[N0Chill 335i]

Aaaaaaannnnd... STILL no coilovers. I hate waiting, I seriously can't stand it. #FirstWorldProblems

I'm gonna put on my wheels Saturday. Have my shop swap the TPMS out, mount and balance, throw the appropriate sizes spacers on and have my fenders rolled. It will poke slightly for a week or 2... But it will save me time and make feel like this build is actually moving along. It's been too stagnant waiting for this stuff.

[blau_340i]

Go with 265/35 on the rears. You'll clear it. I ran 19x9.5 +35 with 265/35. Cleared with camber.

[FutureHendr1x]

Originally Posted by N0Chill 335i

Been crazy lately with the 2 jobs... Almost a month exactly since I've updated this thread. Picked up some M6 style reps in gunmetal. I found a setup I could not let slip by. 19x9.5 et37 all around. Planning on running 255/35 on all 4 corners. About to order my BC Coilovers as well. From my calculations the fitment should be PERFECT in the front with the right drop and like -2.5ish degrees of camber. I'm not really concerned about the rears right now. Once I dial these bad boys in, I'll know the limitations of fitment for the fronts of these cars and will be able to order the correct specs for my Work SP3s.

these wheels look awesome where did you get them from are they hub centric?

[F30_SixSpeed]

Can you post up details of your entire brake setup? Calipers, pads, rotors? Looking to upgrade sometime soon. TY

[N0Chill 335i]

Got the wheels put on today. I'm very pleased with the look of them. Even more so, the minimal amount of stretch on the 9.5 with 255/35. I wanted to do 255/40 all around, but these will do for now. Wheel specs are 19x9.5 et37 all around, 5mm spacers in the front to clear the strut and 12mm spacers in the rears to match the poke of the fronts.

Here's a pick of the inner clearance for reference. I could probably do a 265/35 with an 8mm spacer and -3 camber, but I'm trying to keep it at -2 or less.



Pictures of the wheels mounted. Pissed that my black BMW Roundels don't fit these openings.











I got the rear fenders rolled just for the extra few mm of space to reduce any potential rubbing. Hopefully my coilovers will be here within the next 2 weeks. One day at a time.

[N0Chill 335i]

Originally Posted by blau_340i

Go with 265/35 on the rears. You'll clear it. I ran 19x9.5 +35 with 265/35. Cleared with camber.

I would have, but since these are my beater wheels I wanted a square setup. I'll probably do a 265/35 front and 295/35 rear setup when I get my real wheels. Still playing around with fitment ideas right now.

Originally Posted by FutureHendr1x

these wheels look awesome where did you get them from are they hub centric?

eBay my friend. Lol. But you can find them all over the forums. Lots of resellers on here.

Originally Posted by F30_SixSpeed

Can you post up details of your entire brake setup? Calipers, pads, rotors? Looking to upgrade sometime soon. TY

This is the standard 335i setup. 4 pot Brembo front calipers with the 340mm rotors. I purchased the 4 pot rears to get rid of the shitty stock one. I have to order the 345mm rear rotors to make them work. From my research, this is the same setup on the M235i from the factory. I'll be ordering the 340mm front, 345mm rear drilled and slotted rotors from R1CONCEPTS with ceramic pads, priced it out for like $670ish. I have like 25% life on my OEM pads and I'm at 40K miles on the rotors so I may end up doing this by the end of the year. Wanted to wait until next year, but I'll do what I have to do.

[N0Chill 335i]

FINALLY!!!



Too bad I have to work all day Saturday... FML.
It is what it is though, better late than never.

[bavarianf30]

Originally Posted by N0Chill 335i

Finally starting to order pieces for this thing with the holidays being over. F82 Style Rear Spoiler in gloss black came in yesterday... I likes it a lot.



Ordered my quad diffuser, front lip and quad exhaust tips today. Should all be here within a couple weeks.

Where did you order your diffuser and exhaust tips? Any links ?

[N0Chill 335i]

Originally Posted by bavarianf30

Where did you order your diffuser and exhaust tips? Any links ?

eBay, no links sadly. Diffuser was from a seller out of Taiwan. The tips are just stainless steel, dual, 3" at 6.5" total.

[Johnny250]

Let me know how the coilover install goes, interested because I want to see how it fits and how much camber you needed.

great build!

[N0Chill 335i]

Originally Posted by Johnny250

Let me know how the coilover install goes, interested because I want to see how it fits and how much camber you needed.

great build!

Going on Saturday. I doubt this setup will take more than -1.8ish to fit for the drop I'm going with. I only want to reduce wheel gap, maybe tuck a few mm of tire once it settles. This is all a barometer for my next setup.

[Anshu]

if I'm reading right, your front set up is at 19x9.5 et 32 (with spacer) with 255/35? and et 25 in the rear? No rubbing with that?

[N0Chill 335i]

Originally Posted by BOOT335

if I'm reading right, your front set up is at 19x9.5 et 32 (with spacer) with 255/35? and et 25 in the rear? No rubbing with that?

Yes, you're reading that correctly.
No rubbing at all. However, I had my rears rolled slightly. Eyeballing it, I doubt it would have rubbed at stock height anyway.

[N0Chill 335i]

Call from my shop today, they fired 2 guys for internal theft. I have to push my install back to Wednesday. Pissed, but it's life.

[wdeerfield]

those wheels look awesome on there. do you think you'll have inner clearance issues with the coilovers?

Im thinking of getting those but in 19x8.5 et35 square with 255s

[N0Chill 335i]

Originally Posted by wdeerfield

those wheels look awesome on there. do you think you'll have inner clearance issues with the coilovers?

Im thinking of getting those but in 19x8.5 et35 square with 255s

Height wise I doubt it as my BCs don't have that additional rubber guard that OEM shocks have. May be an issue width wise, but I have 8mm spacers to go up to from the 5mm on there now. Another - .5 degrees won't make much of a difference camber wise.

Go for it, I like the look of these compared to every other set of OEM wheels of our generation. Gives the F30 a real OEM plus feel.

[N0Chill 335i]

This happened today.



I've been grinning like a school girl ever since. A quick reminder on the fitment specs for anyone that cares to know:

19x9.5 et37 with 255/35/19 tires all around
5mm spacers in front, 12mm spacers in the rear.
Lowered 2.5" front and 1.8" in rear on BC Extreme Lows with 12kg front springs and 10kg rear springs. (These things drop really low... I have so much room left to go lower...

Camber and toe listed in pic below. I'm still debating how I want to play this. I think the rears need to be raised about .5" and I'll either drop down to 8mm spacer in the rears or move up to an 8mm spacer up front. Then I'll alter the camber to either be -2 all around or -2.5 all around.



A few more night time cell phone pics until I can get the DSLR out and have a real session.







For the record, there's absolutely no rubbing at all... like anywhere. I have room for another 5-7mm up front at -2, probably 10-12mm at -3. This is really helping me get the specs down for my Meisters SP3s, I'm very happy. If anyone has any fitment questions feel free to hit me up.

[Johnny250]

this gives me great hope in fitting my 18x9.5 +28 all around with 255/40/18

[theEZV]

Looking good! Who did your coilover install? I need a place to throw mine on.

[N0Chill 335i]

Originally Posted by Johnny250

this gives me great hope in fitting my 18x9.5 +28 all around with 255/40/18

You'll need some camber but you shouldn't have much issues besides that. I'm lower than I wanted to be and I have no problems with rubbing.

Originally Posted by theEZV

Looking good! Who did your coilover install? I need a place to throw mine on.

Luigi Motorsports in Laurel.

[KhanArt]

Damn that looks good! I need to get wheels and lower mine.

[theEZV]

Originally Posted by N0Chill 335i

Luigi Motorsports in Laurel.

Can I ask what you paid? I've called a few places and some of the quotes were outrageous. PM if you don't want to say publicly.