[JDUNITNOW]

Originally Posted by rwdflush

What changed your mind on lowering it?

Once the spacers are on, it looks perfect to me. I looked at all of the posts of other G80 cars and said the gap was awful but in real life with spacers sitting flush, it's not bad.
Also the ride is stiff enough in comfort and I can't imagine wanting to mess with that. Add in the wife may drive the car and hit a curb is too much for me to worry about. I think we get caught up in throwing money at all of these mods and seeing what others are doing, I know I did.

[khalua80]

Originally Posted by JDUNITNOW

Once the spacers are on, it looks perfect to me. I looked at all of the posts of other G80 cars and said the gap was awful but in real life with spacers sitting flush, it's not bad.
Also the ride is stiff enough in comfort and I can't imagine wanting to mess with that. Add in the wife may drive the car and hit a curb is too much for me to worry about. I think we get caught up in throwing money at all of these mods and seeing what others are doing, I know I did.

I might be interested in buying them from you if haven't sent back. I'm in Midlothian myself I was #3 on the list last month at Richmond BMW so I'm just stacking parts right now.

[JDUNITNOW]

Originally Posted by khalua80

I might be interested in buying them from you if haven't sent back. I'm in Midlothian myself I was #3 on the list last month at Richmond BMW so I'm just stacking parts right now.

I have the AST springs and haven't sent them back. PM me and I can meet up with you.

[MTM3]

So what would y’all recommend for pzero and not interested in lowering or any suspension modifications. Just spacers

[Murf]

Originally Posted by MTM3

So what would y’all recommend for pzero and not interested in lowering or any suspension modifications. Just spacers

10mm unless you want to mod the fender. It's not a big deal but it is a mod.

[BMWRacer523]

Running 12mm future classic spacers with Michelin PA-5 right now. No rubbing but my car is not lowered yet.

[MTM3]

Originally Posted by BMWRacer523

Running 12mm future classic spacers with Michelin PA-5 right now. No rubbing but my car is not lowered yet.

Any pics? I’m not really interested in messing with BMW suspension just yet so looking for spacers only solution

[MTM3]

Originally Posted by Murf

10mm unless you want to mod the fender. It's not a big deal but it is a mod.

So 12 will rub? The reason I ask is I remember reading somewhere long time ago that 5-10mm spacers are too thin and fragile

[Murf]

Originally Posted by MTM3

So 12 will rub? The reason I ask is I remember reading somewhere long time ago that 5-10mm spacers are too thin and fragile

12mm up front will almost 100% rub on full lock with Pirellis.

10mm is still hub centric with a lip. 5mm is not.

[BMWRacer523]

Originally Posted by MTM3

Any pics? I’m not really interested in messing with BMW suspension just yet so looking for spacers only solution

Here you go.

[MTM3]

Originally Posted by Murf

12mm up front will almost 100% rub on full lock with Pirellis.

10mm is still hub centric with a lip. 5mm is not.

So maybe 10 front and 12 back? I’m sure I’ll be getting PS4 once I burn through pirellis

[iviegatron]

Originally Posted by MTM3

So maybe 10 front and 12 back? I’m sure I’ll be getting PS4 once I burn through pirellis

I have Pirellis and I'm running 12 front and 15 rear. No rubbing at all on full lock. It's very close to making contact, but it doesn't. I originally had 10mm in the front and was disappointed. 12 is much better. I would eventually do 15 once I switch out to Michelins.

[mattssi]

I’d trust future classic over anyone. And H&R. They only do 5/12/15/18. Iirc it was due to the 10mm not having enough metal or lip to work properly. That being said people have run 10s in other brands successfully.

[MTM3]

Originally Posted by iviegatron

I have Pirellis and I'm running 12 front and 15 rear. No rubbing at all on full lock. It's very close to making contact, but it doesn't. I originally had 10mm in the front and was disappointed. 12 is much better. I would eventually do 15 once I switch out to Michelins.

Awesome! Do you have a pic of the car? Thanks

[iviegatron]

Originally Posted by MTM3

Awesome! Do you have a pic of the car? Thanks

Pics Below. 15mm rear and 12mm front with Pirellis and no rubbing. I'll be lowering my car once I receive the KW HAS kit.

[Dr.Deep]

Originally Posted by iviegatron

Pics Below. 15mm rear and 12mm front with Pirellis and no rubbing. I'll be lowering my car once I receive the KW HAS kit.

I'm was running Pirellis with 12.5mm front and rear, lowered around 30mm on KW v4 suspension.

U will have rubbing on the front left on reverse once lowered…but there is a easy fix, just search the forums

[Salespunk]

Running 18 mm front and 15 mm rear with Pirellis. Modded my fenders cutting 3 vanes on the left and one on the right to get rid of the rubbing.

You don't NEED to cut the vanes, it just makes noise with zero chance of damage. The tires will basically break off one side of the vanes when reversing close to full lock. The noise it makes is horrendous without the vanes completely removed.

Before

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You can see the vanes broken on the left side in the picture above.

After

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Results

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It is an aggressive setup, but when we mounted 15's at EAS I was pretty disappointed. The 18's are perfect to my eye with the front wheels flush with the fenders.

[ROBERT1183]

Lowered on KW has kit. Future classic spacers. 15mmF/12mmR

[Dr.Deep]

Originally Posted by Salespunk

Running 18 mm front and 15 mm rear with Pirellis. Modded my fenders cutting 3 vanes on the left and one on the right to get rid of the rubbing.

You don't NEED to cut the vanes, it just makes noise with zero chance of damage. The tires will basically break off one side of the vanes when reversing close to full lock. The noise it makes is horrendous without the vanes completely removed.

I went with a "no cutting" approach…

Took a heat gun, heated the whole green area until it became a bit soft, put pressure on marked area with something long that covers the whole area..and used ice spray so it stays in the new position….now on full turn there is 1" space…to be sure done that on left and right side, to have enough space on possible even more aggressive setups

That way u basically formed the whole thing a bit different and u can't say that anything has been done to them.

(thanks for the pics, used yours for explaining)

[spicoli024]

Originally Posted by keiridin

Thanks. I plan on having them installed later this week along with KW HAS. I'll post pics when done.

I can almost guarantee you will rub unless you melt or cut into the fender lining. I have KW HAS with 15f/12r and still rub while backing up toward the passenger side even after raising the front to 1/2 height. I’m going to try the 12mm spacers up front and see how that works until it’s time to swap out the Pirelli’s for MPS4s.

[Salespunk]

Originally Posted by Dr.Deep

I went with a "no cutting" approach…

Took a heat gun, heated the whole green area until it became a bit soft, put pressure on marked area with something long that covers the whole area..and used ice spray so it stays in the new position….now on full turn there is 1" space…to be sure done that on left and right side, to have enough space on possible even more aggressive setups

That way u basically formed the whole thing a bit different and u can't say that anything has been done to them.

(thanks for the pics, used yours for explaining)

Definitely a better solution than mine

[bioman]

Originally Posted by Salespunk

Running 18 mm front and 15 mm rear with Pirellis. Modded my fenders cutting 3 vanes on the left and one on the right to get rid of the rubbing.

You don't NEED to cut the vanes, it just makes noise with zero chance of damage. The tires will basically break off one side of the vanes when reversing close to full lock. The noise it makes is horrendous without the vanes completely removed.

Before

FF885D65-5F10-4D7A-92DA-20DC156169BE_1_105_c

You can see the vanes broken on the left side in the picture above.

After

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Results

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It is an aggressive setup, but when we mounted 15's at EAS I was pretty disappointed. The 18's are perfect to my eye with the front wheels flush with the fenders.

This looks good.
Are you lowered on something? If so, how much lower than stock?