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The long awaited pictures of the new Borbet's on a E30 are nearly here.

Massive thanks to Jono (Zenetti) and Mag and Tyre Direct Petone for sorting me out a sharp price and fitting.

Wheels are Borbet Type A Replica's (15 x 8 ET15) wrapped in Nexen N2000's (205/55/15).

Small teaser just for kicks :P

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About to go pop them on the car, more pictures to come.

- Nathan

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Hurry up already!! :D

They look good.

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Guest Simon*

Woooooooooooooo that's a healthy amount of dish there :P

Couldn't really tell from the publicity shots

ilike

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wooooo badass, having a 55 wall will fill the guards better than expected i think!

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Hurry the F up for crissake! I want to know if 15" look big enough.

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Here we go, some quick snaps, ignore the to-do list on the windscreen :D wheels need some hubcentric rings, so when I get my suspension all done I will be going back for those and a wheel alignment (sadly will put the black bikkies back on later till the suspension is done :( car is still on 3 deg camber, looks cool but tyres aren't cheap so it will be back to 1.5 deg on the adjustable camber plates I think. Car isn't going at the moment, so it would obviously drop it down a lot more than the photos show if I had driven it around the block, but that's with 60mm drop springs on shortened Bilsteins looks like with 205/55's with a teeny bit of stretch. Car will soon have Race Series Koni's with Eibach 60mm springs in once I have sold the Bilsteins, so the drop shouldn't change I wouldn't think.

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Happy with how it looks, just needs clear indicators, redded tails, tech1 wing to be colorcoded and colorcoded mirrors and some eyebrows and I think we will be done :D

Also trainspotters will notice one wheel is on the wrong side, I just threw them on so don't flame me :P

Enjoy :)

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Also trainspotters will now one wheel is on the wrong side, I just threw them on so don't flame me :P

It doesnt take a trainspotter to notice youve put up four photos of the wheels on your floor !

[e] thats better....look good mate.

BTW I hope to be round tomorrow for the bonnet ;)

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^ Edited, photobucket hates me today :D

Not convinced about my holesawing skills with that front lip either :s

Might have to throw the OEM one back on.

Think the thing it really needs is clear indicators...orange isn't loving me right now.

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Guest Simon*

They look better at 15" than I would have thought

nice work Nath, have a kitkat

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Pimpin'

But needs Tech1 :ph34r: (Tech1 and Chrome make the orange alllll good).

Quick Q: How much space is there to the caliper with the Borbets on?

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Well, having just rolled it back into the garage I can feel something rubbing :(

^ So JiB, I hope it's not the caliper, it was more a tyre rubbing sound on the strut so when I get it realigned to something better than -3deg hopefully that will fix it.

I wish I could afford tech1, but I need to stop spending money on cars and start enjoying them so clears will have to do for the moment.

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Put an I after the A in your # plate and go and crap on some e36's!

I like, except that I'm now convinced that I shouldn't get 15's. They look better than I thought, but I wouldn't be able to get the stretch look I'm after with that much tyre profile.

Still one of my favourite wheel designs, and look awesome.

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Well, having just rolled it back into the garage I can feel something rubbing :(

^ So JiB, I hope it's not the caliper, it was more a tyre rubbing sound on the strut so when I get it realigned to something better than -3deg hopefully that will fix it.

Unfortunately, I'm 99% sure that when camber is adjusted with strut tops - the whole strut moves.

The relationship between tyre and strut does not change :(

Might pay to check though.

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Yeeeaah!

Drop it now. Just a little, you know she will love it

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^ It should drop some more once I have driven it when the springs compress a little more after being up on the jacks, I am stoked as with how they look, I just hope the tyre rubbing can be fixed <_<

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Hmm, look dope- just needs less profile on tyre and a slight drop,mainly in the front.

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I will take some pics on the flat with the springs compressed from driving around to get a true picture of how they sit soon, for the moment it is just sorting the rubbage.

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Yeah, wondered about that, we use 15x7 with 15 offset, and don't have a lot of clearance. I'd have thought 15x8 should be around 10 or less?

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Iv got 15x8 with ET12....no issues at all...

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At this stage I will get a new wheel alignment, then maybe try some little 5mm slip on spacers (I think these are legal)

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