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  • M-technik-3
    I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
    • Oct 2003
    • 18946

    #31
    Originally posted by gr8skyr
    M-technik-3....are those the OZ superleggara? Nice if so. Wish the new ultraleggara came in a 15", and was as light as those! 4 lug and I'd have been interested when available.
    Correct Superleggera's in 17x8 et40 for E36.
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    • irish44j
      R3VLimited
      • Oct 2011
      • 2763

      #32
      Yeah, I'm ready.

      My e30 will be in the garage getting an engine swap. Luckily, I have a few better vehicles for the winter anyhow :)



      Stage rally/rallycross e30 build/competition journal
      Track/street e21 build
      visit Condor Speed Shop
      visit Motorsport Hardware



      [FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"] 1985 318i/M50 Rally Car - 1988 Porsche 924S - 2005 Sequoia tow pig - 2018 GTI

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      • madman23
        E30 Addict
        • Jan 2007
        • 498

        #33
        Adding coolant since my light is on, switching to blizzaks and removing my front lip. Thats about it. Haha

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        • Northern
          R3V Elite
          • Nov 2010
          • 5045

          #34
          The new "good to go" ix needs a patch in the rear drivers wheel well, a license plate light hole re-created. (One is welded shut, the other cut out 2x the size) and a new subframe, since only hopes and dreams are holding the TA's on to this car.
          After that, oil and a peek at the timing belt to see if it has any signs of wear/age. If not, it is getting deferred till the spring.

          Hopefully nothing else crops up
          Originally posted by priapism
          My girl don't know shit, but she bakes a mean cupcake.
          Originally posted by shameson
          Usually it's best not to know how much money you have into your e30

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          • M-technik-3
            I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
            • Oct 2003
            • 18946

            #35


            4x4 status looking for some mud soon. Swapping back to my Toyo's I think since these are so thick. No need for stinking AWD when you run 4 snows.
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            • nando
              Moderator
              • Nov 2003
              • 34827

              #36
              no, but it sure is a lot more fun. :D
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              • M-technik-3
                I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
                • Oct 2003
                • 18946

                #37
                Yeah, finally kicked my open diff to the curb and put a proper LSD in it.
                https://www.facebook.com/BentOverRacing

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                • gr8skyr
                  Wrencher
                  • Mar 2011
                  • 228

                  #38
                  My $263 Winter update!
                  $50 craigsist AR rims- shed find circa 1997.
                  $100-Some old but still got some tread and metal Hankook tires craigslist
                  $48 AR lugbolts from Summit Racing
                  $10 70.5-57.1 hubcentric rings
                  $55 Les Schwab to mount, balance and swap them on.
                  Attached Files
                  "just love those little tanky inline 6's"

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                  • M-technik-3
                    I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
                    • Oct 2003
                    • 18946

                    #39
                    Very cool Good winter kicks.
                    https://www.facebook.com/BentOverRacing

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                    • shadowman
                      Member
                      • Jan 2008
                      • 49

                      #40
                      What do you think of running 195/65/15 for winter?

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                      • A Sucked Orange
                        Mod Crazy
                        • Mar 2011
                        • 707

                        #41
                        Think I'd rather go smaller/thinner.

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                        • psmura
                          Advanced Member
                          • Mar 2012
                          • 119

                          #42
                          That's what I run, hankook ice pike no problems. Any snow tires should be fine on the ix nothing bigger or you'll likely rub.
                          1989 325ix
                          1992 325ic 770A
                          2002 M3

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                          • nando
                            Moderator
                            • Nov 2003
                            • 34827

                            #43
                            Originally posted by A Sucked Orange
                            Think I'd rather go smaller/thinner.
                            it really depends on what kind of conditions you're likely to see.

                            if it's mostly deep snow, then you'll want tall/thin. up here it's mostly going to be rain and ice, and some dry days. 195 is already narrower than stock, and in my case I wouldn't want to go narrower. I would have chosen a 205/55R15 if it were available, but 195/60R15 is really close to the stock diameter.

                            a taller tire will have more straight line traction than a shorter one, but then your sidewalls are also 5% taller. I find the 195/60R15 to be quite squishy as it is, and in my conditions it's not needed.
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                            Bimmerlabs

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                            • shadowman
                              Member
                              • Jan 2008
                              • 49

                              #44
                              thanks for the inputs guys.

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