15mm spacers installed in the rear....pics

Sniz · 01-31-2008, 09:02 PM

Spent a little time tonight and installed some newly delivered H&R 15mm spacers on the rear of my car. Huge difference, looks much better.
10mm front spacers are on the way.

I think I'm going to lower the car a bit more front and rear....maybe a half inch.

also spent some time w/ some Menzerna ceramic clear coat polish and put a shine back in my hood, it had some scratches.

Here you go

arabbmw · 01-31-2008, 10:15 PM

looks good man. Im hoping to get the same spacers when i get my wheels.

sandyeggo325i · 01-31-2008, 10:21 PM

stupid question....err should i say, noob question.

what do the spacers do?

Alpine · 02-01-2008, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by sandyeggo325i

stupid question....err should i say, noob question.

what do the spacers do?

They are thin (15mm in this case) pieces of metal that you put between your wheel and your hub that makes your wheels stick out further. It results in a more 'aggressive' offset.

In this case, it just makes the wheels fill out the fenders more, instead of looking tucked in.

Oh yeah, rears look great. I actually just ordered some 15mm H&Rs. Did you get the bolts from H&R- The silver ones? Any plans on painting?

Deadkookaburra · 02-01-2008, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Sniz

Spent a little time tonight and installed some newly delivered H&R 15mm spacers on the rear of my car. Huge difference, looks much better.
10mm front spacers are on the way.

I think I'm going to lower the car a bit more front and rear....maybe a half inch.

also spent some time w/ some Menzerna ceramic clear coat polish and put a shine back in my hood, it had some scratches.

Here you go

thought u purchase ET30 rears so why the need for spacers?

sandyeggo325i · 02-01-2008, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Alpine

They are thin (15mm in this case) pieces of metal that you put between your wheel and your hub that makes your wheels stick out further. It results in a more 'aggressive' offset.

In this case, it just makes the wheels fill out the fenders more, instead of looking tucked in.

Oh yeah, rears look great. I actually just ordered some 15mm H&Rs. Did you get the bolts from H&R- The silver ones? Any plans on painting?

this then potentially causes for the need of "rolling" fenders correct?

back in the day i rolled my accord fenders w/ a baseball bat...has that changed?

pseto · 02-01-2008, 07:44 AM

looks good Sniz

Sniz · 02-01-2008, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by sandyeggo325i

this then potentially causes for the need of "rolling" fenders correct?

back in the day i rolled my accord fenders w/ a baseball bat...has that changed?

hhahaha......yeah you could still do that I guess. They have specific machines for doing that these days. the spacers in my case just pushed the wheels/tires out more. I already had my fenders rolled so I'm not rubbing, but not sure if its necessary or not.

Sniz · 02-01-2008, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Deadkookaburra

thought u purchase ET30 rears so why the need for spacers?

Well EAS screwed the pooch and sent me et45 offsets for the rear instead of the et30 i ordered. Instead of waiting for them to own up to the mistake I took it upon myself to order 15mm H&R spacers w/ new bolts to fix their mistake.

The look is worth it.....I did not care for the tucked under look at all.

Sniz · 02-01-2008, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Alpine

Oh yeah, rears look great. I actually just ordered some 15mm H&Rs. Did you get the bolts from H&R- The silver ones? Any plans on painting?

yup I got the new silver bolts, you 100% need new bolts w/ spacers that large. I will be painting them black when I take the wheels off again next week to change out my brake pads. Silver FTL.

Park2670 · 02-01-2008, 10:57 AM

Did they pay for your spacers?

Sniz · 02-01-2008, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Park2670

Did they pay for your spacers?

that would have been nice huh? they said they were on back order w/ them....I just said f it....so I ordered my own.

Park2670 · 02-01-2008, 01:27 PM

You would think after a mistake like that they would have helped out

Sniz · 02-01-2008, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Park2670

You would think after a mistake like that they would have helped out

well they will claim that I made the mistake that I didnt specify et30. However I had posted and asked them directly if et30 would fit w/ 275's and asked on the phone.

Water under the bridge....I got better things to waste my time on.

akack79 · 02-01-2008, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Sniz

well they will claim that I made the mistake that I didnt specify et30. However I had posted and asked them directly if et30 would fit w/ 275's and asked on the phone.

Water under the bridge....I got better things to waste my time on.

^^ +1 Same thing happened to me. I received et45 rear offsets and they claimed I did not specify et30 for rear.....but I did....oh well. Moving on to my next mod but just buyer beware of EAS and don't expect any more business from me.

Oh ya, Sniz your ride looks hot!!!

Evo8MRto335I · 02-01-2008, 08:28 PM

Looks good.

Last E92 M3 · 02-01-2008, 08:38 PM

it looks very VERY good as is.
i dont think it's necessary to drop it even more but bottom line, looks good to me!

do you have before picture from same angle?

Sniz · 02-01-2008, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Last E92 M3

it looks very VERY good as is.
i dont think it's necessary to drop it even more but bottom line, looks good to me!

do you have before picture from same angle?

Best I could dig up.....not the same exact angle but close.

SV Concepts III · 02-02-2008, 12:46 AM

That looks spot on, fills out the rear PERFECTLY!

BMW MotorSport · 02-02-2008, 05:42 AM

Sniz I absolutely love your ride man. That new E92 Blue is so close to my Avus Blue M3. I knew BMW would come up with a close Avus some day. The E46 M3 Blue isn't so much of a Avus match but yours is spot on.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sniz

well they will claim that I made the mistake that I didnt specify et30. However I had posted and asked them directly if et30 would fit w/ 275's and asked on the phone.

Water under the bridge....I got better things to waste my time on.

Sorry to hear that man. Why are you missing the ///M logo stickers. I'm noticing more and more vendors sell their wheels with out Center Caps and ship them bare with out the ///M logos.

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Originally Posted by akack79

^^ +1 Same thing happened to me. I received et45 rear offsets and they claimed I did not specify et30 for rear.....but I did....oh well. Moving on to my next mod but just buyer beware of EAS and don't expect any more business from me.

Oh ya, Sniz your ride looks hot!!!

Interesting. You guys are not the first to experience this. I had one of my customers tell me the same thing.

Sniz · 02-02-2008, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by BMW MotorSport

Sniz I absolutely love your ride man. That new E92 Blue is so close to my Avus Blue M3. I knew BMW would come up with a close Avus some day. The E46 M3 Blue isn't so much of a Avus match but yours is spot on.

Sorry to hear that man. Why are you missing the ///M logo stickers. I'm noticing more and more vendors sell their wheels with out Center Caps and ship them bare with out the ///M logos.

Interesting. You guys are not the first to experience this. I had one of my customers tell me the same thing.

hey thanks a lot!

I ordered a set of the M stickers off of ebay for $8 or something cheap, no biggie. I also ordered a set of black bolt covers for the wheel so they all match, the H&R spacers come w/ silver bolts where the stockers up front are black.

remmib · 02-02-2008, 03:27 PM

Nice, I really need spacers for my 17" OEM winters.

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