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Front/Rear spacers

26 Jun 2006, 9:41am
Out of interest what size spacers are you running?

I think we'll need some quite big ones at the back and none at the front.
28 Jun 2006, 4:02pm
I happened to be down at Marlin this week and Mark showed me some spacers he has developed specifically for E30. They alter offset to allow a larger choice of wheel fitment.I'm very tempted to get some.It may be worth calling him.

Alfie.
28 Jun 2006, 7:17pm
Alfie wrote:
I happened to be down at Marlin this week and Mark showed me some spacers he has developed specifically for E30. They alter offset to allow a larger choice of wheel fitment.I'm very tempted to get some.It may be worth calling him.

Alfie.


Do you know if they are just an offset change? There is quite a good selection of spacers and hub centric spacer available on for the tunning market. I've actually got a set of 4 to 5 stud adapters but I've decided to stick with the 4 stud for now.

I might give him a call and see what they are all about :)
4 Jul 2006, 9:22pm
Stuart/Patrick,
Those seem to be a good price!

I was looking at these........

http://www.ompracing.it/prodotti.html?categorycode=GDISTCOL&changelanguage=en

which you can get from Rally Design........

http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=731_739&products_id=4734

for £36.50.

My front wheels rub on the wishbones on full lock, so I may need to put some thin ones on the front but I will wait until I get the mudgaurds fitted to be sure.

regards

Peter
8 Jul 2006, 9:55pm
Found another source of spacers tonight.........

http://www.performancefx.net/wsbmw.htm

All kinds of bolt-ons, concentric and steel or alloy choices.

not bad prices including delivery either?

Peter.
1 Aug 2006, 11:55am
Another source of spacers:

http://www.motorsportworld.co.uk/frame-detail.asp?PAGE=/manranges.asp

Eibach this time, they have a nice selection of sizes and the prices are a lot better than the needforspeed ones.

EDIT:

more: http://www.europerformance.co.uk/pages/products/category_results.mhtml?category=eibachprospacers&car=bmw3e30&sub_category=1

Also http://www.europerformance.co.uk/pages/products/category_sub_results.mhtml?category=wheels&sub_category=wheelspacers

EDIT, doh they are per axel width so 30mm = 15mm per side...

EDIT 2:

Also put an enquiry in with these guys:

http://www.performancealloys.com/alloy_wheel_spacers.asp
1 Aug 2006, 2:36pm
I've ordered the DRA ones from http://www.performancealloys.com/ they came to £105 inc vat & postage which was big chunk cheaper than the needforspeed ones :)

Very quick response to my email enquiry too, so far good service! :)
3 Aug 2006, 11:16am
I got them today, they are made by H&R and the quality looks excellent. I'll post some piccy's later!
3 Aug 2006, 8:07pm
Well here they are:



And on the car:



3 Aug 2006, 9:02pm
They look really nice!

I like the idea of standard length bolts as those long ones used with some spacers look a bit dodgy.

Peter