New Shark in the Ocean (1985 BMW 635csi)

[Tony Shark]

Been m.i.a. but working on the car still. Did some matrix style headlight updates and also the fogs. Again, I knw some might not like this but its built for my taste. Also, got the Autostrada Modenas rebuilt and oh my did came out killer. Went with 17x10 and 17x12. Also did the stretch tire look. I also added some yellow tint on the fogs and fixed the rear spolier.

[Tony Shark]

Close up details on the wheels. 17x10 and 17x12 with 3.5 lip up front and 5 inch in the rear.

[Sean635B]

Those wheels are stunning.

However your fitment is way off for running that amount of stretch on the back.

You need to be lower. Stretching tyres isn't a look it's a necessity. Your tyre is no where near your arch so just looks weird.

[FernandoBunster]

Can someone be so kind to explain the tire stretch concept?

[dcains]

There is no explanation for it. It's unsafe, foolish, and it looks like something a 16-year old high school kid would do on his first beater Ciivic. E24 rescue squad needs to be notified before it's too late for that poor 635.

[slofut]

Remembering when I was 18 ...71 Mach1 with shackles on the rear, Monroe air shocks (adj rear height with valve stem under the bumper) too tall polyglas tires on cragar mags. Should've known better but that's what younger guys do. Those first chrome wheel pics remind me of gold teeth (grille)!

Tony, I'm very interested to see what you do with the rear speaker covers, I see they're stripped to bare metal. Please post a thread with pics when you get there.
Bill

[Tony Shark]

Remembering when I was 18 ...71 Mach1 with shackles on the rear, Monroe air shocks (adj rear height with valve stem under the bumper) too tall polyglas tires on cragar mags. Should've known better but that's what younger guys do. Those first chrome wheel pics remind me of gold teeth (grille)!

Tony, I'm very interested to see what you do with the rear speaker covers, I see they're stripped to bare metal. Please post a thread with pics when you get there.
Bill

Bill, I actually have the covers for the speakers. I was just going to do some light sanding on the metal and glue them back on. As for the first chrome wheels..the idea was to paint them white and also paint my Shark grey and give it a shark theme look but I was going over my head.

[Tony Shark]

Easy fellas, I will be going wider on the rears. I went with Achilles ATR Sports but they only made up to 255/40/17. I will be going with 275/40 in the rears. The fronts are gna stay but will prob switch to Toyo since Achilles don't make the 275/40 sizes. I did contact them to see if they can special make these size so I'm just waiting for their response. In the meantime moar pics...

[tvjake2]

Fugly... Sorry.

[Tony Shark]

Fugly... Sorry.

Tom, you can't comment something like that and then apologize....lol. Thanks for the comment. Stay basic!

[tvjake2]

Tom, you can't comment something like that and then apologize....lol. Thanks for the comment. Stay basic!

Yeah, but....I felt bad about it.

[amibuggnu]

I think it looks amazing. I first saw this in another thread and, I dunno, something about this car and what's come together works for me. It's a menacing looking beast. I've never seen headlights & fogs set up like that before - clearly they're aftermarket - but I think they really add to how imposing and badass this thing looks. I did not realise how much stretch there was on those tyres until I saw the rear end & service station shots above... yeah, maybe too much, but the actual wheels themselves are incredible.

[dcains]

I think it looks amazing. I first saw this in another thread and, I dunno, something about this car and what's come together works for me. It's a menacing looking beast. I've never seen headlights & fogs set up like that before - clearly they're aftermarket - but I think they really add to how imposing and badass this thing looks.

You wouldn't like those lights so much if you were in another car driving in the opposite direction toward them. Nothing but glare, and no horizontal cutoff on the low beams. An accident waiting to happen.

[Tony Shark]

You wouldn't like those lights so much if you were in another car driving in the opposite direction toward them. Nothing but glare, and no horizontal cutoff on the low beams. An accident waiting to happen.

These headlights have high and low beam so the opposite car driving would be just fine but you knw your headlights very well.

[slofut]

Yeah, but....I felt bad about it.

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Tony, what bulbs did you use in the yellow blinker lights? Led's? link? Do they trigger the obc bulb trouble indicator?

[dcains]

These headlights have high and low beam so the opposite car driving would be just fine but you knw your headlights very well.

I'd love to see an image of the lows (and maybe fogs, too) projected on a flat wall, such as you used for aiming them. Without any sort of focused lens over that array of LED's, it's hard to imagine how the manufacturer engineered them to have a horizontal cutoff. The only aftermarket LED headlamps I've seen that are suitable for public roads are made by JW Speaker, although the market is now full of knock-offs:

https://www.jwspeaker.com/products/c...es/headlights/

[dcains]

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Tony, what bulbs did you use in the yellow blinker lights? Led's? link? Do they trigger the obc bulb trouble indicator?

There are a number of LED "bulbs" you can use in the signal/parking light, but you'll need an electronic flasher, and you will see an error on the check panel. I've replaced all the bulbs in my car (barring the H1 headlights) with LED's, and the trade-off is well worth it. Here's just one example of a dual-filament LED you'd use up front:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LUYED-2-x-80.../112292366422?

All the bulbs in the rear are single-filament, so you'd use these:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LUYED-2-x-90.../112295330237?

Finally, for the interior, hood, trunk, license plate:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/6x-Bright-White-8SMD-5050-LED-Festoon-38mm-39mm-Interior-Dome-Map-Light-Bulbs-US-/282173225806?

[Tony Shark]

Pic overload.