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11-20-2018, 10:06 AM
az3579

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Originally Posted by cornercarver

Looks great!

I swapped the winter wheels last week - it was a depressing day. :p Car looks like shit with the winter wheels/tires, plus I haven't washed it for two weeks. Winter in NE is such a downer. :crying

I actually look forward to swapping because my winters are Style 68's, which look awesome on the E46!
You should source yourself some wheels you actually like so you can enjoy "the look" year round. :)
11-20-2018, 10:39 AM
BADCLOWN

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Originally Posted by az3579

I actually look forward to swapping because my winters are Style 68's, which look awesome on the E46!
You should source yourself some wheels you actually like so you can enjoy "the look" year round. :)

I enjoyed doing mine this year as well. The rear CHs were actually ever so slightly stuck to the hub so I cleaned the hub up and applied anti seize on all 4 corners. The car also rider much nicer on the bigger tires. It doesn’t look nearly as good though haha
11-20-2018, 11:01 AM
704sw

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Originally Posted by az3579

I actually look forward to swapping because my winters are Style 68's, which look awesome on the E46!
You should source yourself some wheels you actually like so you can enjoy "the look" year round. :)

Are your 68s a square setup or the regular staggered set? And do they clear your Willwoods without spacers?
11-20-2018, 11:36 AM
slater

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Originally Posted by 704sw

Bath time. Can’t be showing up to thanksgiving with the family looking like a hot mess.

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Not terrible considering most of my detailing stuff hasn’t been unpacked yet.

I’m still waiting on delivery of replacement bleeder screws so I can flush the brakes. Until that happens I’m just driving like a granny.

looking awesome. i still kick myself a bit. frig.

hot tip for the bleeder screws - use 1-2 wraps of teflon tape on the threads. even new bleeder screws don't seem to seat well on E46 calipers... after using said tape on my fresh calipers and new bleeder screws on the Touring, and then motive pressure bleeding - the brakes never felt so good. and no Forever Bubbles.
11-20-2018, 11:41 AM
DeathTrap

My brakes feel like trash. There's about an inch to inch and a half (25-35mm for people who use real units ;) ) of travel before they grab. Not sure if it's the compound or the fluid. The fluid does look like sweet tea lol.

Anybody use one of those one-man bleeder kits on the E46?
11-20-2018, 11:52 AM
san

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Originally Posted by DeathTrap

My brakes feel like trash. There's about an inch to inch and a half (25-35mm for people who use real units ;) ) of travel before they grab. Not sure if it's the compound or the fluid. The fluid does look like sweet tea lol.

Anybody use one of those one-man bleeder kits on the E46?

I have stock pads and rotors and they have excellent initial grab at the expense of brake dust. I drove a friend’s zhp with stock rotors with hawk pads (I think) and they lacked initial bite but don’t produce as much brake dust as stock pads. When I swapped brake fluid which was 3 years and 50k miles old and it made almost zero difference to braking performance in day to day driving.

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11-20-2018, 12:38 PM
az3579

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Originally Posted by 704sw

Are your 68s a square setup or the regular staggered set? And do they clear your Willwoods without spacers?

Unfortunately staggered. I'm still looking to trade a set of fronts for my rears... but I do run square 225 tires on all four corners and do rotate them front-to-back since they're directional. Blizzak WS-80's

I have to use spacers to clear the Wilwood calipers.
11-20-2018, 12:38 PM
KendrickC

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Originally Posted by az3579

Unfortunately staggered. I'm still looking to trade a set of fronts for my rears... but I do run square 225 tires on all four corners and do rotate them front-to-back since they're directional. Blizzak WS-80's

I have to use spacers to clear the Wilwood calipers.

5mm spacers?

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11-20-2018, 12:43 PM
az3579

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Originally Posted by KendrickC

5mm spacers?

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I use 12.5mm because I wanted the offset to be similar to my CH's... So +34.5mm front (47-12.5) and +37.5mm (50-12.5) rears. They fill out the wheel wells beautifully this way.
11-20-2018, 12:49 PM
KendrickC

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Originally Posted by az3579

I use 12.5mm because I wanted the offset to be similar to my CH's... So +34.5mm front (47-12.5) and +37.5mm (50-12.5) rears. They fill out the wheel wells beautifully this way.

Fair enough. I'm on mobile so can't see what wheels you're running.

I have 5mm spacers on my 17x8.5 et40 arc8s so 35mm offset total. Seems to be the ideal place for fitment. Should be plenty for my incoming BBK too.

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