Alpina wheel problem

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Rokit
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Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:39 pm

I have recently put some alpina replica wheels on my e30 (common i know but they still look sweet). The rears sit perfect, tuck under the arch nicely. The fronts however seem to stick out way too far, as in they are level with the arches. I havent seen another e30 with reps on with the same problem. Now my car was a 316 but has been converted to 6 cylinder rightness. Is there any difference in the legnth of the suspension legs/ tracking arms that may be pushing the wheels out further compared to a 325. I cant see how this is possible but you never know. Any help would be appreciated. If this has been asked before please point me in the right place to get answers. By the way, the wheels are et20 as they are meant to be. They are the bk racing version and i have seen these on many cars without them sticking out as far
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Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:28 pm

I too have the BK racing alpina reps, my front wheels sit proud of the arch too.

There's no difference in track width between any of the E30 models except maybe the M3.

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Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:34 am

ok, cheers mate. Mine just looked a bit odd. Thanks anyway
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Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:34 pm

I have et20 Alpina reps as well and they stick out like you said. don't worry about it, they do that because they are et20, you might have seen the other types of Alpina Reps that are et35, but you will need spacers to push them out to clear the calipers on the front.
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