. not done much really as its been off za road... gettin my shoppin list ready though..hee hee can't wait
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:42 pm

i think we might have to settle this on da rollin road, ya thnk
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Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 11:28 pm

betta make sure mine runs proper first then... :roll:
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Post Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:40 am

do you have pic's of it how it's now or used to be?? :D
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Post Thu Jun 30, 2005 7:14 pm

yeah, gotta work out how to post, not a wiz kid when it comes to that sort of thing