zenetti

Thanks. We are pleased with the 2 cars - the SLK is in mint condition - and I drove it to Weelington and back this morning top down - it's just great . Together they make a nice set. The SLK gets a lot of attention - I've even had one of the kids school teachers just jump in and demand I take her for a drive! As yet no ones done that with the BMW.

Wish list For the SLK;

• try and get 235/30ZR19 or 235/35R19 tyres for the front. It's got 245/35R19 currently as these come with the alloys. The originals were 205/55R16! Conventional wisdom say's I'm about 1" too big.
• new higher rated springs
• Once the others are done; Get the guards properly rolled / repainted - tyres have rubbed and damaged paint
• either fit an AMG body kit, or at least colour key the lower black parts of the car
• new IPOD friendly head unit like the latest alpine
• new belts (maintenance) and a new drive pully (to over drive the super charger) which adds about 40hp
• AMG front brake disks and calipers (the standard ones look like a joke behind 19 inch wheels).

Wish list for the 740;

• get a couple of small dents repaired, touch up rear bumper paint
• refurbish the drivers seat leather
• up grade the door speakers
• maybe add a couple of rear shelf mounted 8 inch subs and a quality amp
• refinish the clear coat on the alloys
• get the power steering oil leak fixed (actually this is top of the list).

might I suggest 225/35/19's front and 255/30/19's rear, should help fix the 'rubbing issue'

If you need wheels let me know, we have a shop in Wellington which can help you out, cheers

have M3 kits arriving at the end of this week hopefully, includes F& R bumpers and s/skirts, cheers

E46 on M6 replica - looking good!!

You can put up to 19x8 wheels on a Ti, but biggest we tend to recommend is 18". Lowering springs is relatively straight forward, however if you put E36 sedan or coupe springs in it will not lower it that much - I am pretty sure the Ti is lighter in the front than an E36. Keith aka Suspension will be able to confirm this. Hope this helps some more

Well, our shipment of wheels is finally here, I thought I would share some of the latest arrivals

The M6 wheel is available to suit 3,5 & 7 series in 18"

Black mesh wheel with polished lip available for 3 series only in 18"

Will have photos of them on cars during the week - 4 sets already sold

Let me know what you think

cheers

Johno

Haven't seen this one yet: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...87/k-360672.htm

be careful this guy has heaps of cars in stock that CAN NOT be registered. Maybe this one is a fresh import? I was looking at one he had earlier this year, and he was quite evasive when I asked some 'reasonable' questions regarding compliance and registration. If you do try and re-export, then import you will still run into all sorts of trouble. There are minimum lengths of time that a car must stay overseas, can be quite a headache.

Best to do a whole lot of research, then go and see the guys at the IMVDA, very very helpful people.

bugger! I drove past it on Monday on the way back from Gisborne. It was on the side of the road at Ohope Beach. My partner pointed it out, but I was in a huge freight train of traffic and couldn't be bothered turning around to view it.

ok after much research, telephoning around and being constantly laughed at , I have come to the conclusion that you are better off buying new 20's or 22's! (from me LOL) It seems that the only 21" tyres that are available are 245/35/21 and 285/30/21 which was/is a factory option on BMW 7's. You may be able to find something overseas. Hope those wheels are really heavy cos it seems the only thing they are good for is scrap metal last time I checked alloy was $2.20+ a kg

haha it's amazing what a bit of looking does, I take it it is the silver 01 X5 sportpac which should have come out on. 255/50/19 and 285/45/19 factory which would indicate that it needs a 285/35/21. This is slightly closer in overall diameter than a 325/30/21, and probably easier to find. But it will all come down to what is available in this country, I hope you are sitting down when I let you know a price

Sorry mate, I have no idea, I assume thats the size, Ive never looked at anythin bigger than 18's

I was hoping Zenetti would be around some time soon.

I will have a look at work tomorrow and see what is available, I have a 21" tyre floating around at work but I am sure it was for a 7 series. Some muppet wanted it then never turned up and cos it was bought on special I wasn't allowed to return it. 285/30 sounds too small, we usually put a 305/30/22 on the rear, so that tyre would be way too small.

It all depends what model X5 it is, so to give you a really accurate price will need to know year, particular model etc

The issue with the H&R's being too soft is the car moved about too much and would "plunge" going over speed humps

maybe you need to slow down over the speed humps

you won't regret it, ours has done at least 200 cars now and still going strong

thats what im after thanks

just be careful that is enough 'meat' left between the back of the wheel and the bottom of the stud hole. It has to be a minimum of 6mm from memory, any less and it can weaken the wheel and lead to all sorts of problems (ie wheel falling off), then the real shennanigans begins when the SCU determines what the cause was.... lawsuits etc etc etc

Looks like a deal. Although, obviously it only works on macpherson struts, so you still need something for ryour trailing arm rears if you can't just pull them out.

I swapped a set of the small, cheap ones that you can use on the car for an e30 torque converter. (Retail around $50) Does the trick, and hook them up to my rattle gun and I can have springs out in a few miinutes.

What you are looking at looks good, just giving you some options though.

this one works heaps better than the small cheap ones. the small ones tend to wear the threads out pretty quickly as they are not really designed for lots of use.

For $140 you can't go wrong, we have the same unit at work and use it most if the time, heaps quicker than using the wall mounted unit. Can be a bit fiddly to pull the spring down evenly - wwhich is where the wall mounted unit kills it. As I said though $140 = BARGAIN!

mabye ive missed it but does anybody know the best offset for 18"s on a 328i coupe on superlows? lol

many thanks

Hi charlie

will depend on the width wheel you are running.

18x7.5 - 18 x 8 35 et or higher

18x9 (rear) AT LEAST a 45et or you will get guard rub on the rear.

I see in your other post you are looking for springs, I may be able to help you out, also with wheels if you need them, cheers Johno

H&R are still relatively soft - I threw a set in the bin after 3 months now running factory M3 springs on full M3 suspension way better and it can get over speed humps. also go staggered wheel set up and DECENT Tyres and geometry will make more difference than lowering on crap tyres and geometry.

I think you missed the point 3 pedals, charliec wants as low as possible, and I think secondly wants reasonable handling.

I would agree with lidistick, get new shocks, if and when you can afford it. It will make a world of difference, it also makes sense to change them while you have got the struts out and putting new springs in.

There are heaps of springs out there but would personally go for H&R or Jamex. Dobi's are crap but will probably lower your car the most, but will handle the worst. As for Kings.... seems funny but the two worst spring makes are Aussie.

so a 60mm drop would make it jst on legal?

is this corect

thanks alot

with a 60mm drop you generally need shortened shocks too.

any panelbeater/car painter should be able to do it, I have had it done from $400 up to $1000 depending on paint type amount needed etc. My old 7 was about $600 from memory. It pays to call around ans prices vary hugely.

whats the difference between the All BLacks and an arsonist?..............

An Arsonist wouldn't waste 5 matches!!

interesting fact.... the only 2 matches we have lost this year were both when Hayman shaved his beard off.....

kind of reminds you of Samson!

NEWSFLASH!!!!

League have the NZ Warriors, and now the rugby union have renamed the All BLacks the Rainbow Warriors coz the French have F*%KED us again!!

Yeah thought about 17's dont think i would go to 18's as it would look a bit weird. As for colour coding the side skirts...not too sure on that one!

Trust me colour coding the skirts (and the bottom of the front and rear bumpers) makes the car look so much better, have done it to at least 5 cars now and makes the car look much sportier.

that was johnos (zenettis) car

yep definitely my old car - glad it went to a good home, had a few muppets come round, and had hepas of people wanting to buy wheels or wanting to know where I got them from... blah blah blah....

I am sure you will enjoy it Chris, wil be great to see what mods you make to it!

not really helping guys, if you really want to change the wheels you can't go past a good set of 17's or 18's. Euro style wheels alsways look good but if bling bling is your thing....... go for that instead