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i bought it off here a couple of weeks ago, what is wrong with the tyre profile?Duke137 wrote:Quality pictures them lol
The sumps on E30's are low in the car and if you "deck it" with what looks like the wrong profile tyres then the laws of inevitability mean you fooked it.
Did you buy that off tourer-tec in the north east recently?
stupidly low? are you mad, its only 60mm :Sjohnl320 wrote:Stupidly low sump, matching stupidly low car, Another car made undrivable on UK roads by the 'stance' craze.
I watched a 'stanced' Polo skip off the road last week because he hit a pothole on a bend and car just bounced across the road.
Raised your car a bit and hey presto, sorted
oh dear, well i know now that ive got to take much more care! i cant be bothered with this againmagpie wrote:-60mm is stupidly low,L@@K what happens ,
i lowered my 1st e30 -60mm and done x2 sumps in a month
-40mm is all you need max.
good point there, i will definetly do something about that!Duke137 wrote:M20 is heavier so I would say the front will sit even lower....
Tyre profile should be 55, or possibly 50 but I guess yours are 45 or 40?
ime covered by the AA who were almost useless! because it was technically a road traffic accident and not a mechanical or electrical breakdown they wouldn't recover me under my usual cover, so instead the had to invoice my insurance the £108 recovery charge!Duke137 wrote:It's not the end of the world put keep a few litres of oil and spare sumps in stock and make sure you have recovery lol
magpie wrote:i fitted one to my slammed e30 and you could see sparks off it at night ,
fookin F1 styleee innit
that made me laugh out loudi will bear that in mind!magpie wrote:you need eibach - 35mm 6-pot springs when you swap the donk.
Hope you cleaned up that oil else the next poor person on a motorbike is going to chuck there pride and joy down the road on its sidedubwonerbilco wrote:
no sorry, i wasnt carrying my bag of sand that day...pac1982 wrote: Hope you cleaned up that oil else the next poor person on a motorbike is going to chuck there pride and joy down the road on its side
this is the onemagpie wrote:was this the cheap touring in hexam ?
sounds feesable but could knock the prop out a bitThe_Haywood wrote:i was told to buy hockey piucks and hollow the centres to put under the engine mounts to raise the engine up a bit..... is this safe??? i never did do it as i wasn't sure if safe or not.... but it would give extra 15mm clearence at least if safe??
gear linkage also? as surely its set for a certain distance and height etc?magpie wrote:sounds feesable but could knock the prop out a bitThe_Haywood wrote:i was told to buy hockey piucks and hollow the centres to put under the engine mounts to raise the engine up a bit..... is this safe??? i never did do it as i wasn't sure if safe or not.... but it would give extra 15mm clearence at least if safe??
Raising the engine 10-15mm wouldn't have too much effect on the gear linkage.dubwonerbilco wrote:gear linkage also? as surely its set for a certain distance and height etc?magpie wrote:sounds feesable but could knock the prop out a bitThe_Haywood wrote:i was told to buy hockey piucks and hollow the centres to put under the engine mounts to raise the engine up a bit..... is this safe??? i never did do it as i wasn't sure if safe or not.... but it would give extra 15mm clearence at least if safe??
