Advice on tyres and ride height

[Millsand]

Hi, here is a pic of my car with stock height, 14”a basket weaves and 195/65R14 tyres. I need new tyres and front suspension so what do you think I should do in terms of:

1) would love to have 15”a basket weaves but they seem to cost a lot and be very rare in Australia. Any suggestions on a better looking and handling tyre size for 14”a. A number of the US guys on e30tech are running 195/60R14 or wider tyres. Has anyone out there experimented with this?

2) I am thinking of dropping the front shocks a little, just enough to reduce the arch gap. What drop is recommended for someone wanting to keep the car fairly stock looking and as a daily driver?

Thanks for your help

[Gert_8]

15" stock BBS' with the correct tyre; 205/55/15 might solve your problem. A drop of no more than 30mm is acceptable.

[andyp]

15" BBS with 205x50x15 which is what I use, or 205x55x15 stock

[pacerpete]

Stick to the 195 /65 tyres and cut one coil off the front springs. It will lower it 25 mm approx, just enough to close up the tyre / arch gap without looking 'lowered' . Forget the naysayers, removing a coil is far preferable to fitting a set of cheap springs in terms of ride /handling /safety.

[suchy]

Stick to the 195 /65 tyres and cut one coil off the front springs. It will lower it 25 mm approx, just enough to close up the tyre / arch gap without looking 'lowered' . Forget the naysayers, removing a coil is far preferable to fitting a set of cheap springs in terms of ride /handling /safety.

Pete are you suggesting/recommending a ghetto 'mod' ?!!?

[Sanchez]

Stick to the 195 /65 tyres and cut one coil off the front springs. It will lower it 25 mm approx, just enough to close up the tyre / arch gap without looking 'lowered' . Forget the naysayers, removing a coil is far preferable to fitting a set of cheap springs in terms of ride /handling /safety.

Pete are you suggesting/recommending a ghetto 'mod' ?!!?

Petes been frapped, left his tablet unattended in brum.


195/60/14 tyres will be to small ide thought, cause your speedo to be out and mileage wont make sense.

[pacerpete]

Stick to the 195 /65 tyres and cut one coil off the front springs. It will lower it 25 mm approx, just enough to close up the tyre / arch gap without looking 'lowered' . Forget the naysayers, removing a coil is far preferable to fitting a set of cheap springs in terms of ride /handling /safety.

Pete are you suggesting/recommending a ghetto 'mod' ?!!?

Needz must, itz a quattroporte

[Gert_8]

Stick to the 195 /65 tyres and cut one coil off the front springs. It will lower it 25 mm approx, just enough to close up the tyre / arch gap without looking 'lowered' . Forget the naysayers, removing a coil is far preferable to fitting a set of cheap springs in terms of ride /handling /safety.

Pete are you suggesting/recommending a ghetto 'mod' ?!!?

Needz must, itz a quattroporte

Hahaha.

[andyp]

Stick to the 195 /65 tyres and cut one coil off the front springs as that's what I do in WEST LONDON INNIT. It will lower it 25 mm approx, just enough to close up the tyre / arch gap without looking 'lowered' . Forget the naysayers, removing a coil is far preferable to fitting a set of cheap springs in terms of ride /handling /safety.

you been there too long

[Millsand]

Thanks for the feedback.

Just a side thought, are 16" Aplina replicas considerred bad taste? They look good to me.

[Grrrmachine]

Alpinas are always good taste. It's only the 17s that get a bad rep because a) 17" wheels in general make an E30 drive like shit, and b) those particular rims are the cheapest shittest metal you can find - heavy as lead but as strong as trifle.

I run 15" OZ Alpina reps on my chariot.

[pukar]

Pete....keep calm and look around you..... There will be an open tube of glue somewhere in your immediate vicinity!