Wheel setups that look good on H&R sports

[saturnv7890]

I know a lot of you are going to disagree, but to me a 16" deep dish looks great, but only when the car is slammed pretty damn low. Unfortunately, as a daily driver in houston with monstrous curbs and speedbumps everywhere, slammed is not an option.


So my goal is to find a setup that looks good at H&R sport height. The looks I've loved are the stock looking wheels, e38 16" style 5's and 15" weaves with spacers.

Can anyone post some pictures of their setups at H&R sport height? Or offer some insight?


I'll probably ultimately end up going with the e38 style 5's and 5 lug adapters.
Here's a setup I like, pretty sure the height is the same:
CREDIT: einstein57

[einstein57]

That was back when i was on H&R races. That pic is with 3mm spacers in the front only.

[saturnv7890]

Oh! Well thanks!! I hope it's okay I borrowed your picture! I'll give credit where it's due.

It's an exemplary setup I think. Was it 3mm spacers and a redrill?

And did you have drop hats?


From what I understand, sports and races are the same height.

[LJ851]

From what I understand, sports and races are the same height.

No.

I've had both on mine and races are 1/2 inch lower in front and over an inch lower in the rear.

[einstein57]

Oh! Well thanks!! I hope it's okay I borrowed your picture! I'll give credit where it's due.

It's an exemplary setup I think. Was it 3mm spacers and a redrill?

And did you have drop hats?


From what I understand, sports and races are the same height.

They were redrilled. You have to do some grinding on the caliper carrier for spacers less then 8mm. I put the smallest one possible to avoid having to cut out a section of the bracket. It stat pretty much flush with the fender up front. Rears could have used 12mm spacers. I do have a set of style 4 that i'l be selling as soon as them come back from getting re-drilled.

I don't remember if i had top hats at that point in time.

As far as lowness the races are lower then sports.

[saturnv7890]

They were redrilled. You have to do some grinding on the caliper carrier for spacers less then 8mm. I put the smallest one possible to avoid having to cut out a section of the bracket. It stat pretty much flush with the fender up front. Rears could have used 12mm spacers. I do have a set of style 4 that i'l be selling as soon as them come back from getting re-drilled.

I don't remember if i had top hats at that point in time.

As far as lowness the races are lower then sports.

Ah how could I forget about style 4's! Those would probably look good near h&r height too! Does anyone have pictures of those set up on a similar e30?


My sports appear to be seated in nicely, they've got quite a few miles/years on them and some autox and HPDEs. Maybe with drop hats I'll be at an acceptalbe height, without sacraficing comfort and clearance.
Worst comes to worst I'll just throw in some races down the road!

[einstein57]

Or coils. They cost about the same.

[saturnv7890]

Or coils. They cost about the same.

Haha do I sense a shameless plug??

I was actually gonna get yours if I end up getting coils. I'd be okay with cutting/shortening the housing, is that what people do on yours to get really low?

[einstein57]

Most people don't do that unless they want to tuck tire. Black one is my daily. I ride on 6" 350 # springs cause i'm becoming an old man. lol. Stock housings and strut mounts. The bottom one is mikes. He has 6" 450 springs with race camber plates. Both cars are on undersized tires. I'm on 15s hes on 16s

[agent]

Klaus is on H&R Sports with Koni SAs and 16x7.5 RD RGPs. Lots of pics in his build thread.

[saturnv7890]

Most people don't do that unless they want to tuck tire. Black one is my daily. I ride on 6" 350 # springs cause i'm becoming an old man. lol. Stock housings and strut mounts. The bottom one is mikes. He has 6" 450 springs with race camber plates. Both cars are on undersized tires. I'm on 15s hes on 16s

Those are some clean setups! How's your pan clearance at your current heigh? I think I'm sold on the coilovers.. once I get everything else done!

Klaus is on H&R Sports with Koni SAs and 16x7.5 RD RGPs. Lots of pics in his build thread.

Checked out the thread, that's probably the cleanest early model I've seen! And that setup looks really good, no tire stretch makes that look really classy and practical. I'll probably aim for a fitment like that! Thanks for pointing me that way.

[einstein57]

Not sure about clearance. Have not touched the pan though even when i was a half inch lower.

[saturnv7890]

Alrighty well I appreciate all the help! I guess the beuty of coilovers is I can just raise it up if needed.

[Dirtboy]

Here's mine when I had euroweaves on. H&R sport with front drop hats. No spacers.

[saturnv7890]

Here's mine when I had euroweaves on. H&R sport with front drop hats. No spacers.

What sized tires? That looks really nice, I love the stock look