As others have said truth be told the ride is better on 17’s but I just love the look of the 18’s, I have a little bit of tramlining but I think that’s down to the front tyres that came with the wheels, I’m hoping to change them for next season?
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Yes,had 18s found it very scary!
It’s by no means scary else I would take them off!
Well without wishing to be rude, if you decide to drive your car extremely quickly you will realise 18" wheels were not designed for this car! Surely BMW with there design and technology would of fitted 18 as standard!
Famous quote," If your not scared your not going fast enough "
Famous quote," If your not scared your not going fast enough "
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Oops. Then you won't like this one, then. Started with M-sport suspension, then went about 10mm lower still on Spax springs and dampers. And 19s. Bear in mind these cars were designed in the mid 90s, and 17s were hot-n-sexy at the time, things have changed a bit since then.
Waxoyled I hope ,looks sweet!
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That'll be fresh water, something we've got plenty of up here.
And it would probably look lower at the back if I hadn't fitted eccentric bushes to the swing-arms to get rid of some of the negative camber. Does work, but has the effect of lifting the car back up a little.
And it would probably look lower at the back if I hadn't fitted eccentric bushes to the swing-arms to get rid of some of the negative camber. Does work, but has the effect of lifting the car back up a little.
Cracking photograph
This is my 2.8 on -30mm Eibach pro springs, with standard but new shocks.
I love how it looks and it handles so much better. 17 inch wheels, Hankook tyres and no tram lining.
This is how it looked before on standard set up
Steve.
I love how it looks and it handles so much better. 17 inch wheels, Hankook tyres and no tram lining.
This is how it looked before on standard set up
Steve.
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Cracking day. There's a few other pictures on the thread https://zroadster.org/threads/topless-on-the-beach-in-november.25756/
There's a few other pictures on the thread https://zroadster.org/threads/topless-on-the-beach-in-november.25756/
mine is L&M 30MM with 17" rims 225x45 tires with 20MM spacers on rear
correction. I have 15MM spacers on the rear
I have mine on Apex -40 springs and bilsteins
cars on 18's and handles great!!.
cars on 18's and handles great!!.
Looks as Sweet as they come
As I have just replaced the rear tyres on the 2.2 I am interested in your reference to eccentric bushes to reduce the camber,as the tyres were very worn on the inside edges . Would these assist , without effecting the handling,and are they difficult to fit.That'll be fresh water, something we've got plenty of up here.
I used Rev shift beam bushes to remove rear camber and mines very low but has little camber now.
Worth doing if a beam rebuild is happening in effect it lifts the entire beam 12mm into the car altering how the swing arms sit
Worth doing if a beam rebuild is happening in effect it lifts the entire beam 12mm into the car altering how the swing arms sit
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I used Whiteline eccentric buses on mine but they don't seem to list them any more. The nearest equivalent would be
https://www.powerflexshop.com/road-...iling-arm-bush-adjustable-pfr5-306g-aa-ref-5/
much the same thing but twice the price. Somewhere out there there's a weld-on kit that turns the locating holes for the swing-arms elongated, pretty sure someone on here has fitted them to his but can't remember who. Anywho, fitting the bushes or doing the weld-on bits is a rear-beam-out-job, if you haven't already done the rest of the bushes it'll be well worth doing. Anything that gets rid of at least some of the negative camber is a good thing in my book, maybe a little bit is OK if you're track-daying the car a lot but in the real world you're just wearing out tyres unnecessarily. If you go for the bushes, they're easy to fit, it's just the taking the beam out that takes a while. And refitting it.
Sorry to be hijacking, but the op was a question about lowering springs - I'm trying to work out if these will fit my Z£ or not? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pro-Sport-30mm-Lowering-Springs-BMW-Z3-E36-7-120677/142936738361