PNW Chit Chat thread

[Maybe Magpie]

It's nothing special really, Bassett 15x8 steel D hole stock car wheels, 4x100. Tires are 225/50/15. I had to roll the inside edge of the rear fenders, and I need to roll the front a little after I get the caliper brackets shaved down, so I can ditch the 8mm spacers.

Gotcha. Think I could get away with 225/50/15s on a narrower wheel without rolling or shaving?

[delamaize]

Gotcha. Think I could get away with 225/50/15s on a narrower wheel without rolling or shaving?

I kind of half ass rolled the back on mine. And I need to roll the front. I would say a lot just depends on how stiff your suspension is

[Maybe Magpie]

I kind of half ass rolled the back on mine. And I need to roll the front. I would say a lot just depends on how stiff your suspension is

Right. I plan on slapping in some koni yellow adjustables and keeping my stock IS springs, plus M3 endlinks and fresh hardware (tower bushings, new bump stops and so on, E36 offset FCABs, etc) so not super stiff but not totally squishy either.

[TobyB]

I bought an X3.
figured my genitalia would fall off as soon as I drove it...

and yeah, there was a little shrinkage,

but it's not as bad as I feared it would be. It's a more- topheavy E39- feeling BMW.
Chicks do NOT dig it, but the cute dog hanging out the back window helps some.

I'm sick of the winter salt eating my shiny '93 Ferd Eff too fiddy from the bottom up,
and anyway, this thing will make a nice M54B30 donor when IT rusts away.
Plus, 6- speed. Maybe I could shoehorn the AWD into the E39 wagon, as the
front suspension's surprisingly E39 in design...

t
chitchatting just to bump this necrothread.

[2mAn]

t
chitchatting just to bump this necrothread.

this thread used to be wildly active... did everyone just frezze their nuts off up there??

I think buying an X3 just to 'return it to earth' slowly and leave yourself a donor drivetrain is another level of evil-genius..

bravo
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