5-lug Setup

[robmespeedy]

http://www.torque-bound.com/5-lug.html

under rear set up 86+ 318/325 for the [Brake Rotor 34-21-1-164-399 z3 I-6]

you can use the rotor from a 1.9L Z3 since it uses the same rotor as the I-6.

[Aptyp]

:nice:

I love breaking already, my ABS works and I have 25mm MC.
When I started my car stopped 60-0 in 157ft (old used brakes)
With stock e36/z3 and 25mm on all new parts 60-0 became 104ft.

I have a feeling I'll be able to use my passenger seat belt as a strangling device.

[clavinZERO]

got e36m3 spindles and brakes for all 4 corners today. No I need to wreck my head to figure out how to install rear brakes. I'd like those huge m-calipers and rotors all around.

you Sir are going to LOVE the braking. Got good rubber?

[Aptyp]

got e36m3 spindles and brakes for all 4 corners today. No I need to wreck my head to figure out how to install rear brakes. I'd like those huge m-calipers and rotors all around.

[HellzMindPlaya]

The trailing arms are off a 2.8 Z3 and they are 8.5 inch wide wheels with an offset of +45mm. Hope they fit if I change out the hubs to my trailing arms. The car is an 89 so I need to use these hubs, I just didn't/don't want to screw with the wheel bearings so I tried just bolting up the trailing arm first.

[Miasma]

Should be a sticky for sure.

[Aptyp]

he's either running z3 I6 trailing arms or these wheels are 8+" wide with offset 20.

[bimmer630]

I tried, and learned the hard way to listen to peolpe who know what the hell they are talking about... Now to buy some wheel bearings and other items needed.



Should look nice when done I hope.

What is it that you did wrong anyway? if those are e36 offset wheels sticking out that far, what kind of hubs are you running? M-roadster trailing arms or something? the brakes dont look like m roadster

[Aptyp]

now if enough people rally behind this thread, I think it's about time it is stuck.


And renamed to "e36 5-lug Conversion"

[HellzMindPlaya]

Well thank you both for your help then.

[clavinZERO]

thanks, clavin, you've helped a lot here as well.

I appreciate you saying so. Without you though, MY thread would not have it's clarifications done to it. Good times.

[Aptyp]

thanks, clavin, you've helped a lot here as well.

[clavinZERO]

Aptyp, A+ work!

[Aptyp]

well, some of the things you can't count into the swap... You didn't have to get braided lines or GC plates. You also could have bought any other CABs. So your total is a little disingenuous, because you'd be most likely buying all those parts on top of e30 m3 suspension and spending that same grand on miscellaneous goodies.

Doing math your way, I'd be afraid to count all the things I've done along the way. I put urethane everything on. I've replaced every wear item I touched along the way. I had over a $1000 suspension before I started, so final total would be ridiculous by this standard.


Don't feel bad though, you'll learn from your failures and hopefully read through full threads. Thanks for the visual contribution, too, it really helps some people seeing it.

[HellzMindPlaya]

And I am just the type of dumbass that looks at the first page, then I think I skimmed the rest of the thing, and read the last page... I missed the top few posts on page two... So I ended up trying it myself. So now I get to add another $100-150 to what I am already planning on spending on the front? Well that sucks. I should have just gone the e30 M3 route. $1100 without wheels for 5 lug, just so I can run some wheels that I had on a e36 like 4 years ago. And I won't even have e36 M3 front spindles.

Tree House Racing Eye Ball Arms ~ $190
Ground Control Camber/Caster Plates ~ $300
e36 M3 front Bilsteins ~180 each ~ $360
Stainless Steel Braided Brake Line ~ $120
Rear Wheel Bearings ~ $90
Grand total: $1060 without misc. stuff I am sure to need.