Lets see your e46 m3 thread

[jet_dogg]

Haha what’s even crazier are the other E46 M3s I’ve seen at Buttonwillow and Chuckwalla track days. They make my camber look minuscule in comparison. Especially those running E88s or other aggressive track wheels with 275 squared setups. I think they look pretty sick but in the end, everyone is entitled to their own opinion 😉🤟🏻

What's crazier than that is people justifying their actions based on what others are doing. I think that's called herd mentality or something like that.

nd New BBS LM with gold faces and polished lips
19x9 ET27
19x10 ET27
245/35 and 265/35R19

Fits perfectly, rides so much softer than my old OEM 225/255 setup, and looks so meaty . Gonna raise the rear up though as she's tucking those 265s and I rub going up driveways and stuff sometimes

Looks great, miss my set from 03. Surprised you have rubbing issues on +27, I had no issues with a 275 on a +25.

[0-60motorsports]

New setup: Brand New BBS LM with gold faces and polished lips
19x9 ET27
19x10 ET27
245/35 and 265/35R19

Fits perfectly, rides so much softer than my old OEM 225/255 setup, and looks so meaty . Gonna raise the rear up though as she's tucking those 265s and I rub going up driveways and stuff sometimes

That looks beautiful! I need to upgrade my LMs to 9” up front and 11” in the rear but I am afraid the only way to do that would be to get new barrels and maybe even lips.

[shibui]

What's crazier than that is people justifying their actions based on what others are doing. I think that's called herd mentality or something like that.



Looks great, miss my set from 03. Surprised you have rubbing issues on +27, I had no issues with a 275 on a +25.

Whoa there bud, that's not what I was trying to do. Was merely stating a friendly observation of the crazy camber I've seen the numerous track days I've attended. The only justification I needed for myself was the functional kind that it's been proven that this chassis performs better and is more enjoyable with camber on track, but what's equally important is that I personally like the look, not because everyone is doing it. If we woke up tomorrow and green cars were magically 2 seconds quicker around track and everyone started painting their cars green, I still wouldn't do that because I personally don't like green cars. 😝

[shibui]

Anyways, back to staying on topic. My friend's sick E46 M3 touring conversion with velocity stacks. Motortrend wrote an article about it here: https://www.motortrend.com/features/...etails-photos/

Crazy how many touring conversions there are here locally! Probably a good % chunk of them actually.

[MTiz]

What's crazier than that is people justifying their actions based on what others are doing. I think that's called herd mentality or something like that.



Looks great, miss my set from 03. Surprised you have rubbing issues on +27, I had no issues with a 275 on a +25.

Actually I was looking at my faces today and they're actually +25 in the rear. What sidewall are you running?

[Nate047]

Whoa there bud, that's not what I was trying to do. Was merely stating a friendly observation of the crazy camber I've seen the numerous track days I've attended. The only justification I needed for myself was the functional kind that it's been proven that this chassis performs better and is more enjoyable with camber on track, but what's equally important is that I personally like the look, not because everyone is doing it. If we woke up tomorrow and green cars were magically 2 seconds quicker around track and everyone started painting their cars green, I still wouldn't do that because I personally don't like green cars. 😝

TBH the track wheel/tire look is very subjective, personally I think the 10" ET25 square looks better if you add a 10mm spacer on the rear. That's not needed, and probably ill-advised if you don't have trimmed fenders. But it does even out the front to rear poke if the look is the issue. I don't like the reverse rake kind of vibe you get with the front poking out so much further than the rear. But I'm also for sure not going to be running a spacer on track just for looks.

[Nate047]

New setup: Brand New BBS LM with gold faces and polished lips
19x9 ET27
19x10 ET27
245/35 and 265/35R19

Fits perfectly, rides so much softer than my old OEM 225/255 setup, and looks so meaty . Gonna raise the rear up though as she's tucking those 265s and I rub going up driveways and stuff sometimes

Dude that's so perfect, I want that.

[shibui]

TBH the track wheel/tire look is very subjective, personally I think the 10" ET25 square looks better if you add a 10mm spacer on the rear. That's not needed, and probably ill-advised if you don't have trimmed fenders. But it does even out the front to rear poke if the look is the issue. I don't like the reverse rake kind of vibe you get with the front poking out so much further than the rear. But I'm also for sure not going to be running a spacer on track just for looks.

Yeah 100%, that's totally fair. I definitely know the track wheel/tire look isn't everyone's cup of tea and I'm not here to push it on anyone. Everyone is entitled to their own style and opinion. Sometimes I do toss on my old ZCPs because I like that look of them too, just not how heavy the 19" wheels feel and handle haha. Talking set-up though, I do have a spacer in the rear from my previous 18x9.5 ET35 setup, but I can't remember if it's a 5mm or 10mm since I put it on so long ago lol...

[Sylverlee]

hi

[jet_dogg]

Actually I was looking at my faces today and they're actually +25 in the rear. What sidewall are you running?

I thought you probably meant to say +25. Back then I ran three different tires and all were 275/30/19.

[MTiz]

I thought you probably meant to say +25. Back then I ran three different tires and all were 275/30/19.

Yeah it's my 35 sidewall that's causing me to rub with my coilovers being set so low. I didn't want a 30 cuz I wanted to look meaty. If I raise like half an inch it will be perfect.

[Nate047]

Yeah 100%, that's totally fair. I definitely know the track wheel/tire look isn't everyone's cup of tea and I'm not here to push it on anyone. Everyone is entitled to their own style and opinion. Sometimes I do toss on my old ZCPs because I like that look of them too, just not how heavy the 19" wheels feel and handle haha. Talking set-up though, I do have a spacer in the rear from my previous 18x9.5 ET35 setup, but I can't remember if it's a 5mm or 10mm since I put it on so long ago lol...

If you look at it you can probably see where it says 5 or 10 😝

[Tbonem3]

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[Calb]

Out in the sun!

[///M3RIC]

Car wasn't super clean but still brought it out to the local cars & coffee last weekend. Got rained on anyways.

I like your ARC 8 setup, what are the width / offset / tire sizes?