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  • blocke
    E30 Fanatic
    • Mar 2009
    • 1305

    #1

    Bottlecaps and wheel spacers

    What spacers could i get to make my bottlecaps looks less waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles?
    I just got new tires, so i cant afford to haul off and buy new rims and tires till these ones wear out. In the meantime, can I throw some spacers on there to make the stance look a bit more aggressive?
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  • Fast Frankie
    Grease Monkey
    • Apr 2009
    • 336

    #2
    what suspension do you have?

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    • blocke
      E30 Fanatic
      • Mar 2009
      • 1305

      #3
      Stock, but after the holidays that will change. For now it looks like ill be rolling bottlecaps for a year or so..
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      • theox69
        E30 Mastermind
        • May 2008
        • 1732

        #4
        You want your car to look more aggressive with bottlecaps and stock suspension?
        Look up kamotors.
        His car's on H&R Sports and he has bottlecaps with spacers.
        He also has an IS lip with a splitter.
        I'd call that more clean than aggressive..

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        • blocke
          E30 Fanatic
          • Mar 2009
          • 1305

          #5
          Yeah, call it what you will. I just want it to look better given its current limitations (bottlecaps for another year and stock suspension).
          I just noticed that the bottlecaps seem so narrow and sit so deep inside the wheel wells. Id like them to sit more flush with the outside of the car, i think it looks cleaner with a wider stance, less old people car.
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          • JRW21
            Advanced Member
            • Aug 2009
            • 190

            #6
            I have 10mm spacers on my 91 318is, looks much better than stock. You could go with 10mm-15mm. I think 15mm will get pretty close to the fender.

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            • kamotors
              R3V OG
              • Nov 2007
              • 7102

              #7
              I have 20mm spacer but could probably fit 30mm in the back.


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              • flawdaboi407
                Grease Monkey
                • Mar 2008
                • 324

                #8
                i have 15mm's in the front and 20mm's in the rear. I run a 185/70/14 tire sitting on billy sports and h&r springs. definatly looks way better than stock.
                84' 318i m30b35 swapped!

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                • imagine-02
                  Noobie
                  • Jun 2009
                  • 37

                  #9
                  Did you guys have to get longer lug bolts with those spacers?
                  :crazy:

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                  • kamotors
                    R3V OG
                    • Nov 2007
                    • 7102

                    #10
                    yes


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                    • Holland
                      R3V OG
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 7176

                      #11
                      Do at least 20mm, Kamotors knows his shit.
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                      • 8380 Labs
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                        • Oct 2006
                        • 2990

                        #12
                        i had to run 10s up front to clear my coilovers. i put some 20s out back to even things out and the rears fill the fenders very nicely.

                        im gonna bump the fronts up to 15s for a little more clearance and to get them more even in the fenders with the rears.

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                        • trackjunkie21
                          No R3VLimiter
                          • Jan 2010
                          • 3962

                          #13
                          Where can I get the longer studs?
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                          • Danny
                            Moderator
                            • Feb 2008
                            • 14216

                            #14
                            Run 35mm spacers or you're a bitch

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                            • Simon S
                              No R3VLimiter
                              • Oct 2004
                              • 3758

                              #15
                              Originally posted by trackjunkie21
                              Where can I get the longer studs?
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