E39 Rear Wheels

[stealthsmooth]

hello all
I have a set of rondell on my rears. thses are 10*18 with 265.35.18 on.
my car has been lowered by 40mm and the wheel has been scrapping in the inner arch. If i was to put my orginall suspension back on will this eliminate the problem as the car will be sitting higher? pls. advice as I need to get this problem sorted before I distroy my 2 new tyres. thanks. ghead

[///M Power]

What you could do is roll the rear fenders. It's a very common practice procedure, especially for a lowered car with wider tires. This would probably be a cheaper option for you than redoing your suspension back to stock because changing out the BMW suspension + alignment can be costly if done by a shop. And to give an educated guess on your question, yes I do believe returning to your stock suspension would alleviate this problem, but if you have many passengers in the rear seats it may return.

Roll your fenders, Good Luck!

[hitz]

Originally posted by ///M Power@Jul 19 2005, 10:18 PM
What you could do is roll the rear fenders. It's a very common practice procedure, especially for a lowered car with wider tires. This would probably be a cheaper option for you than redoing your suspension back to stock because changing out the BMW suspension + alignment can be costly if done by a shop. And to give an educated guess on your question, yes I do believe returning to your stock suspension would alleviate this problem, but if you have many passengers in the rear seats it may return.

Roll your fenders, Good Luck!

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i've already rlled the fenders. what i done is change the style of the rear tyres to ones without no edge protector. i think thats solved the problem. hopefully.
cheers

[///M Power]

Sorry, but what is a "edge protector?"

[tacroteau]

I believe he is referring to the design where on LOW profile tires, when you hit a pothole, the tire compresses, and squeezes out a chunk of rubber from the sidewall, that covers the outside lip of your rim. I have these on mine(see pict) and withought them I'd be screwed. It really saves your rims.

Originally posted by ///M Power@Jul 20 2005, 04:44 PM
Sorry, but what is a "edge protector?"

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