Quote Originally Posted by 704sw View Post
That may just be an Apex thing. You can hear the metal touch on my 8.5s when you set them down (also 235). And I have 3mm spacers if you want to test fit.
Quote Originally Posted by BMWCurves View Post
I’m rubber on rubber on my 17x8.5” with ExtremeContact DW 245/40R17s. But that’s a lot less stretch (see: no stretch) than yours.


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Looking at the pics, I think it may have a lot to do with the Apex design. The lip follows the angle of the spokes and pushes out:





Quote Originally Posted by slater View Post
heck yeah - as trevor mentioned, that is definitely Alpina-esque. haha.

man, those fronts are pokey! some megative camber is required, fo sho.

i run a 3mm spacer in the rear with my apexeseses.

maybe a bit too much stretchy for me. i think if it was sitting lower it would look better, in my eyes. but that ride! gotta preserve that.
It's funny -- going from the 9.0 width to 9.5, I can feel how the sidewall has stiffened with the additional stretch. The handling is more responsive, but impacts are harsher. I may go a little wider with the next set of tires, but I'm ok with the trade off for now since we are driving the wagon more on trips so I'm almost always alone and hooning when driving this car.

Quote Originally Posted by cornercarver View Post
I don't understand why the passenger side has that metal clip and the driver's side doesn't...
The fender hanger clip? It's on both sides. I had just removed it in the first pic. I flattened it out a bit with a hammer to give more clearance, then reinstalled it, then ground the stud all the way down to the nut.