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Post Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:49 pm

I always maintained that the wings on an Evo Sport were wider than normal M3's, not just having a larger opening for the wheel area.

This is backed up by a tech article in Total BMW this month where it blatently says that Evo Sports have wider wings.

So is this true, or is it a case of Journo's not knowing what they're on about...?

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Post Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:58 pm

they aren't wider ,just have a larger cut out for 18" wheels.
Everyone thinks they are wider,but aren't.
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Post Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:04 pm

buster wrote:they aren't wider ,just have a larger cut out for 18" wheels.
Everyone thinks they are wider,but aren't.
correct

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Post Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:18 pm

So the scribes at Total BMW aren't that knowledgable about things then... :mad:
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Post Sat Feb 04, 2006 4:55 pm

Here's my old M3 next to my Sport Evo they are just higher cut

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Post Sun Feb 05, 2006 3:56 am

Geeman wrote:So the scribes at Total BMW aren't that knowledgable about things then... :mad:
nope not really,some are ,like andy E, some arent ............
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Post Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:28 pm

so will 18s scrub on a m3 with out the evo wings then,
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Post Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:30 pm

My dads 18s did rub the new ones might with it being lowered. but if you get the right offset should be ok
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Post Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:31 pm

depends how low you go and how stiff your set up is. off set, rim width any tyres!!! but chances are 18" will rub