My 1997 M3

[stancyeze]

I actually have 2 techno coupe front fenders...

Would you be interested in selling the drivers side?

[stancyeze]

Two out of my four wheels arrived yesterday. Super stoked. Ordered lips about two weeks ago so I'm just waiting for those so I can do a rebuild. Will post better pictures of the wheels soon. Also, rear control arms arrived and poly trans mounts.

Any opinions on wheel color?

[notMpowered]

Silver

[stancyeze]

Silver

Yes, I was think either a cream, silver or white.

[notMpowered]

White would look good, but I think you'd get bored of it. Straight up silver wheels are timeless.

[stancyeze]

White would look good, but I think you'd get bored of it. Straight up silver wheels are timeless.

I agree, I will probably go with silver with some flake

[stancyeze]

Rear lips came in. They are 3 inches and I also got a couple decent pictures. Anyway here they are
























Not the best, but the car will look 100 times better once I get the wheels on.



Any suggestions on tires? Going to need a decent stretch as you can see. I was thinking 205/40 on a 9 up front and 215/35 on a 9.5 rear. Found the rear tires by Hankook but not the 205/40.. Any help would be appreciated!

[notMpowered]

Gonna need to go up a lot to fit them, but honestly it will probably look a lot better up an inch or so.

[stancyeze]

Gonna need to go up a lot to fit them, but honestly it will probably look a lot better up an inch or so.

If I raise it too much they will be poking, and I would prefer not to run a ridiculous amount of camber.

[ebphoto]

i was hoping id scroll down to pictures with tires mounted and wheels on.
..going to look sick.

[notMpowered]

If I raise it too much they will be poking, and I would prefer not to run a ridiculous amount of camber.

I don't understand how you think raising it up will make the wheels poke more. As it stands, no matter how much stretch you have, your wheels wont spin. Your choices are TONS more camber, major fender work or raise it up substantially. You will probably need a combination of the 3.

[stancyeze]

i was hoping id scroll down to pictures with tires mounted and wheels on.
..going to look sick.

I was hoping the same thing, still waiting to purchase the front lips, and waiting to get the faces powdercoated. A couple more weeks and they should be on the car.

I don't understand how you think raising it up will make the wheels poke more. As it stands, no matter how much stretch you have, your wheels wont spin. Your choices are TONS more camber, major fender work or raise it up substantially. You will probably need a combination of the 3.

The way it is sitting in the picture you are right, it will not roll. Raising the car though will add positive camber though so it will just be poking, assuming I do no fender work. I plan on doing fender work and raising the car a little bit, I have adjustable control arms I just have not had the time to install them.

[stancyeze]

Got some pictures last Friday of the car while my friend drove and my phone turned them into shitty quality, just waiting to order my front lips for my Futura's and I also have to repolish the bolts which is going to be a PITA. Wheels should be on anytime now!

[stancyeze]

Teaser, will post more pictures later when I'm off work!

[FlyLizards45]

Moar pics pls

[zeezo85]

Rear lips came in. They are 3 inches and I also got a couple decent pictures. Anyway here they are
























Not the best, but the car will look 100 times better once I get the wheels on.



Any suggestions on tires? Going to need a decent stretch as you can see. I was thinking 205/40 on a 9 up front and 215/35 on a 9.5 rear. Found the rear tires by Hankook but not the 205/40.. Any help would be appreciated!

i am running Yokohama s drive stretched . front 8.5" 205/40/17 rear 10" 215/40/17 . low noise, and they stretch good and look nice !

[stancyeze]

i am running Yokohama s drive stretched . front 8.5" 205/40/17 rear 10" 215/40/17 . low noise, and they stretch good and look nice !

Awesome, I'm running 215/40 Hankook's all around on a 9.5 front and 10 rear.

[zeezo85]

Awesome, I'm running 215/40 Hankook's all around on a 9.5 front and 10 rear.

any pictures with the new set up??

[CandySucker]

can fit 205/40s on 9.5s and 10s if needed

[bmw328m52]

for the fronts you can use yokohama s drives with a 205/40...i wouldn't go less than 215 in the rear but you're gonna need to run a ton of camber unless you pull your fenders....Any updates btw?

[stancyeze]

can fit 205/40s on 9.5s and 10s if needed

for the fronts you can use yokohama s drives with a 205/40...i wouldn't go less than 215 in the rear but you're gonna need to run a ton of camber unless you pull your fenders....Any updates btw?

Just got back from a vacation in OCMD, will be posting pictures soon. Just received my front lips. So the fronts should be on soon!

[Myricale36]

Looks great so far. Cant wait to see it with the wheels on!

[stancyeze]

Been having a lot of trouble getting my rear coilovers stiff enough so my fender isn't smacking my lips constantly. Can anyone help? I have 18k rear swift springs. Someone told me to do bumpstops so instead of it hitting my lips it'll just hit the bumpstops, but I know these coilovers can do anything you want them to do. So for anyone out there with broadways any help is appreciated.

[stancyeze]

Finally the update.


Got the rears on with tires, still waiting on one barrel for the fronts to get them together. The fronts should be on within the next week. Also ordered a M50 intake manifold and smoked lights all around. Has anyone else had weird fitment on one side for the corner lights? If so, any help of fixing it. The driver side fits perfectly, just wish the passenger side did too. Anyway on to the pictures.


IMG_5066 by mragsdale3, on Flickr


IMG_5062 by mragsdale3, on Flickr


Bad fitment
IMG_5061 by mragsdale3, on Flickr


Good fitment
IMG_5060 by mragsdale3, on Flickr


IMG_5057 by mragsdale3, on Flickr


IMG_5058 by mragsdale3, on Flickr

[zeezo85]

looks nice man ! congrats