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regan
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Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:03 pm

well fellas , just picked up my first e30 three weeks ago , its a diamond black 325i sport ,sittin on bilsteins and 60mm lowering springs ... have a set of borbet a's on rout for it ,, 7.5s at the front and 9s at the back ,, just wondering what arch work this would usually take ??any info would be great thanks
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Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:22 pm

You will be fine on the front but on a 60mm drop at the rear you may have scrubbing issues

If the offset of the wheel is ET15 and you run 205,40/45 tyres the worse you will have to do is roll the arches
Cypriotgeeza wrote:I done both my mates in my old 318is
felt so proud,even tried it with a E30 325i and got put in my place.. :o:
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regan
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Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:28 pm

cheers for that , yeah theyre 205s going on to it alright ,nearly sure theyre et15 aswell
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