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Im speaking from personal experience here, I would not advise 'stretching' a tyre over a rim, in any case why would you need top stretch it over a x7 wheel? I have 16x9 inch wheels on my car and only ran stretch as I had basically no other option. (I.E wheels would not go under the guards with anything more than a 205/40 tyre) I have now purchased Fully adjustable coilovers so that I can apply slight camber to the front wheels. This is giving me the ability to run PROPER sized tyres. and still maintain no guard rub. The 205/40's I had on my wheels were sh*t, they rode like sh*t, gripped like sh*t, not to mention after ~2000 k's all of the sidewalls were split and had air in the wall making the tyres uber prone to blow outs etc. In the end I hit a bump in the road which blew out two of the tyres and damaged two of my much loved wheels. Basically, DONT stretch tyres. You ARE a Muppet if you do, BTW Just cos the drifters do it dont mean its cool. The reason they do it is because they are on a racetrack and only use their tyres for 2 or 3 laps and dont need traction as much as a road car. The also give the driver the ability to 'spin' their wheels whilst in a drift as not as much traction is availible. Cheers Chris

I have adjustable rear camber and toe, this is acheived by slotting the trailing arm mounts, adding slotted plates to each end and replacing the stock bolts with ones that have eccentric washers welded to them. This provides enough adjustment for ~60mm lowering. I will soon have adjustable front camber with the coilovers im getting. Basically if you dont have a sizeable wallet dont bother. Raise your car to a level where camber is not an issue and you will be fine. Cheers Chris P.S, Please observe Bimmersports policies on the English language, grammar and spelling are two things that are greatly appreciated on this forum. P.P.S, Check out www.bmw2002.com for decent suspension parts.

Yea sorry Glenn I got tied up with the other half haha, will come up this Sunday though. Ive found that the 2 litre and 2.5 litre sump are the same part numbers so I can score a sump etc much cheaper than expected. Although a few 2.5's have popped up lately so might just go for one of them. Just ordered new hub assemblies and cups/caps for the front struts, some parts Ex-Germany (Thanks Euro Italia) Coilovers are coming ex-USA should be here next week and should be all ready to install mid December. BTW Glenn have been a member on R3V for a long time haha sourced my coilovers through that site, has also been very useful for the DOCH swap. Cheers Chris

Got Dish?

How many K's on the M50TU? From an E34 or E36? Edit: just read 525.

As im in the process of gathering all the bits together for my M50 conversion I need to know whether or not the Oilpan, Oil Pickup and Dipstick tube from the M50B20 and M50B25 are the same? I.E will the B20 pan bolt up to the B25 and can the B20 pan be used in the coversion to the E30. Cheers Chris

HB dude.

Im going to be giving this a miss. Going to Whangamata instead. Hope you guys have fun

WTF i thought you sold the wheels?

Mike, im keen for a Sparco front strut brace. Can I come and get those front struts off you tomorrow night also?

OMG I <3 this car iz so slamd and shz fukn p!mpn sh!t rite thur!! :D lol Edit: at least the wheels are in good hands

Saw you in town on Saturday night, looks very tuff

Yea, thats true but if you get stung etc dont go moaning about it on here. Cheers Chris

Very right Keith and Glenn. I agree with GROW THE f**k UP.

Houndstooth headrests?

Would be good to see you Glenn. I need to have a wee chat to you also. Might come up for a beer this sunday night?

Just out of interest what coil overs did you purchase? Im waiting for my C3 kit to get here Cant wait. Loving the dish and everything you plan to do. Tech 1 FTMFW

I like this man. ^^ All of the above rocks I think its the weather. Old school rock owns the stereo over summer. Most new music is so depressing.

Forza 2 = Win

Thank you Glenn Listen to someone with experience. You CAN have a low car that CAN handle fairly decent. Just do it properly. Trust me its worth it.

Josh, it was a silver one similar colour to yours. Ran like a 16 something. Not giving it much stick though. SO what have we so far? Me Pierre Nino Ashkan

Should meet somewhere beforehand and convoy, maybe BP Solar Drury?

Who had the E46 M3 CSL? Good to see a few BMW's down there on friday night. Anyone from here going to the next one?

18s bo

Definatly sounds like an S.A car. Does it have a sump guard?