Lifting my E30 and 5 lug problems

[Roysneon]

Maybe a stupid suggestion or not something you're willing to do but you could always redrill the strut towers to reposition or run different upper mounts as I've seen done online with other 5 lug setups.

[MR 325]

Anyone else have anything to add? Ideally I'd like to have the wheels FURTHER forward than stock.

[MR 325]

A set of these will fix it

Funny, those are exactly what I was thinking about in my head. PM me a price.

Do the e46 lca more aggresive caster, than the e36 m3 does? I was always under the impression the e36m3 arms fixed the problem.

I would say e36m3 LCA, matched with e36M3 strut tops (which are also more aggresive) would center a it a bit.

It seems that I will have to go with the E36 M3 arms. They seem to push the assembly forward the most. I've read conflicting info that says the M vs non M E36 spindles place the wheel differently too. As far as E36 M3 strut mounts, they won't fit the E30 strut tower holes.

[Jonny Cash]

Do the e46 lca more aggresive caster, than the e36 m3 does? I was always under the impression the e36m3 arms fixed the problem.

I would say e36m3 LCA, matched with e36M3 strut tops (which are also more aggresive) would center a it a bit.

[IanS_in_Oz]

A set of these will fix it

[MR 325]

have u tried using the 7-series E32 arms those might work

Do you even know what style of control arm the E32 uses? No they will not work.

[surapple]

have u tried using the 7-series E32 arms those might work

[MR 325]

I'm pretty sure I'll be the first one to ask this...

So me and a buddy are lifting an E30. We put together a junkyard 5 lug setup that I thought would work. The rear is no problem, it's complete and working. The front is the issue. We've got E36 325is front struts and spindles, E46 control arms, and AKG E46 to E30 bushings.

The front wheel is WAY too far back. It was my understanding that the E46 arms pushed the wheel forward. It seems I was wrong. Does anybody have thoughts to a solution to our problem? We're not looking for perfect geometry here, this is not a race car. We just want a solution that can keep it 5 lug while not having tire clearance issues.