The Kebab - Page 9

hurnleft · #1 15th May 2015, 19:23

While I've been away on holiday this week the adjustable coil overs and steering wheel have been fitted by Power and Performance.

I'll pick the car up tomorrow and hopefully the suspension isn't now too hard.

Woodrim will be fine for now but will probably be replaced when I'm sure I can get comfortable with a larger one.

Cheers, Bob.

hurnleft · #2 18th May 2015, 16:15

My local tyre dealer has put a scrap tyre, of the same size as my original front ones, onto one of my 17" steels so later this week I'll try it on the front and back to see how it looks (my rear alloys were 9", the steels are 7 1/2")

I'll post photos of the results so all can like / discount the idea from their projects.

I'm pleased with the lower look but will now have to take large speed humps over one edge. Hitting them full on, even at low speed, did cause a nasty scrapping noise. Oh well, no pain no gain.

Cheers, Bob.

Plastic Porsche · #3 18th May 2015, 18:24

Bob

Your car looks great lowered,

Please can you state what is written on the front and rear wheels regarding the ET, the rear 17 x 9" style 18 wheels were fitted to 5 series e39 cars and have an ET of 26, the z3 was fitted with 17 x 8.5" rears with an ET of 41

Many thanks

Bill

hurnleft · #4 18th May 2015, 19:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plastic Porsche

Bob

Your car looks great lowered,

Please can you state what is written on the front and rear wheels regarding the ET, the rear 17 x 9" style 18 wheels were fitted to 5 series e39 cars and have an ET of 26, the z3 was fitted with 17 x 8.5" rears with an ET of 41

Many thanks

Bill

Hi Bill,
Quite right,
The rears are 8 1/2 x 17 1092508
Fronts 7 1/2 x 17 1182732

The new steels are 7 1/2 x 17 EH2 6783330 176001 34/10

Hope that helps a bit.

Cheers, Bob.

Plastic Porsche · #5 18th May 2015, 19:18

Thanks Bob

Having pictures of your car to bounce ideas off is great,

I'm planning to fit some fondmetal 7 x 15" Jaguar alloys with an ET of 20, they will be 15mm wider at the front than yours and 23mm narrower if I swap to the Z4 hubs to bring the rear track in

hurnleft · #6 18th May 2015, 19:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plastic Porsche

Thanks Bob

Having pictures of your car to bounce ideas off is great,

I'm planning to fit some fondmetal 7 x 15" Jaguar alloys with an ET of 20, they will be 15mm wider at the front than yours and 23mm narrower if I swap to the Z4 hubs to bring the rear track in

Nice looking wheels, if you can get them to sit in the arches nicely, they'll look great, especially with the spinners.
Bob.

andysharrock · #7 19th May 2015, 12:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by hurnleft

Hi Bill,
Quite right,
The rears are 8 1/2 x 17 1092508
Fronts 7 1/2 x 17 1182732

The new steels are 7 1/2 x 17 EH2 6783330 176001 34/10

Hope that helps a bit.

Cheers, Bob.

now I could be wrong but they do look like VW T5 steels I had them on my bus when I first got it they are 5x120 fitting

Axel · #8 19th May 2015, 13:53

The steel wheels look period correct and absolutely nice!!!

redratbike · #9 18th May 2015, 18:51

The car definately looks more purposeful lowered

hurnleft · #10 19th May 2015, 10:17

Trial fitted the steel wheel today.

I'm happy with the appearance and the way it sits in the arches so these are what I'm going with. A mix of modern tyre sizes and traditional looks.
Next job is to start adapting the centre towers to fit with the spinners.

Cheers, Bob.

Scottie22 · #11 19th May 2015, 16:39

I've always believed that the wheels "make the car", and this is certainly very obvious here, they look fabulous.

Mister Towed · #12 19th May 2015, 16:42

Agreed, they really look the part and will keep people guessing about the origin of the car. Will look even better with the spinners fitted.

hurnleft · #13 19th May 2015, 20:54

Thanks for your comments guys.
They do look very similar to VW T5 steels but are genuine BMW wheels, usually sold as winter wheels.

Cheers, Bob.

Very Andy · #14 20th May 2015, 10:34

Bit of a spoiler for the real thing but had to be done.
Spot on!

With Spinners

Lucky@LeMans · #15 1st June 2015, 18:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Very Andy

Bit of a spoiler for the real thing but had to be done.
Spot on!

With Spinners

I like the style of the wheels but the tyres look too low profile. I'd go for 65 or 70 profile tyres for that period look.
For me it has to be wires or maybe period style alloys.

hurnleft · #16 20th May 2015, 10:48

Thanks Andy, I've started on the towers for the spinners this morning.

Cheers, Bob.

garyh · #17 20th May 2015, 12:02

A propper classic car...

garyh · #18 20th May 2015, 13:19

I was just looking at your truck, so i can see why this is coming out so well...

hurnleft · #19 20th May 2015, 13:28

Thanks garyh,

Like all my projects, I need a lot of help from good mechanics/painter etc. I have the ideas but not always the ability. It's nice to be able to use this one whilst it's progressing.

Cheers, Bob.

hurnleft · #20 22nd May 2015, 16:36

Hi all,

Just a little note to say that I'm pleased with the lower suspension but after a very short distance one of the rear s/abs top mounts, which looked fine at the time, has failed. I've had both sides replaced to be on the safe side and would suggest you consider this yourself if lowering.

cheers, Bob.