Liam821's Phoenix Yellow

[HanSooloo]

Is it just me, or are there no pictures showing on this thread anymore?

[LeopardM3]

Looks great, man. Now your dad needs to sell me that E92 though

[Bgexpress]

I went to the local cars and coffee over the weekend here in Portland and these are a few pictures that were taken of my car. Thanks to whoever took them.

Car looks prime!


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[liam821]

I went to the local cars and coffee over the weekend here in Portland and these are a few pictures that were taken of my car. Thanks to whoever took them.

[ethan]

Great thread!

[Chubacca]

Amazing!

[liam821]

I drove the e46m3 down to San Diego a few weeks ago and stayed with my dad. He has two M3s as well (f80m3 & e92m3), and of course, we had to line them up for a photo or two...

He just picked up the LeMans blue e92m3 competition with a whole 19k miles on it. It's absolutely beautiful.



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[liam821]

10mm hubcentric is the lowest you can go till 5mm with no lip. But I think having my toe reset will solve the issue. My toe in increased some when I lowered the car a hair more. Then there's the question of whether I want the tires that flush due to the debris the gets flung up :/

Ahh makes sense. Yeah...my car flings up all sort of debris all up and down the side of the car. Luckily, you're in Southern California right? You have allll the good weather!

[Tbonem3]

10mm hubcentric is the lowest you can go till 5mm with no lip. But I think having my toe reset will solve the issue. My toe in increased some when I lowered the car a hair more. Then there's the question of whether I want the tires that flush due to the debris the gets flung up :/

[liam821]

265 ps4. So you have eff et of 15. I have et27 minus 5 clears but 10mm aka eff et of 17 rubs the tiniest bit only one side. Is your toe total or each side?

My toe is .17 was each side, was total toe is 0.34. And shoot, I misspoke above, my wheels are 18x9.5 +38 not +35. So my eff et is +18 in the rear. So you and I are very close. What is your camber/toe? Try a 9mm spacer?

[Tbonem3]

265 ps4. So you have eff et of 15. I have et27 minus 5 clears but 10mm aka eff et of 17 rubs the tiniest bit only one side. Is your toe total or each side?

[liam821]

Tbonem3 I was thinking about this more, and I realized that previously I had tried to put a larger spacer with my ZCP 19s and the tire hit the plastic/bumper part as well while it cleared everything else. Got me thinking, perhaps it's the actual tire diameter?

255/35/19, circumference: 81.8"
265/35/18, circumference: 79.5"

So they're a smaller tire, perhaps when we're talking about only a few millimeters the larger diameter and longer circumference is all it takes to clear that plastic bumper part? It's close on my car but does not hit with my current setup. What size tires do you have in the rear?

[liam821]

Liam, I'm trying to diagnose some rubbing at the back of my fenders/tire (about where metal meets plastic bumper) when I run 10mm+ spacers. It's not a camber issue, as it only gets worse with more neg camber, I'm guessing from the wheel flarring out due to toe in.

Any rubbing in the rear? I can't believe you can get it so close. Looks amazing!

Can you give me your wheel offset & rear toe/camber?

Thanks! No rubbing at all. I just drove it 1000 miles down to San Diego for work and was flawless the whole way - zero rubbing what-so-ever, thankfully.

Wheels are 18x9.5 +38 with a 20mm rear spacer. 265/35R18 Contental ExtremeContactSport. The alignment in the rear is -2.5 camber, .017 toe. A bit more camber than I originally wanted but on the plus side it gives it a bit more clearance, unsure about tire wear since I haven't driven it far enough yet.

If I was able to get my wheels in custom sizes, I probably would have gotten them in a +28 or maybe a +26 and then used a smaller spacer in the rear and none in the front - but I didn't have much choice with those wheels.

[Tbonem3]

Liam, I'm trying to diagnose some rubbing at the back of my fenders/tire (about where metal meets plastic bumper) when I run 10mm+ spacers. It's not a camber issue, as it only gets worse with more neg camber, I'm guessing from the wheel flarring out due to toe in.

Any rubbing in the rear? I can't believe you can get it so close. Looks amazing!

Can you give me your wheel offset & rear toe/camber?

[liam821]

Here are some updated pictures after the alignment and with a 20mm rear spacer. Pouring rain, typical Portland...