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Sat Jun 03, 2006 10:23 pm

HI EVERY1 I HAVE A SET OF BBS RS SPLITRIMS ON MY E30 WITH 1"DISH ON THEM (7J) BUT I WANNA GO WIDER ON THE REAR winkeye

IDEALY I WANT TOGO 3" (9J) BUT I WONT HAPPEN IVE BEEN TOLD :cry:
WHATS THE MAX I CAN GO WITHOUT DOING MAGOR ARCH WORK

MY CAR HAS BEEN LOWERED BY 60mm ALROUND

PLEASE HELP HASS
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Sat Jun 03, 2006 10:28 pm

sup 8)

Ill be fitting some 9'' RS's soon as the tyres arrive

ive read on here that you can fit 9's on e30's without arch work
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Sat Jun 03, 2006 10:38 pm

8" would be safe and look good, 8.5" could also be done.

I don't think it's worth going further than that if you have people in the back often or luggage.
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Sat Jun 03, 2006 11:03 pm

IM STILL WHAT THE 3" (9J) ON THE REARS
JUST SPOKE TO JEREMY FROM JUST MATZ
AND HE SAY WITH 3" ILL NEED TO HAVE FLAIRED ARCHS
BASACLLY ILL HAVE TO GET MY ARCHES ROLLED BUT I DO CARRY PASSANGERS IN MY E30 SO MAYBE 2.5" WOULD BE IDEAL
IF YOUS STILL HAVE ANY INFO PLEASE HELP ME!!
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Sat Jun 03, 2006 11:11 pm

hass wrote:IF YOUS STILL HAVE ANY INFO PLEASE HELP ME!!
HASS
Turn off your caps lock for a start winkeye

(theres no need to shout)
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WHAT DO YOU MEAN!!
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Sat Jun 03, 2006 11:40 pm

Basically, caps means shouting. It's also pretty ugly on the eyes if you're reading a lot of text. If you don't want to type properly, just do all lowercase....it looks a lot better than caps.
Its not a big thing but you'd be surprised how much it niggles after a while.

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Sat Jun 03, 2006 11:44 pm

i think alot of ppl dont bother reading posts written in caps lock..
Got cable ties? Get diffin..

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And you could also say where you come from.
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Sun Jun 04, 2006 12:19 am

hass wrote:WHAT DO YOU MEAN!!
HEY DUMBASS...

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Sun Jun 04, 2006 12:32 am

smithy318i wrote:
hass wrote:WHAT DO YOU MEAN!!
HEY DUMBASS...

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:lol: Harsh but made me chuckle.. It is late tho :P
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smithy318i wrote:
hass wrote:WHAT DO YOU MEAN!!
HEY DUMBASS...

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that aint harsh i love it!!
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Sun Jun 04, 2006 2:45 am

9" rears fit depending on the offset. With a 60mm drop you will definately need to flare the arches and have lip rolled.

i take it the wheels are 3 piece. What is the offset of them at the moment?
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Sun Jun 04, 2006 12:59 pm

Hi guys, sorry to hijack this thread but would be the correct offset to have with 8J x 16" bbs rs's all round. mines lowered 60mm as well

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Sun Jun 04, 2006 1:22 pm

Right firstly i think your all being rude i didnt realise that having caps on would offend all you guys(or yous just got somting to moan about) :x

anyway SORRY

i have 15"bbs splitrims and there 7j at the mo
the of set are 33
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Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:30 am

hi mate.

A 9" rim will have an offset of about et7. This seems too low to me. I think you will definately need the lip rolled and maybe flared, especially as you have a 60mm drop. it also depends on the tyre size. I wouldnt go bigger than 215 width.

An 8.5" rim would have an offset of about et 13. This is alot better, you will probably only need the lip rolled, which you should get done as its easy and cheap. I would use 215 tyres on these too.

Hope that helps. The offset fiures are not exact, may be +-2mm
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Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:57 pm

thanxs for your help mate
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Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:37 pm

no probs mate.

exact offset for the 9" rim will be et7

the 8.5 offset will be et 14
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