The Clown is Back: Progress thread

[WOLFN8TR]

I'm running 235/40/18's Squared, see Sig. I originally had Style 135's with 245's and 255's with 18.5" ET50 rims. I did some Offset calculations changing from the 18.5" Style 135's. This might help you decide.

•ZHP RIMS

Style 135- 18x8.5's
Overall Diameter-19.56"(497mm)
Overall Width-9.38" (238mm)
Backspacing-6.69" (170mm)
Offset-2.01" (51mm)
Weight-28.20 lbs. (12.79kg)
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Spacers:
5mm .20 inch
10mm .40 inch
12.5mm .50 inch
15mm .60 inch
17.5mm .69 inch
20mm .79 inch
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18x8-ET 35= +8.7-21.4 In
18x8-ET 40= +3.7-16.4 In
18x8-ET 42= +1.7-14.4 In
18x8-ET 45= -1.3-11.4 In
18x8-ET 47= -3.3 - 9.3 In
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18x8.5 ET 30= +20-20 In
18x8.5 ET 33= +17-17 In
18x8.5 ET 35= +15-15 In
18x8.5 ET 38= +12-12 In
18x8.5 ET 40= +10-10 In
18x8.5 ET 45= +5-5 In
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Style 135's 18x8 ET47= -3.3-9.3
10mm Spacer= +7.3-19.3
12mm Spacer= +9.3-21.3
15mm Spacer= +12.3-24.3
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Tire Cost:
235/40-$165
245/40-$185
255/40-$200

[BADCLOWN]

anyone have experience with Kohalty products?

looking to do a CF rear diffusor, bumper fins (or possibly lip), and apparently they carry CF fog light/bumper ducts. curious as to build quality/personal experience with their product.

[ELCID86]

Don't do their CF splitter covers. Poor fitment. Just sent mine back.


Thumbs, iPhone, Tapatalk.

[johnrando]

Very hit and miss bad clown. I'd source from somewhere else if you can.

[BADCLOWN]

thats all i needed to know, thanks. on a totally unrelated note:


sprung a CEL tonight after letting the car warm up before leaving the girlfriends place over in Indiana. this is the 2nd time this has happened (getting a CEL leaving her place). last time it was the CCV system that needed an overhaul. I'm thinking its an o2 sensor issue on this one but ill get the codes pulled in the morning.


idk if she's good luck because I'm finding out what needs to be replaced as a result, or if she's bad luck because I'm finding out stuff that is broken or needs to be replaced.

I'm going with a cup half full view, she's too good of a girl to think otherwise haha.

heres a painting/self portrait i had commissioned of us not too long ago:

[alexandre]

^ love it!!

O2 sensors can be fouled by car running rich (letting the car warm up...). BMW's interval for O2 sensors is 100k either way, so it could simply be that they're actually starting to fail.

[az3579]

You really can't say anything about finding things to fix... the newest E46's are over 8 years old now...
This is all expected of an 8+ year old car. Glass half full is the only way to go about it. You have an E30; you know all about that... I sure do.

[johnrando]

lol, love the "portrait"

[BADCLOWN]

if it is o2 related.........its expected. i think at my service II on the old car i believe i replaced o2s as well. i guess i should just replace them anyways.


as far as the e30 goes: i no longer have that and glad i don't for the most part. THE WORST OWNERSHIP EVER, primarily due to A. the guy who sold me the car and B. the shop that did the m52 swap. your head would explode if i enlightened you all on the full details of that shit show.

[BADCLOWN]

one of the front o2s threw the code. going to go ahead and replace both fronts next wednesday. also planning to smoke test the vacuum system and see how thats doing as well.