Bronzit E30 - OBDII S52 shaved bay - weekend/autox toy - Journey

[Melon]

either you have tiny hands, or those rims are wide as f***. I'm going with tiny hands.

Seriously, these should look badass and put down some serious rubber

lol

[Albie325]

Either you have tiny hands, or those rims are wide as f***. I'm going with tiny hands.

Seriously, these should look badass and put down some serious rubber

[Sh3rpak!ng]

how do you even order these wheels and what's the price range? Their website doesn't give any insight. I think these are awesome and they have some pretty cool wheels in there!

Through phil's tire service, looks like $240 per wheel. I bought these used for a considerable discount and will be refinishing them. Should still total out quite less than a new set, and in the color I want too :D I agree they have a handful of really nice designs. Also fairly lightweight @~14 lbs per wheel

https://philstireservice.com/shop/jrw-series-500-15x10-bmw-e30/

[jeenyus]

how do you even order these wheels and what's the price range? Their website doesn't give any insight. I think these are awesome and they have some pretty cool wheels in there!

[Sh3rpak!ng]

Now we're talking. Something to actually utilize those flares ;)

these or a different 15/16x10 have always been in my plans, just didn't have the budget to justify two sets fo wheels/tires until now

ironically I still probably won't be able to use the current flares, looks like I'll need to go a bit wider, or figure out some other way to gain inner rim->strut clearance. Currently I stacked 20mm worth of spacers just to get the wheel to bolt up and not touch the strut. I'm at 2.5* camber so I could possibly go for a bit more there too. Debating whether to just refinish the wheels and put tires on them and then figure out how to make it fit, or solve it now.

YES. I love the new wheels.

me too I've had my eye on them for several years

[rzerob]

YES. I love the new wheels.

[Digitalwave]

Now we're talking. Something to actually utilize those flares ;)

[Sh3rpak!ng]

Jongbloed series 500 15x10 Thinking of a 245/45 200tw tire to start. Also need to figure out how to make them fit. Planning to powdercoat them gloss grey, maybe a slate grey. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

[ForcedFirebird]

I've used those fittings several times over the years, they are great (work on lsx swaps too) - they are also sold in the other direction (male quick disconnect to -an).

Will, since you are are planning on an m50 manifold, the m50 fuel rail will work perfect. It's when you mix OBD2 manifolds and OBD1 fuel rails that the beauty covers no longer fit.

[Sh3rpak!ng]

I believe the fuel rail is from the earliest E39 528i up to 09/1997 build. Part number is 13531436468. Very expensive new but used ones are out there...I finally found one at a yard that was willing to let me look at their inventory to determine build dates. It is a really clean solution for fuel line routing and uses the standard rail mounted 3.5 bar regulator. MJ

Yes that's the one! Thanks for the detail. I forgot which year it was. Got lucky on ebay a few years back but otherwise I'm sure you can find one in a yard. The yards here in socal are loaded with e39s. LKQ lets you browse their inventory if you have any of those yards around where you live. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

[mjweimer]

I believe the fuel rail is from the earliest E39 528i up to 09/1997 build. Part number is 13531436468. Very expensive new but used ones are out there...I finally found one at a yard that was willing to let me look at their inventory to determine build dates.

It is a really clean solution for fuel line routing and uses the standard rail mounted 3.5 bar regulator.


MJ

[The Dark Side of Will]

russel makes those

fuel rail came from a 5 series 1999 IIRC theres 1 or 2 years where the FPR was mounted on the rear of the rail and both feed and return are also at the rear. Nice and neat OEM way to keep the fuel lines out of the way and not have to mount an external FPR

Awesome! I have an extremely slow going S52B32 swap with M50 manifold that could benefit from that fuel rail. Thanks!

[Sh3rpak!ng]

That's an interesting piece. Who's the maker/vendor?
What application did your fuel rail come from?

russel makes those

fuel rail came from a 5 series 1999 IIRC theres 1 or 2 years where the FPR was mounted on the rear of the rail and both feed and return are also at the rear. Nice and neat OEM way to keep the fuel lines out of the way and not have to mount an external FPR

[The Dark Side of Will]

Yes, you are correct. I suppose I could've just snipped the barb off the hardlines and used an adapter but I wanted more flexible length to make it easier to move the fuel rail out of the way if/when intake manifold etc need to come apart. Didn't really make much difference to me one way or another.

I actually used this adapter specifically because it threads together which I liked better than the "clip-on" ones

That's an interesting piece. Who's the maker/vendor?
What application did your fuel rail come from?

[Sh3rpak!ng]

You've already cut your lines at this point, but...

You made me take a look for your fuel lines.

Looks like those connections are normal quick connect fuel fittings, like these:

What's the fuel rail application?

Yes, you are correct. I suppose I could've just snipped the barb off the hardlines and used an adapter but I wanted more flexible length to make it easier to move the fuel rail out of the way if/when intake manifold etc need to come apart. Didn't really make much difference to me one way or another.

I actually used this adapter specifically because it threads together which I liked better than the "clip-on" ones

Thank you! I guess I need to get a catch can kit or something for that line as well.

Yes. I didn't get the lines in a kit though. Made my own.