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vendetta
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Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:27 am

i dont know what to do with bodystyling on my 2door either get dtm valences or go for full bodykit?? what do u guys think ???
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Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:35 am

Lower it, get some deep dish rims and don't fit a body kit. Job done.
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Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:37 am

yeah those where in the plans aswell lol
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Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:24 pm

Ive decided to go for 16" alloys (i think) whats the most i could comfortably lower it by?
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Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:25 pm

you can go as low as you want, but anthing over 60mm will rattle your teeth, place undue stress on the car and depending on the offset of your wheels you may need to roll your arches to fit your wheels.

I'd go for 45mm.
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Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:28 pm

dont know anything about offsets :cry: :cry:
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Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:35 pm

then read this :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offset_%28wheel%29


i'd say 35-40mm for best everday driving, road humps etc
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Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:09 pm

hmm im not very good with technical stuff lol
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Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:56 pm

lower it put some wide ass euro rims on and put a mtech 2 kit on :cool:
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Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:32 pm

as above^^^

leave the big body kits to the saxo crew :eek:
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Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:59 pm

yep the only kit for a e30 is t3c 2
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Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:10 pm

yeah im not getting big bodykit just bought some is side skirts nice and subtle dont know about rims i like borbet a's but dunno what size to get
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