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I had once heard that you can take the knob of an aluminum baseball bat and do it some how, litterally by rolling it up under the fenders I believe ...not sure about any truth to this little rumor though...
__________________ 1996 318i
5 Speed Manual
Alpine CDA-7895 Head Unit
12" Alpine Type-R, sealed box
Pioneer 400w amp for $20 at a yard sale (to replace my fried MRV-1507)
Infinity Kappa 4" 2-way speakers(rear)
Infinity Kappa 5.25" component speakers(front)
Debaffled airbox, K&N filter
Tracked Mud on carpets
Shampooed and cleaned carpets
Yeah you can, but you have to like use a hair dryer. And the paint underneath will likely peel and you could damage the paint on the outside, so it's better to have somebody that knows what they're doing. Or practice on a friends car first.
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This is carried out when you are trying to fit wheels that are too big for the arches... depending on the size you are fitting, they may have to do more than just 'roll' the lip.
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The goal is to create more room in the wheel arches for wider wheels, this is done by bending or 'rolling' the arches slightly. In more extreme cases, the arches are cut and flared outwards, then filled and smoothed.
__________________ <span style='color:blue'>"So my BM makes me a flash bastard? Then I guess you're just keeping it real from the seat of your nova?"</span>
<span style='color:gray'>"...and the home of the brave..... is bravey 130bhp from a 7 litre engine? 100bhp/litre or don't bother building it!"</span>
<span style='color:red'>"Aaahh the UK; where every road is jammed, under construction, poorly maintained and unfairly policed, at least we don't get over-taxed for it........ HA HA HA!"</span>
i know someone that did do it with a bat, had to get the underneath of his fenders repainted but he painted them himself, so it didnt cost him that much! made his 19's fit haha
DAvid
You should be fine with those wheels so long as the offset isn't too small...You need about a 35-40mm offset for e36 BMWs.
__________________ 1996 318i
5 Speed Manual
Alpine CDA-7895 Head Unit
12" Alpine Type-R, sealed box
Pioneer 400w amp for $20 at a yard sale (to replace my fried MRV-1507)
Infinity Kappa 4" 2-way speakers(rear)
Infinity Kappa 5.25" component speakers(front)
Debaffled airbox, K&N filter
Tracked Mud on carpets
Shampooed and cleaned carpets
It only scrapes the wheel wells when coming out of a hard u turn and I have all of my weight on one rear tire.... besides that... it never does.. not even going over speed bumps on accident rather quickly. I run 235's in the front... and 265's right now in the rear... I'm gonna go one size smaller... just cause of the scraping.
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...not sure about any truth to this little rumor though... 
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