17x8" ET25: Lightweight Track Wheels: APEX ARC-8 HERE NOW!

[PaintPro21]

There won't be any news until they are ready to ship, which will be very soon now. They'll let me know what ship they will be placinging them on. And not much more.

[Bishop]

Do you have any info on if the roundel will fit the center cap or a part number for em? I don't remember if you posted about it already

[Hodge]

There won't be any news until they are ready to ship, which will be very soon now. They'll let me know what ship they will be placinging them on. And not much more.

Good deal!

I figured it would not be a terribly long time, since they already had the samples and molds.

I can't wait to get mine! That Group Buy was far too hard to pass up on!

[Bishop]

I'm waiting patiently lol, I know bimmerman doesn't have a choice since hes not even in the same country, and wont be for a while. I'm workin on gettin my GCs installed, then rollin the fenders in preperation..... Question.... Do i have to reset ride height and get another alignment when i swap between bottlecaps and the Apex wheels?

[Bimmerman325i]

I'm waiting patiently lol, I know bimmerman doesn't have a choice since hes not even in the same country, and wont be for a while. I'm workin on gettin my GCs installed, then rollin the fenders in preperation..... Question.... Do i have to reset ride height and get another alignment when i swap between bottlecaps and the Apex wheels?

Haha indeed, it makes it rather easy. I get home in three months and go 'Oh, Wow, I have new wheels!' I'm more impatient to get home than get the wheels at this point hahaha.

You may need to reset ride height if you're dumped on the bottles, but if you're keeping decently close outer tire diameter, no, no ride height changes should be needed. Definitely no alignment change, unless you need that done anyway.

[Bishop]

Well, Im hoping to put the coilovers on like, next week some time, mid-week. Then get an alignment the next day and do ride height. I just dunno what I should be doing / need to be doing since i dont have the wheels here and i've never had coilovers before

[PaintPro21]

Well, Im hoping to put the coilovers on like, next week some time, mid-week. Then get an alignment the next day and do ride height. I just dunno what I should be doing / need to be doing since i dont have the wheels here and i've never had coilovers before

You'll probably want to play with the ride height when you put the ARC-8 wheels on. So you might want to hold off on the alignment, since playing with the ride height does effect it a little, and if your tires don't have perfectly even tread ware, then new tires will behave differently.

When you put your coilovers on, just eyeball align it. use string w/e. even an alignment that is way off is not going to cause much tire ware if you don't put a lot of miles on it. 2 weeks won't kill you.

[Bishop]

I do drive quite a bit lol, but they're really crappy tires. I'm just unsure of what I wanna do since I've never had coilovers before. I wanna put em on asap but don't wanna have to redo anything later on

[Hodge]

You'll probably want to play with the ride height when you put the ARC-8 wheels on. So you might want to hold off on the alignment, since playing with the ride height does effect it a little, and if your tires don't have perfectly even tread ware, then new tires will behave differently.

When you put your coilovers on, just eyeball align it. use string w/e. even an alignment that is way off is not going to cause much tire ware if you don't put a lot of miles on it. 2 weeks won't kill you.

Been meaning to ask you Eddy, but what tire size would you recommend for these ARC-8s?

I'm thinking 215/40/17 so there is no fender issues. But a 225/40/17 might work also, but perhaps with a little fender massaging

[PaintPro21]

215/40/17, 225/40/17, and 235/40/17.

215 is undersized but will fit the easiest. It has noticable stretch. 225 has very little selection. 235 takes the most work, but is ultimately the best for performance and tire selection.

235 was tested up front but the rear fenders put up a fight. It will really depend on each individual application. I recommend you look to see what people do to fit each size

[Hodge]

215/40/17, 225/40/17, and 235/40/17.

215 is undersized but will fit the easiest. It has noticable stretch. 225 has very little selection. 235 takes the most work, but is ultimately the best for performance and tire selection.

235 was tested up front but the rear fenders put up a fight. It will really depend on each individual application. I recommend you look to see what people do to fit each size

Oh nice....235/40 fit up front without a spacer or rolling? That's quite appealing. I figured, it would be a fight out back, since E30's have tiny rear fenders (especially late models).

I honestly don't know what tire size I want yet. I could always wait to see how each looks on other's cars.

[Bishop]

I didn't know the fronts fit without a roll. Can someone clarify? I'm going to be ordering 235s and thought I'd be rolling every corner. I'm a little worried about the rears cause you can't dial in camber in the rear, or can you?

[Hodge]

I didn't know the fronts fit without a roll. Can someone clarify? I'm going to be ordering 235s and thought I'd be rolling every corner. I'm a little worried about the rears cause you can't dial in camber in the rear, or can you?

You can slightly with eccentric RTAB's.

[PaintPro21]

I never said a front roll wouldn't be needed. That is entirely dependent on whether or not you have camber plates, what your ride height is, and what brand/model tire you use.

There won't be any fitment info available in this thread. It has to be found in other threads. I know stück on Bimmerforums is running 17x8 et23.

[Hodge]

I never said a front roll wouldn't be needed. That is entirely dependent on whether or not you have camber plates, what your ride height is, and what brand/model tire you use.

There won't be any fitment info available in this thread. It has to be found in other threads. I know stück on Bimmerforums is running 17x8 et23.

I know he also rubbed out back with 235/40/17 and then rubbed worse with another brand 235/40/17 too. IIRC he didn't have to touch the front fenders.

But like you said, it was entirely dependent on what suspension you run.