[GewoW]

Originally Posted by Tonybest

I think he has camber and rcomps... that's it.

those are the 2 most important

too bad my camber won't be here before may 10th

[kenneth]

Originally Posted by kenneth

If you look at the car wheel hub you will see that there's a circular lip sticking out, on which your wheels sit, This is what holds the weight, not the bolts. When using the 10mm spacer, you are no longer using the wheel hub lip, now the weight goes on the spacer lip, which is aluminum. This aluminum lip gets chopped off, with the wheel moving up and down even slightly, like a guillotine, on one side by the wheel (weight of the car) and by the other side, the wheel hub lip which is quite strong.

12 mm or more and 5mm or less won't have this effect.

Here is a pic of 10mm spacer whose lip has been guillotined

[Evochuck]

Ok i think I understand, and what if you are not using a hubcentric wheel to begin with?

[kenneth]

Originally Posted by GewoW

those are the 2 most important

too bad my camber won't be here before may 10th

The season is only starting, why the hurry?

[kenneth]

Originally Posted by Evochuck

Ok i think I understand, and what if you are not using a hubcentric wheel to begin with?

This I can't answer Is it even recommended?

I was lucky I did this with my winter wheels, and given the car sat mostly in the garage in winter, I did not put a lot of kms on it. Quite sobering when I put back my summer wheels. Had I done this for track, I can't imagine the ensuing disaster.

[vanosracing]

Well, tonight was an embarrassment for the habs.

[Pseudo Nim]

Originally Posted by Evochuck

Ok i think I understand, and what if you are not using a hubcentric wheel to begin with?

Then you should um, sell it and start again

AFAIK non-hub-centric wheels are not recommended with spacers - maybe you can get spacers that are also centering rings. Sounds expensive, and PLEASE don't track with that. Spacers are already somewhat iffy (although I was OK with 10mm on the rear).

[kenneth]

Originally Posted by vanosracing

Well, tonight was an embarrassment for the habs.

At all levels!

On the subject of hockey, we will never go far without a great goalie and many more bigger (and talented) players! Let's not kid ourselves otherwise. Regular season is not the WAR it is in the playoffs.

[Evochuck]

Originally Posted by Pseudo Nim

Then you should um, sell it and start again

AFAIK non-hub-centric wheels are not recommended with spacers - maybe you can get spacers that are also centering rings. Sounds expensive, and PLEASE don't track with that. Spacers are already somewhat iffy (although I was OK with 10mm on the rear).

Well I suppose I will get 12mm spacers and get proper hubcentric rings

[Pseudo Nim]

Originally Posted by Evochuck

Well I suppose I will get 12mm spacers and get proper hubcentric rings

I honestly don't recommend tracking with lug centric wheels. It's an unnecessary failure point. My winter wheels are lug centric and I just can't get rid of a very slight vibration, no matter what I do - rebalanced them, changed bolts, etc. You don't want this at higher speeds. Plus, wheels heat, centering rings are plastic... and metal ones expand... I dunno. I don't think anyone has enough experience with this to really say.

However! If you're talking street wheels, then never mind this entire diatribe

[Evochuck]

Alright, we are moving in the right direction, I removed my rear wheels and realised the metal rings I had actualy fitt perfectly, so im back in hubcentric mode in the rear.
As for the front I need to order a set of 79.5-72.6 metal rings and Im talking with Ryan of motorsport hardware to get another set of 12mm spacers to replace mine.

[Pseudo Nim]

Woohoo!

From the "i build shit in my garage and hope it works" dept: after stinking up the entire house in the middle of the night when I took off the fuel pump and leaked petrol all over the garage (lesson for future: close the door to the ventilation room and shut the damn thing off when working on petrol-related components), I am happy to report that I drove the car to work and nothing fell off and I do not believe any fuel leaked and fuel delivery seems normal! Stage 2+, here we come tomorrow.

[Malfunction]

Hello,

I stumbled onto this thread, looking for Montreal members. This group seems pretty active.

I'm picking up a Z4 35is tomorrow and wanted to know if I can join this thread and group, even though I do not drive a 3 series. I lived in NY most of my life and moved to Montreal a few years ago.

Thanks

-- Jeff

[catherineanh]

Originally Posted by Malfunction

Hello,

I stumbled onto this thread, looking for Montreal members. This group seems pretty active.

I'm picking up a Z4 35is tomorrow and wanted to know if I can join this thread and group, even though I do not drive a 3 series. I lived in NY most of my life and moved to Montreal a few years ago.

Thanks

-- Jeff

Yes you may join this thread! Not everyone drives a 3 series. We have an M coupe in the group amongst other cars! It's just a Montreal thread.

[Pseudo Nim]

Originally Posted by Malfunction

Hello,

I stumbled onto this thread, looking for Montreal members. This group seems pretty active.

I'm picking up a Z4 35is tomorrow and wanted to know if I can join this thread and group, even though I do not drive a 3 series. I lived in NY most of my life and moved to Montreal a few years ago.

Thanks

-- Jeff

NO! ONLY 3-SERIES ACCEPTED!!!!!!!!!

j/k. As long as you're not a douche, you're more than welcome. This began as a 3-series thread, but for instance I don't even drive a BMW anymore, never mind a 3-series, and it would appear I am not (too much of) a douche as I still haven't gotten banned

[M3 Montreal]

Originally Posted by Malfunction

Hello,

I stumbled onto this thread, looking for Montreal members. This group seems pretty active.

I'm picking up a Z4 35is tomorrow and wanted to know if I can join this thread and group, even though I do not drive a 3 series. I lived in NY most of my life and moved to Montreal a few years ago.

Thanks

-- Jeff

Lol... It's more of a car enthusiast forum now and not really a 3 series forum.

Too bad you missed a meet we has thus past weekend.

[Malfunction]

Cool,

I'm anxiously awaiting the next get together.

-- Jeff

PS Sometimes I can be a douche.

[ms372]

so any recommendation for a good shop to swap my muffler? Vag gave me an appointment on the 16th! which is kinda far and i dont think you anyone will enjoy driving behind me from tremblant

[Pseudo Nim]

Originally Posted by ms372

so any recommendation for a good shop to swap my muffler? Vag gave me an appointment on the 16th! which is kinda far and i dont think you anyone will enjoy driving behind me from tremblant

Are you suggesting you are fast enough to stay ahead of people? j/k

I would say either call Seb to see if he has time in between all his racecar builds, or I would go to Autobar, but just make sure you stay there and watch them do it - Owen is an awesome guy that does absolutely excellent work, but his crew can be sloppy, so when I do work there now I always stand there watching every single step they take. After I started doing that, I've been ultra-happy with the work they've done.

[ms372]

Originally Posted by Pseudo Nim

Are you suggesting you are fast enough to stay ahead of people? j/k

I would say either call Seb to see if he has time in between all his racecar builds, or I would go to Autobar, but just make sure you stay there and watch them do it - Owen is an awesome guy that does absolutely excellent work, but his crew can be sloppy, so when I do work there now I always stand there watching every single step they take. After I started doing that, I've been ultra-happy with the work they've done.

nope im too slow.. just make too much noise

ill give Autobar a call since they are around my area.

THANK YOU

[Pseudo Nim]

Originally Posted by ms372

nope im too slow.. just make too much noise

ill give Autobar a call since they are around my area.

THANK YOU

Talk to Owen, tell him Glen who coded his BMW sent you, you won't get a discount, but it's nice to refer people anyway.

Like I said, stick around while they do the work. An exhaust is not exactly rocket science, so it should be fine. I know GeWoW had some issues there, but I'm satisfied, and the time I had an issue when they put on my Mini's exhaust, Owen owned up to it and made it far more than right (after Canbec fked it up hardcore trying to fix it, heh, ask me about that story)

[GewoW]

my issue has always been with eric, who they fired cuz he was shit. so we're good now