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18x9 at 35ET we found rubbed using a 255/35/18 on a lowered E36. Saying that tho I remember an E36 M3 with 9.5's @ 40ET in Chch. I am sure he had to roll the guards quite a bit. Also remember that if you do get you guards rolled make sure you clean all the crap out that accumulates and I think from memory you may have to pull the silicone out as well. No LM reps as yet but we we seriously looking at them. One of our factories has said they definitely have 18's and possibly 19's in the near future.

205/50/17 and 225/45/17. no such thing a s a 225/40/17 only 215 and 235 they are close to OE height as well

TBH I think you will struggle to fit a 10" wide wheel under the rear guards. We have enough problems trying to fit 9's to E36's.

Welcome along. Did you get the car from Euro Prestige?

something definitely fishy there, he says the car is NZ new but the plate he gives says the car was first registered in 97??? maybe it was deregistered and then re rego'd?

I think it is more to do with safety as a severely stretched tyre can potentially roll off the rim. As Josh sort of touched on most tyre manufacturers give a specified rim width that the tyre is intended for. Most of the time this will give a mild stretch if you use the maximum rim width suggested.

You wouldn't fit a wider rim under there and we had to use 185's to make sure they didn't rub on any of the guards. I thought you loved Stretch

$3200 is a very sharp price if they used the latest Toyo Sport Truck II tyres.

FW1 is also really good for bringing out the shine! check this wheel out

^ Yep, we know. website is due to be revamped very soon.

I wasn't trying to start an argument at all either. I was actually agreeing with you Just saying now that the quality of the aftermarket wheels is getting to a point where you won't be able to tell them apart from genuine. I agree tho that is is quite interesting how the market is sort of shifting towards keeping yuor car look factoryish. Haha I remember the "Home of Chrome". There was a time when that was all we were selling. hmmm.. maybe it is time to change our slogan!

Why wouldn't you? The quality is getting better and better and they are a fraction of the price of genuine. In the past 6 years I can honestly say we have had less than 0.5% of returns due to manufacturing faults. We have sold at least 5000 wheels in that time!

already has 185's on it and has been slammed. The photo doesn't really show it at all.

For some reason I can't log in at work so I get to sit here and do more work at home. I thought I would show you all a small sample of the cars we have done recently. Please excuse the rather average photos, they were taken quickly for our website. X5 is on staggered 20*9.5 20*10.5 Sportpac reps White E46 on 18*8 BBS Ch Time Attack Reps Black E46 on staggered 18*8.5 18*9.5 M3 reps Jetta on 15*8 Borbets E46 on 18*8.5 M6 reps E46 Ti on 18*8 M3 reps Cheers Johno

I go away for a week and look what happens! Did you pay $3200 with your existing wheels as a trade? Did they use then new Sport Truck II's on the wheels? 315 is the recommended width for the rear and should be 275's up front. We sell 9.5" front and 10.5" rear which is what the Sportpacs come out with factory. The wheels do look much better in the flesh so to speak!

We sell a lot more 18's than 17's on the E46 3 series. Personally I think 18's do look better than 17's. The 17" wheel just looks a tad too small.

I went last year and was not overly impressed so decided to skip it this year as there is no "Hampster". 200% humidity inside the tent didn't help either

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If you powdercoat the bolts won't you have trouble redoing them up as the thread will be coated in paint? Also would the tool required to do up the bolts cause damage to the paint?

Is it for your E30? E30's have no camber or castor adjustment so all they can adjust is the toe which will not stop it from pulling.

You also have to remember that they are deisgned for a purpose. D2's were (are) not designed for track use. They are designed as a street application, but primarily got a bad rep from people using them for drifting on the track. For street use most of the Taiwanese kits will be fine. As Matt said just look for the ones that have some form of quality control such as ISO9001 or even better ISO9002. At the end of the day it comes down to your budget, and what you want to use your vehicle for.

HB Ollie - Good day to be indoors watching motorsport and nursing a hangover!

We were shocked that it made the lead news item on TV3 at 6pm! It was pretty horrific to watch and really does cast a cloud over the games. The organisers were warned that the track was TOO fast. I also can't believe that they didn't have some form of padding on those steel beams

Only in Vegas!!

The R888 is designed as a dry weather DOT rated track tyre. The RA1 which is being discontinued here in NZ is from memory more of a wet weather tyre.