tires and wheels "The Stance Thread"

[ray_]

2 hours ago, Glen Karr said:

Stock Tii without front strut spacers.

 

 

One of your front lug nuts is not like the others ;-)

 

Cheers,

[Glen Karr]

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3 hours ago, Glen Karr said:

Stock Tii without front strut spacers.

 

 

One of your front lug nuts is not like the others ;-)

 

Ray,

You know you're right.  Didn't notice this.  May have occurred when I had my struts rebuilt.  Shop may have lost one and replaced with an acorn.

Damn, now I'll have to replace them all.

Best,

Glen

[ray_]

Those meanies!

 

Make sure the taper is correct for the steelies. 

 

The project car came to me with the wrong lug nut taper on the rear alloys. They will back off within 100 miles.

 

(And the shop (I think) lost one of my really nice valve stem caps on the E24. Grr...)

 

Cheers,

[Glen Karr]

Ray,

If I remember correctly the steelies require a rounded taper.  I'll check Amazon and Blunt, Sorry about your valve stem cap 

Best,

Glen

[Glen Karr]

oh how nice is that!

 

Thanks SydneyTii.  Bought the Tii new in '74.  Took my Mercury Capri into Mercury dealer for service.  They had just become authorized dealer for BMW.  While waiting on Capri test drove the Tii.  Bought it right then.  Painted in 89 and garaged most of its life.  DD up until 89.

Best,

Glen

[CoastalCrush]

[irdave]

It's amazing how different they look when you slam them.  The pic at the storage place really shows the difference.

 

For reference, how wide are those wheels and whats the offset?

[BigLiquid530]

Never thought I would make to the end of this thread?

[02rusty]

75 2002

currently sitting on 15x8 +25 with spacers and 195/50/15 tyres

billy sports, h&r springs and rpm adjustable top mounts up front.

 

i have a new set of wheels 15x8 +17 and i want to put 205/50/15 r888 on as im not a fan of the stretch look. 

i know theres not really a clear answer but is rolling the gaurds enough to fit 205's under?

or is more modification required? looking at getting the gc adjustable spring kit front and back soon.

 

cheers

matt

[BigLiquid530]

1 hour ago, 02rusty said:

75 2002

currently sitting on 15x8 +25 with spacers and 195/50/15 tyres

billy sports, h&r springs and rpm adjustable top mounts up front.

 

i have a new set of wheels 15x8 +17 and i want to put 205/50/15 r888 on as im not a fan of the stretch look. 

i know theres not really a clear answer but is rolling the gaurds enough to fit 205's under?

or is more modification required? looking at getting the gc adjustable spring kit front and back soon.

 

cheers

matt

What size of spacers did you use? I would love to see more pics of your setup, on your car.

[larryt]

Currently sitting on custom coilovers, lenghty studs 15mm spacers and much knuckle-skin, blood and sweat

 

wheels are 15x7 et 65ish up front and 43et at the back, about a 2inch deep magnesium face so thats why i have the 110mm studs. 

 

 

will be converting this to air ride very soon, just need to work out how to actually do the rears

 

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[BigLiquid530]

21 minutes ago, larryt said:

Currently sitting on custom coilovers, lenghty studs 15mm spacers and much knuckle-skin, blood and sweat

 

wheels are 15x7 et 65ish up front and 43et at the back, about a 2inch deep magnesium face so thats why i have the 110mm studs. 

 

 

will be converting this to air ride very soon, just need to work out how to actually do the rears

 

Car looks great, have always loved those wheels. 

[02rusty]

20 hours ago, BigLiquid530 said:

What size of spacers did you use? I would love to see more pics of your setup, on your car.

i used an 8mm up front and a 3mm in the rear. with my new wheels at ET17 i should be fine with no spacers

[BigLiquid530]

2 minutes ago, 02rusty said:

i used an 8mm up front and a 3mm in the rear. with my new wheels at ET17 i should be fine with no spacers

Will it be ET17 all around?

[02rusty]

4 minutes ago, BigLiquid530 said:

Will it be ET17 all around?

yeh so it will be a bit wide at the rear but a bit of camber and a light hammering of the gaurds should make room