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[Nova Bill]

2011 135i M dropped on H&R springs 2" front 1.6" rear. Blew out a crappy rear factory runflat and upgraded to 4 PSS's. Now the sizes are the mistake 275/35R18 rear 225/40R18 front. Thought I had enough clearance apparently I was wrong and need some ideas. Rear is rubbing over bumps, not horribly but needs to be fixed. After close inspection it looks like I should be fine after rolling the lip, its hitting the plastic inner and the lower portions of the lip, top of wheel well is suprisingly clearing ok. Now for the front, I was able to stick my thumb in the tire-fender gap before when the wheel was turned 100%. With the 10mm larger tire I cant even get my pinky in. I will definitely ruin my fender if I dont fix this, question is how do I? Looked at the widebody kit from ER dont really have the $2K to drop on it right now. Can the fender be pulled out a bit and still look ok? Will Vorshlag camber plates be enough to lean the top of the tire in? I really only need like 1/4"-1/2" more room to be back in my old clearance specs any ideas will be greatly appreciated?

[RaihaX]

Your front tires will be fine. I am dropped pretty aggressively on my kw and i got 225/40/18 with a wider wheel then stock.

[Nova Bill]

No Good. I had my friend looking at it with me 2 hrs ago. Backed it out of a driveway angled to simulate a load on a turn and when we started to turn the wheel at about a half turn it started to touch the fender, we turned it carefully a little more and it is actually pressing on the inner of the fender. If I hit a bump around a corner like a side street fender will be facked. I can swing the widebody kit for the front if I really have to just want to avoid cause I dont want to have custom work done in the rear to widen. Does anyone know if the Vorshlag camber plates will move the wheel about a 1/4" at the top?

[BFD99]

Are you on stock wheels? If so you will need a set of APEX ARC-8 wheels to be able to clear larger than a 255 rear wheel.

[Nova Bill]

Yes stock double spokes. I'm not to worried about the rear as it looks like I should clear with a fender roll. It's barely touching but the front is the real issue.

[BMW86]

You have any pics? Almost everyone runs that tyre size in the front with no issues. The rears are too big though.

[BrokenVert]

Originally Posted by Nova Bill

Yes stock double spokes. I'm not to worried about the rear as it looks like I should clear with a fender roll. It's barely touching but the front is the real issue.

how is a 275 even staying seated on an 8.5 inch wheel?

Also no not a chance that will work on the factory wheels. Its a tight squeeze on the two or three wheels purpose built for the car

[Nova Bill]

First four pics are the rear. rest are the front. 275 seated on the tire perfectly. They look great if only I could drive without cringing

[Nova Bill]

only have my iphone right now I can repost good pictures in the AM when the suns up and I have my DSLR charged

[twin fed]

With a combination of rolling the fenders and camber plates you should be ok. I run that 225 in Conti 3's and was rubbing when I hit the dips (car lowered on KW's), with rolling and plates the issue went away.

[Nova Bill]

Thanks for that info. Which camber plates did u happen to go with? On a side note what town does b-win on ur location stand for. I think u might be real close to my location

[modernbeat]

The Vorshlag plates have about 7/8" of travel at the top of the strut. That's about 1/2-5/8" of travel at the top of the tire depending on how low you are. The lower you are, the more inboard movement you can get.

[Nova Bill]

I overnighted the vorshlag plates however when we went to install I realized I had room to move the shock up in the steering knuckle so as a temp fix that saved me til it gets warm enough to install the plates. Now I just need the rear fenders rolled. Thanks for all the help

[dfv2]

what is everyone freaking out about? Fronts will be fine, your local shops should be able to squeeze some extra neg camber without a set of plates. Rears probably just need a roll, 275 isn't insane for a 8.5 wheel, ask any number of people who stuff 275 drag radials on 8" kosei's here and e90post.