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. I can confirm that the 318ti arm/hub assembly does give a wider track than the e30 m3 set up. When i was deciding what to use on the rear end of mine i had ti and m3 arms and was measuring up for wheel offset etc.20mm sound about right.davethegoat wrote:Cheers Appletree. Yep, I can't wait to get some heat running through them!
Thanks for the rear brake options guys! I'm considering using the E36 318 complete set up which I have just for now. I'm utterly bored of looking at brake disc measurements!
I'd be interested to check out the Z discs Ajay, even if they're not going to fit!
I've just been reading up on 318ti v E30 M3 rear arms. It appears that the E30 arms (or E30 M3 hubs pressed into E30 325 arms) give somewhere around 20mm narrower track than the ti set up... Can anyone confirm?
Anywho, as promised, here are some shiney bits.
I did a fairly poor drawing (I was in a hurry!
Which turned into a pair of these:
So I fitted those to these:
Bolted them here:
Popped on these:
And these. The wheels have been blasted and will have some gloss black paint, and some tyres on them soon.
There's even some calipers hiding away there.
Cheers! Dave.
You've both really helped.
). I was going to order a pair of E30 M3 rear flanges which would have pressed into my 325 bearings, but they're on back order and I want them quick! 120d flanges also use the same bearing size, but I'm buggered if I can find what offset they are. I'm tempted to take a punt and order some of these, along with a pair of 120d discs which are 300 x 20 mm and share the same handbrake shoe size (I'm sure I read this somewhere, but can't find where now!). They also appear to be just 1.5mm wider in overall width than E30 M3 discs.
If the rear flange and disc combination (which I've ordered) doesn't work out, I think I'll get myself a set of 5 series 320mm discs and see how the hand brake shoes work out. If they don't, I have a plan. Anyway, hopefully, by Thursday I'll have forgotten all this and be laughing at how easy it all went on! (I've just bet myself a large sum of money that this won't happen. )
It looks like I owe myself a large sum of money!! 
) The actual drum part (less the lip) is recessed toward the outer face of the disc (as fitted) by that magic couple of mm. It'll make a bit more sense when you see the pics (and when I learn to string a decent sentance together!). )
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Don't worry about interfering! It's interesting to see how others have got round problems. Left hand drive makes the brake servo more complicated for sure. I've been thinking about a strut brace. Yours looks good! Like a lot of things on these, clearance looks pretty tight. Cheers! Anyway, the keener eyed of you might have noticed that a couple of inches of the trailing arm outer seams have been removed and welded forward of the hub. This gives clearance on the inner edge of the rim and tyre. The inner arch has recieved some fine tuning with the Irish spanner, and I've removed some material from the upper spring perch which fouled the inside of the rim with the suspension topped out. The final pieces of the jigsaw are the arches. Thanks James for help and advice! 
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I might well be in touch when my "need" list is finished, and my "want" list is started! 
I've got a sump guard which needs a couple of extra bends put in it for clearance, which I'll probably put it in the boot and take it to get bent when the car is running. I never planned on the suspension being super low, so hopefully ground clearance shouldn't be a huge problem. The headers should be on the car to stay in the next few days. I'll take a pic or two. 
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