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325i Touring with new Borbet 9x16 rears. 9!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 6:57 pm
by touringsport
Re: 325i Touring with new Borbet 9x16 rears. 9!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 7:01 pm
by dazleeds
i reckon you should swap the front 9s for my 7.5s
looking good mate

Re: 325i Touring with new Borbet 9x16 rears. 9!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 7:01 pm
by boxclever1753
WOW
looks great mate - what is the ride like?
Re: 325i Touring with new Borbet 9x16 rears. 9!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 7:03 pm
by toby
They look wild. A front shot of the car would be good.
Is it just the photo or does that have a lot of negative rear camber? Won't that eat rear tyres?
Re: 325i Touring with new Borbet 9x16 rears. 9!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 7:04 pm
by dazleeds
toby wrote:
Is it just the photo or does that have a lot of negative rear camber? Won't that eat rear tyres?

mines worse

Re: 325i Touring with new Borbet 9x16 rears. 9!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 7:18 pm
by ed325i
I love borbet A's
It looks great

Re: 325i Touring with new Borbet 9x16 rears. 9!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 7:24 pm
by maxfield
Whats that drop
Re: 325i Touring with new Borbet 9x16 rears. 9!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 10:01 pm
by Pal318is
They look the biz

The drop looks spot on too...how low?
Pal
Re: 325i Touring with new Borbet 9x16 rears. 9!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 10:04 pm
by SHAZ325iSPORT
that looks sweet mate,whats the drop and did you do any arch work?
thats some serious negative camber

Re: 325i Touring with new Borbet 9x16 rears. 9!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 10:12 pm
by riklusby
Always thought these wheels suit E30s, nice one m8

Re: 325i Touring with new Borbet 9x16 rears. 9!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 10:21 pm
by touringsport
Thanks for your comments- its lowered by 40mm (pi springs+shocks) fitted by the previous owner. The rear looks more like 60 tho, the arches needed FULLY rolling.
By rolling i mean, rolled until they wont roll no longer, and then hammered with a hide mallet to finish!
There is a LOT of neg camber, been looking into the best way of cancelling this- eccentric bushes?
Only trouble is, with out the camber, the tyres would probably scrub!
Need to start slowing down on spending tho, already bought-
H+R anti roll bar kit front and rear
Polybushes (various)
Big Bore throttle body
K+N filter
Supersprint exhaust
Wheels and tyres
Dab cd player/changer
Strut brace
Clear indicators
Any ideas on that camber>?
Re: 325i Touring with new Borbet 9x16 rears. 9!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 10:27 pm
by ChizFab
theres links to the solutions on here mate do a search up top.
mines down 60 at the back and eats tyres big time, crazy camber looks cool tho lol

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 10:57 pm
by shane325i

Stunning mate,really really nice job!
Re:
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 7:50 am
by aceraf
looks stunning, love the wheels, and really suit the car!!!!
Re:
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 9:44 am
by Pal318is
Go with the eccentric bushes and then maybe take the ride up a bit, on the rear...
Can't really think how else, you can resolve the negative issue...
Pal
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 1:58 pm
by ric325i
oh god the tourer looks good!
brave i mean really brave but once done it will be MEGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
looks almost perfect.
i say for the camber you need special cone shaped tyres so you can keep the ridicules camber and dont have painful tyre wear.
but i dont think they sell cone shaped tyres?

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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 4:34 pm
by Rosc0PColtrane
Borbet A's rule!!!
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 6:43 pm
by e30-320i
Re: 325i Touring with new Borbet 9x16 rears. 9!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 7:38 pm
by Cotty
ed325i wrote:I love borbet A's
Same here, nearly went for a set before getting the Hartge's
Looking good

Re: 325i Touring with new Borbet 9x16 rears. 9!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 7:46 pm
by Simon13
looks fat as!
as for the neg camber, think your gonna have to live with it. The eccentric bushes would help alot, but the rims will be making love to the arch.
loads of money on flared arches? then fit the bushes but this is going to cost loads. I'd just leave it, my touring is lower than yours and i too have loads of camber but i'm using 15bbs as it's setup for track/fastroad use rather than looks!
Re: 325i Touring with new Borbet 9x16 rears. 9!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 7:46 pm
by munky30
dazleeds wrote:toby wrote:
Is it just the photo or does that have a lot of negative rear camber? Won't that eat rear tyres?

mines worse

ditto... I bet mine is worserer than yours though.
Looking good... A's look the mutts on e30's.
Re: 325i Touring with new Borbet 9x16 rears. 9!
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 11:31 am
by kam325itouring
yo dude looks phat!!! whats the off set of the rears and also what tyre size did you use???

Re: 325i Touring with new Borbet 9x16 rears. 9!
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:25 pm
by SamE30
That looks the titties!
Re: 325i Touring with new Borbet 9x16 rears. 9!
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 5:47 pm
by touringsport
Hi mate, the offset on the back is et20 i think, or et 15. The tires are 215/40/16's, and they are STRETCHED

. Thats what the company recommended for arch clearance tho, and grips like a motherhubbard.
Just loading up some bettercs, will post when theyve loaded.
New pics, although wet and muddy!
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 5:58 pm
by touringsport
Re: New pics, although wet and muddy!
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 6:04 pm
by slinky2000
oh wow mate they are sweet

Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 10:47 pm
by Giggz
Borbet A's look lovely on your touring mate. Nice match up.

Re: New pics, although wet and muddy!
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 10:50 pm
by Rawhide
I like the fog lamps.
Re: New pics, although wet and muddy!
Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 1:23 pm
by cossiecrew
ive been thinking about going down this route on mine but using azevs front 16x7.5 rear 9x16 do they not catch at all ?
Re: New pics, although wet and muddy!
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 12:09 pm
by raulandthetwins
That looks spot on, so good i need some in my life! where did ya get them, i've seen in german mags and demon tweeks do them for vw?????????
Re: New pics, although wet and muddy!
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 12:31 pm
by touringsport
Nope, no catching at all cossiecrew- althought i've only had on person in the back so far.........
Have to see!
I got the wheels from
www.raceandroad.com, i'm sure they do them for vw's, i think ive seen a set on a mk1 golf gti. Fat

Re: New pics, although wet and muddy!
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 1:57 pm
by cossiecrew
cheers mate