Fitted my new "baller" (lol) wheels today. Awesome fitment and wheels but fouling massively on the caliper.
Now I havent really got much scope for spacers as they are 9j et8 as a start and when I was seeing how much Id need I had 2x3mm spacers rested on the hub and still couldnt get the wheel to clear so I reckon its gonna be 10-15mm needed.
Now I reckon I could grind off the fins from the caliper (sure Ive heard others doing this) which would give me a couple mm more but not enough and obv I cant take any more than this off from there.
What Im guessing is I either need to get the wheels machined to clear (will they be strong enough after?), different calipers (regular 328 ones maybe but that would suck as I have just replaced disks, pads and rebuilt the calipers with a new seal kit) or space out and look for wider wings (although if they look anything different to stock I probably wont want them).
Im asking on here as well as my usual UK BM and drifting forums as I know there have been some serious looking e36's come out of this site and figure someone may of had the same issues.
I will upload some pics later. They will be wet and dirty but I had to take some to show of the fitment before I took the wheels back off.
Now I havent really got much scope for spacers as they are 9j et8 as a start and when I was seeing how much Id need I had 2x3mm spacers rested on the hub and still couldnt get the wheel to clear so I reckon its gonna be 10-15mm needed.
Now I reckon I could grind off the fins from the caliper (sure Ive heard others doing this) which would give me a couple mm more but not enough and obv I cant take any more than this off from there.
What Im guessing is I either need to get the wheels machined to clear (will they be strong enough after?), different calipers (regular 328 ones maybe but that would suck as I have just replaced disks, pads and rebuilt the calipers with a new seal kit) or space out and look for wider wings (although if they look anything different to stock I probably wont want them).
Im asking on here as well as my usual UK BM and drifting forums as I know there have been some serious looking e36's come out of this site and figure someone may of had the same issues.
I will upload some pics later. They will be wet and dirty but I had to take some to show of the fitment before I took the wheels back off.
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