John's Spacer fitment thread! 20mm front / 15mm rear

John@BMW · 10-05-2009, 03:23 PM

Hey Guys!

Here is a quick thread showing how 20mm spacers fit on the front and 15mm spacers fit in the rear of the e9x m3.

The rear will rub on the outside edge where the rear bumper mates up to the rear 1/4 panel. The rubbing is not excessive but it will rub a little bit until the plastic on the rear bumper is shaved down a little bit.

The car has factory 19" wheels with factory PS2 tires (245/35 & 265/35)
The car is lowered on RD sport springs
The alignment specs are 1.8* camber in the front and 2.0* camber in the rear- (pins taken out of front strut hats)

Big Windy · 10-05-2009, 03:39 PM

any shimmy? seems like some people have been reporting this recently.

Ajax-Prime · 10-05-2009, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Windy

any shimmy? seems like some people have been reporting this recently.

It also seems to be reported, and it makes sense, that spacers will magnify any sort of wheel/tire imbalance at high rates of speed.

M3_LIN · 10-05-2009, 06:29 PM

very nice. I did 15/15 and wish that my fronts were a lil more aggressive!!

Ed Lin

AV9 · 10-05-2009, 06:30 PM

take some profile pix...i'd like to see the stance

Nawaaz · 10-05-2009, 06:42 PM

John,

You gave up your stock 18's for 19's??

Lemans_Blue_M · 10-05-2009, 07:38 PM

John, you left out too many details brother.

Exact tire brand/sizes front and rear?

Is the suspension lowered on springs or not?

If so, which brand of lowering springs are you using?

Any adjustments to the factory spec'd alignment settings?

To put your results in the proper perspective...we need details!

M3FOR4 · 10-05-2009, 07:55 PM

This car is on RD springs
The wheels are factory 19"
The tires are factory size ps2's
IDK about the alignment
All above is correct unless changes have been made recently

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lemans_Blue_M

John, you left out too many details brother.

Exact tire brand/sizes front and rear?

Is the suspension lowered on springs or not?

If so, which brand of lowering springs are you using?

Any adjustments to the factory spec'd alignment settings?

To put your results in the proper perspective...we need details!

the infamous... · 10-05-2009, 08:38 PM

Nice fitment.

Bart@AUTOcouture · 10-06-2009, 10:08 AM

ive been debating the 20mm front after seeing the 18/15 setup. looks great.. 20/15 it is.

John@BMW · 10-06-2009, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nawaaz

John,

You gave up your stock 18's for 19's??

nope!

As of right now, I own-

18" wheels/ with PS2s
19" wheels/ with PS2s
19x10 +25 SSR GT2 with Hoosier R6s at all 4 corners
20x9, 20x10.5 BBS CH-R in silver with 255/35 & 295/30 PS2s

I will try to get pics of all the wheels up in the same thread- that should be cool!

KiokenM3 · 10-06-2009, 01:07 PM

tuff as balls. approved

E92-Lighting · 10-07-2009, 11:07 AM

spacers are great mods, a MUST, H & R ftw

NoM3ForMe · 10-07-2009, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KiokenM3

tuff as balls. approved

Haha. +1.

spoonf20c · 10-07-2009, 12:05 PM

clean setup. are you running yellow bulbs inside the angel eyes? i've been wanting to do that but i dont know how much yellower it'd be over the stock bulbs

BRDHNTR · 10-07-2009, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John@BMW

nope!

As of right now, I own-

18" wheels/ with PS2s
19" wheels/ with PS2s
19x10 +25 SSR GT2 with Hoosier R6s at all 4 corners
20x9, 20x10.5 BBS CH-R in silver with 255/35 & 295/30 PS2s

I will try to get pics of all the wheels up in the same thread- that should be cool!

What size Hoosier tires are you running on 19"s that you aren't rubbing?

John@BMW · 10-07-2009, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BRDHNTR

What size Hoosier tires are you running on 19"s that you aren't rubbing?

Im running 265/35/19 Hoosier R6 on 19x10 +25 offset- No rubbing for me.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikecenizal

clean setup. are you running yellow bulbs inside the angel eyes? i've been wanting to do that but i dont know how much yellower it'd be over the stock bulbs

For Petite LeMans, I put the GP Thunder 3000k yellow bulbs in the car as a GT2 M3 tribute. They look so good that Im leaving them! They are MUCH more yellow than the factory bulbs and pretty damn bright! I love them- I also bought a set of 7500 GP thunder bulbs as well- The OEM angel eye bulbs look white compared to these 3000k bulbs- very big difference.

picture courtesy of my iphones .000008 MP camera

spoonf20c · 10-07-2009, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John@BMW

Im running 265/35/19 Hoosier R6 on 19x10 +25 offset- No rubbing for me.

For Petite LeMans, I put the GP Thunder 3000k yellow bulbs in the car as a GT2 M3 tribute. They look so good that Im leaving them! They are MUCH more yellow than the factory bulbs and pretty damn bright! I love them- I also bought a set of 7500 GP thunder bulbs as well- The OEM angel eye bulbs look white compared to these 3000k bulbs- very big difference.

picture courtesy of my iphones .000008 MP camera

nice, thanks for the info and the pic. i'll give it a shot. gt2 car is mean lookin and im tired of the typical whitish blue hue everyone runs.

catch · 10-07-2009, 09:32 PM

perfect imo!

bavarian19 · 10-08-2009, 05:43 AM

Isnt that worrying you with running such large spacers? Concerned about breaking bolts?

John@BMW · 10-08-2009, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bavarian19

Isnt that worrying you with running such large spacers? Concerned about breaking bolts?

no, not at all- The car does have our stud and lug conversion. We have yet to be able to break one of our studs

20mm might seem large to most people but it really isnt- Dont make me put a 50mm spacer on there like those Porsche peoples

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