Share your 5 lug setup and wheels

[e30s52]

Thanks. Let me know if those spacers help.

[Dave McLaren]

Your first picture is that with the 2mm spacer? and how much did you take off the caliper to fit the wheel on?

I just ordered the 2mm spacers, so I don't have 'em yet. Meanwhile, I've got no anti-rattle clips in front and the shit is noisy, rattling and clanking down the street. I don't recall exactly how much was taken off the caliper, but it was very little.

[e30s52]

Your first picture is that with the 2mm spacer? and how much did you take off the caliper to fit the wheel on?

[Dave McLaren]

I went the full E30 M3 route (see sig) including the steering rack. It's on H&R cabrio spec springs with Bilstein sports. Everyone says it's not low enough, especially in front, and I have to agree. Not sure what I'm going to do about that yet, but I've got other stuff to take care of first.

About the style 5 (E39 or, in my case, E31): The front wheels are ET20, which should fit, but there was minor interference with the calipers, which we shaved a bit with a dremel, but the anti-rattle clips won't play with the wheels. Some guys on s14.net say they wait until the pads are worn halfway then the clips will work. Others use a 5mm spacer, but that pokes the wheel too much leading to fender interference (solve one problem and cause another). I just ordered the new 2mm spacers from ECS tuning. [EDIT: RECEIVED 2MM SPACERS. NOT THICK ENOUGH!] That should be just enough to get the anti-rattle clips on and not cause other problems. The E31 rear wheels are ET26, and apart from slight contact up inside the fender on full compression, they fit just fine.

[bimmer630]

Front:
94325is knuckles and brakes, 97+ ca's, eyeball arms, GC coilovers with Vorschlag camber plates, slotted stock abs sensors.
Rear: 318ti ta's, IE rtab's and sfb's, IE weld in camber/toe adjusters, GC coil overs, TMS shock mounts, spacers for abs sensors.

BBS RKii, 17x8 et38 235/40 Goodyear f1 Asymetric:


Style 32, 15x7 et47, was 195/60 conti's, now painted black with 225/50 Toyo R888:

looking at your front wheels and others' pics, i see that i am not the only one with wheels not centered in the wheelwell.. I emailed jon at treehouse racing today about his eyball lollipops, he said he could sell a undrilled set allowing me to put the mounting holes where i want them, pushing the tires foward basically. has anybody done something like this? id go ahead and do it, just dont know if i want to run those delrin eyeballs on the street, and plus i would like some input on where to drill the holes cause you only get one chance.

also you are running non-M knuckles, same as me. It seems like the guys with M-knuckles dont have any wheel positioning problems. I read somewhere that the M knuckles may have some additional built in caster, pushing the axle centerline even more foward than the offset CABs and 97 M-arms will give you (this was just an idea, nobody can seem to confirm it)

[e30s52]

/\ I think we need more pictures then.

[Ray Smoodiver]

kekeke yup.

Rolled, stiffer and lower now.

[daniel]

setup: E30 M3
wheels: OZ Racing AC Schnitzer 17x7.5/8.5 ET20/17

i spy some front fender rubbing.

[Ray Smoodiver]

setup: E30 M3
wheels: OZ Racing AC Schnitzer 17x7.5/8.5 ET20/17

[e30_325es]

I'd say it works ~80% of the time, the other times it turns the light on. The trailing arms I bought from someone who went a different direction with his e30 (corvette irs), and they came with spacers. I can measure these if you would like. The fronts I cut a slot in the side of the sensor to align them with the trigger wheel. I can get a pic of this if you would like.

[etxxz]

Front:
94325is knuckles and brakes, 97+ ca's, eyeball arms, GC coilovers with Vorschlag camber plates, slotted stock abs sensors.
Rear: 318ti ta's, IE rtab's and sfb's, IE weld in camber/toe adjusters, GC coil overs, TMS shock mounts, spacers for abs sensors.

BBS RKii, 17x8 et38 235/40 Goodyear f1 Asymetric:


Style 32, 15x7 et47, was 195/60 conti's, now painted black with 225/50 Toyo R888:

does your abs work? please tell me a bit about the sensors, spacers/shims etc. i can't get mine to work. I tried tunning the abs sensors in the rear to output a signal similar to the stock setup with a o-scope...the front is e36m3 stock, no shims. i hope its simple i don't wanna highjack the thread its awesome!

[e30_325es]

Front:
94325is knuckles and brakes, 97+ ca's, eyeball arms, GC coilovers with Vorschlag camber plates, slotted stock abs sensors.
Rear: 318ti ta's, IE rtab's and sfb's, IE weld in camber/toe adjusters, GC coil overs, TMS shock mounts, spacers for abs sensors.

BBS RKii, 17x8 et38 235/40 Goodyear f1 Asymetric:


Style 32, 15x7 et47, was 195/60 conti's, now painted black with 225/50 Toyo R888:

[Glen75]

My set up
97+ LCA
E30 offset bushes
325 front knuckles/brakes
Koni M3 coil overs
Std bearing plates (soon to be vorshlag)

Above still gives me over 9 deg of castor

Rear TI with IE style camber/toe kit

Wheels-17x8 BBS RC Et38+, Tyres 215/40 front and 215/40 rear.

[e30s52]

/\ Did you roll your fenders flat?

[fast325it]

Pics pics pics

C'mon fellas. We need pics!

Golde30 how the hell are you fiting those tires under your fenders? I tried running 225/50/15 on my e30 cab with e30 M3 suspension swap and had major rubbing issues.

What gives?!

-John