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too low ?
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:57 am
by toptints
just fitted 60/40 spax adjustables all round on my 325i... it has 17" alpina reps with 205/40/17 tyres. on full lock it tears the paint off the small lip on the front arches. is this normal
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:22 am
by gareth
you'd get away with it if the alpina replicas were the right offset! iirc they're about ET20 so the sit out very wide. mine scrubbed like a bugger but when i changed to 16's in ET28 they were fine.
you'd probably get away with it if you go -40 on the front....
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:54 pm
by toptints
do you reckon there is any chance of maybe skimming the wheel slightly to bring them in a bit ?
Re: too low ?
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:06 pm
by nasir325ic
toptints wrote:just fitted 60/40 spax adjustables all round on my 325i... it has 17" alpina reps with 205/40/17 tyres. on full lock it tears the paint off the small lip on the front arches. is this normal
have you got pics of the car with the drop. im lookin for a similar drop?
thanks
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:13 pm
by Stealth
BUGGER..!!
I have just bought a set of 17" Alpina Reps, (picking up tomorrow from Dazleeds) and my car is as low as f##k .. I'm going to keep an eye on this thread..!!
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:32 pm
by gareth
toptints wrote:do you reckon there is any chance of maybe skimming the wheel slightly to bring them in a bit ?
if yours are the BK racing ones (plastic centre caps, siamesed bolt holes) then you would have to be insane to machine anything off! in my opinion, these are lethal enough as it is!
whhels rubbing
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:52 pm
by appletree
ya i agee to machine anything of would be very difefficult, you would need a pritty big lathe or miller plus you might damage them when you clamp them some how? wouldn't you be better to sell them and by som e more with the right offset or go an inch smaller?