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[Cronopoulos]

Looks great!

[lambo]

Hmm, with shortened housings don't you just unbolt the three nuts at the top (camber plate) and you can pull it out from under the fender? I can do that on mine with stock housings, so swapping struts is a breeze. I wouldn't worry about time or space too much.


And before people try to take this the wrong way, I'm only asking in case you didn't realize how easy it is :)

No idea... I was under the impression the whole strut would have to come out. Ideally that's how I'd like to do it so I can clean some stuff up... idk

[325i]

Meh.....

haha looks good.

[Vivek]

No idea... I was under the impression the whole strut would have to come out. Ideally that's how I'd like to do it so I can clean some stuff up... idk

Nope, if you don't have to clean anything up it shouldn't take more than an hour or two max. Are you planning on repainting/PC'ing your housings?

[lambo]

Nope, if you don't have to clean anything up it shouldn't take more than an hour or two max. Are you planning on repainting/PC'ing your housings?

I guess that makes sense. Housings are already PC'd but the driver's side housing has a lot of shock gunk on it from the blown shock...

[lambo]

Just secured a decent paying job for the summer. Things will finally be happening!

[lambo]

Well...I definitely need to get around to fixing my damper... Any kind of spirited driving gets a little sketchy if there are slight bumps in the road...

[lambo]

Planning for the summer... Who knew Excel could be so fun haha

[IronFreak]

^^^Looks like a solid list!

[ak-]

Measure with washers or something before you order your spacers for front clearance.

[N2MYE30]

BTW, there seems to be an error on your list. Please correct the color wheel from "white" to "silver". Whew, that was close!

[lambo]

Measure with washers or something before you order your spacers for front clearance.

I might bump it up to 5mm just to be safe. But, once I get the wheels I want to be able to run them immediately and then sort out the perfect spacers afterwards.

BTW, there seems to be an error on your list. Please correct the color wheel from "white" to "silver". Whew, that was close!

Haha! Nah, I'm gonna go with the white and black bolts...hoping to kind of mimic this:

[IronFreak]

MMMMMMM.....Wheelzzz.

I like that, fresh look for that wheel. I would look clean on your car.

[ak-]

I might bump it up to 5mm just to be safe. But, once I get the wheels I want to be able to run them immediately and then sort out the perfect spacers afterwards.

well yeah, but you can't do that if it won't clear strut lol.
I wasn't talking about dem fenders

[lambo]

well yeah, but you can't do that if it won't clear strut lol.
I wasn't talking about dem fenders

That's what I was talking about, too. Mystikal recommended a 3mm, so a 5mm would be on the safer side.