If it is it isn't by much, the whole car was jacked up (suspension wise) for any needed clearance. Hence why stock Xs sit so high.

 

Blain, ever seen a proper e92 m3 on any stance site? Can't seems to find any, but I know you frequent those sites much more than I do. I'm intrigued to check out a few - also looking to sell the G and move on possibly.

 

I actually don't frequent any of the fitment sites haha, I'm tired of pretty much everything out there except total crazy vip builds.

Don't buy an E9x, they're the worst 3 series IMO styling wise.

 

4DGS, first off one of my fav canadian sedans!

Curious if you could reply to my earlier post as I know you are the most knowledgeable. =)

 

Omg. First pic makes me wanna get a 335i. Don't wanna take out a loan for an m3. Srsly contemplating it. Part out, sell the g, and have a completely paid off 2008-9 335i with under 50k mi. Fuhhh

 

What happened Drew? New wheels not even a month old. They didn't give you lasting satisfaction you were hoping for?

I actually had my eyes on the latest 3 series myself before I decided I didn't want to spend the extra money.

How long you have your g? I can understand needing something new

 

Hey sorry I missed it, can you post your question again?

There are much better options in that price range.... Maseratis for one.

 

Here's a question.

I have 4 work vs-xx's in my garage at the moment. I believe they are 18x9.5 and 18x12.5 flat lips..

Two wheels (driver f&r) have their lips totally destroyed. The rear lip being bent inwards so much that it has made contact with the face. I'd say if you unbent that lip, a portion of one of the spokes which it contacted will be missing (very small, about half the size of a pea). The faces are otherwise perfectly fine.

The two passenger side wheels are fine. But the lips are pretty much aesthetically ruined. Stubborn water spots, and other dirt that refuses to come off. A professional re-polish might fix them. The faces are 10/10 on the the passenger wheels.

So here's my question. Dafuq should I do with them? I want to turn them into step lip 19" if possible. And repaint the faces to white (or insert other unoriginal color here).

Would I pretty much send them out to get 4 new lips put on, then have them paint the face, and fill the the small pea sized bite off of one of the spokes?

I'm also interested in seeing what sizes I can go.

At the moment I'm running
18x9.5 +25 - 3" lip
18x13 -6 - 6" lip
on widebody rear fenders (1" each side)

The fronts are tucked about 24-26mm with the +25 offset. The rears seem to sit just right for me. I have no bbk and the rear spokes have like 1.5-2 inches of clearance from the caliper. How big of a lip can I go without having the new setup stick out anymore than my current one. Would it all depend on the pad thickness on the Works compared to the CCW?

As for inner clearance. With the rear 18x13 -6. I don't think I could afford having the wheels move inward anymore. I'm not rubbing the strut, but the tire is already barely rubbing against the inner fender well. (barely. but change the offset by 1-2mm and it'll rub way more)

So what to do? Attempt to salvage the set? Or just sell them.

 

holy ****....that is a huge difference between 9.5 and 13 even if its a widebody haha any pics of the damaged wheels??

 

The two fvcked up Works can be found here.
(most of the damage on the face is paint chipping)

https://g35driver.com/forums/18-inch...-advan-rs.html

Since it will probably be asked, and although it was explained in that thread, let me explain.

The car was parked on the street and some lady in a mercedes S class felt douchey and sideswiped the car. Hitting the poked wheels, but sparing the rest of the car. (Aside from denting the front fender in the process)

 

And the two non damaged ones (save for the stubborn dirt) can be seen here, amidst a mess of crap in my garage.

 

^^^woww....i never realized that lips could bend that much....

 

it's jdm yo

 

Well if you're looking to step them to 19s all lips and barrels are scrapped anyways. So pull those off and put them up for sale as salvage. Strip the wheels and coat the faces whatever you want. Now you can pretty much choose any specs you want when it comes to rebarreling because you're choosing pretty much exactly where the face is situated with the lip and barrel. The pad size will come into pay but only worth about 25mm difference. (so it'll affect 1" MAX)

Contact the guys at wheelflip or something as it's a pretty big task to take on yourself. (unless you're down for it) and see what your options are for in stock sizing. They can give you quite a few options what to do with the steps.

 

No way I'd do it myself. If I do, the wheels just might disassemble on me while I'm driving.

The only thing keeping me from doing it is how big of a pain it's gonna be to do everything, but i'll contact wheel flip to see what I can do.

I've never taken apart any wheels. But would I be able to loosen and remove all rivets from the back side? because that bent lip is going to pose a problem.