Lets see your e46 m3 thread

[DJAM3]

At Griot's Garage caffeine and gasoline

[///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?

[Calb]

Out in the sun!

[Tbonem3]

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[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 😝

[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.

[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.

[Sylverlee]

hi

[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...

[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.

[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.

[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?

[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.

[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. 😝

[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.