Chapter 3 - 84 318i m-tech - M60 powered.

[wworm]

F34R's car has 245's in the rear under early flares but it took a fair bit of pulling, theyre also on 17"x9" wheels and the car is low af. I feel like you could make it work though. idk about fronts..

[LJ851]

Honestly , don’t know yet. I don’t want rivet flares or anything like that . I am curious if 245s will clear under stock body first though .

User robgoesvroom has pictures of this setup, its a fairly pokey in the front.

[Jean]

What kinda flares are you thinking?

Honestly , don’t know yet. I don’t want rivet flares or anything like that . I am curious if 245s will clear under stock body first though .

[wworm]

What kinda flares are you thinking?

[Jean]

those look awesome!

Thanks !

15x10 all around?

Yep

I love beefy wheels.

Who doesn’t !!! Wait, stance crowd haha

275/30-15's, right?

I need to see how these fit, have a couple of ideas and options .
1. See how 245/40 fit , if they don’t look stretched then that could be my street tire to replace the current 15x8 with 225s that I could then sell
2. Get another set of 15x10 specifically for 265 or 275 stickies , or if the 15x9
Get released get those for street tires ..

Either way I think car will have to go under the knife unless I stick with 245s ?

[The Dark Side of Will]

275/30-15's, right?

[Melon]

New shoes have arrived , I’ve waited for these for a long time . Ideally I wanted 15x9 but they currently have no eta so I had settle on 15x10. JRW 500 series 10 offset in e30 fitment . next I need to test fit big brake template .

I love beefy wheels.

[wworm]

15x10 all around?

[jeenyus]

those look awesome!

[Jean]

New shoes have arrived , I’ve waited for these for a long time . Ideally I wanted 15x9 but they currently have no eta so I had settle on 15x10. JRW 500 series 10 offset in e30 fitment . next I need to test fit big brake template .

[jeenyus]

back again

tell a friend.

[Jean]

Thanks guys! I am waiting for JongBloed 15x9 wheels then ordering biggest bbk that fits those wheels :)

Was a nice day out today so I took her out for a quick 50 mile spin.

[djjerme]

Jean,

Alpina and I think Hartge as well used Mercedes front calipers (if I recall off a W201?) with larger front rotors. This was 280mm and fit beneath a 16” rim. Not sure if you could squeeze that setup beneath a 15”.

My old PRO3 car has bad flex in the firewall and caused all sorts of brake/clutch issues. We did end up welding a reinforcement plate over it, and then used a larger brake booster. I forgot what it came off of, but I believe it was a 5 series.

I’d be careful about trying to make adjustments to braking torque via harder pads. The system needs to dissipate heat quickly, so a smaller but harder compound pad then what you need is going to lead to possible brake failure. I’d really encourage you to go big brake. We’ve been going with the Wildwood setup in the racecars and haven’t seen any issues. And these are everything from M20-S54, so wide range of speeds.

If you want, we can chat by phone sometime to see if we can figure out a solution.


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[The Dark Side of Will]

That's an example of what can fit.
Check out www.wilwood.com and start looking at their rotors. They have 12.2" units for $80.

[Jean]

Yes, e24/28 have a popular and easy upgrade path to use e32/34 brakes ...e30 does not .