The Project Pad

OK, OK since you were so diligent with the vid posting (which I think the people of Motorgeek also need to see) I'll post what I've got in terms of the g-wheels.

First of all... the rears don't really fit lol. They just need to be like a quarter inch narrower (10.75") and they would tuck up in the fenders nicely. As they are now, they need a rather large spacer I haven't measured exactly what it is yet, but did mock it up. The lips will have to poke just outside the fenders and the inside of the wheel wells will be just barely clearing. I'll have to put some kind of a mechanical stop on the suspension in the rear in order to avoid destroying the rear fenders with the wheels over bumps. I tell you what, V8 rear fenders would fit these incredibly perfectly. I'm jealous. Here are the pics of rear mock-up and then just fronts on the front and back of the car.

Here's my buddy holding the wheel against some mock up spacer pieces of wood.



a good idea of how much they poke



and a good idea of how tight the fit will be (obviously requires stretched tires)



another closeup





remember, these pics are fronts only







better pic of the steering wheel (don't mind the messy interior... 2500 mile trip will do that)



and a kinda sweet side shot from Carlisle

Edit: It's going to look great man! Love the pictures! Now hurry and get that rear fitted!

Oh, Wow. Not many words I Cant think of to describe this. besides awesome, epic, sick, nice.

There is so much win in those pics.

Lambo rims, Porsche calipers and fitted to an old Audi. Coolness.

Chris, about the B6 shocks, they have degrees of stiffness/damping on the European Bilsteins.
Starts with B4 which kind of a stock replacement, but a little better. Then B6, B8, B10 etc.
Check out the website. http://www.bilstein.nl/bilstein/b6_sports

IIRC in the US you only have two types.

im so jealous!!! you need 5 locking wheel lugs for each wheel!!!

niiiice, those look great. You could always have the rears modified to 9.5" or so, Rotiform and others would do that for you.

dude, awesome. But c'mon, I have at least .75" more poke than that in the rear haha - I need to try and camber them in a bit... or find narrower lips. That'd be a good idea.

lol I know, I already plan to have multiple wheel locks on each wheel.

Glad you guys agree that its full of win, awesome, epic, and such other words. I am trying to sell the current wheels so I can get some massive spacers made and some rear tires. The question is what size tires... I don't think 275 30 is going to be stretched enough. 255 probably would be.

Casey, you really have more poke than that? Do your wheels actually tuck up in the fender even with that kind of poke? I'm pretty sure with the suspension all the way compressed the bead protector is going to sit outside the fender. I'll be worried about dismounting the tire while driving lol.

Ed, I've definitely thought about getting the barrels narrowed a bit. 9.5" is too small though Whatever the case, I feel that these wheels really need to be on this car!

Yea, it's stupid.... that's why my car is raked so badly - would have serious fender/wheel interaction.... I have a pic somewhere...

*edit* here ya go - outside the side trim hahaha (seriously don't like it though...)

hmm I see. Why don't you machine it down some? That would let you tuck

loxxrider wrote:hmm I see. Why don't you machine it down some? That would let you tuck

I'd rather find narrower lips - one of mine is cracked/repaired... the whole et20 is killing me though. I have plenty of room to move inside the wheel well. I can't give up these wheels though unless I find some similar ones to trade with that have a more suitable offset. Maybe someday I'll change out barrels/lips all around to make a working set.

I have some... its just too bad that one center is cracked. I really need to find another one. Its next to impossible to find these in 5x114.3 and et18 though!

Just a thought here, but is there anyway you could use a fender roller to push the rears out a tad more so that the wheels will clear? It's longshot I'm thinkin. But who knows?

Those wheels are going to look mint once you fit them. Can't wait

Ben, that same thought went through my mind earlier too. We'll see.

Thanks "Brian"

EDIGREG wrote:Sup Nick, nice meeting you man, and thanks again for letting me bum some lenses ! I combined a few frames for a dual fire spitting shot

luve this pick :thanks:

Damn! looks good dude, still like the e36 wheels more tho =D

I might be the only one, but I'm just not feeling the wheels. They just look too big in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, they wheels are cool. They just seem a bit out of place on the 200.

With that being said, I am not much of a "stance" goon, so don't take my opinion to heart.

I like the B6 S4 wheels on there....if they were one color, lol.

lol its OK Nick, no hard feelings. I like them and feel that the 200 just kinda sucks up big wheels. There are a few different ways you can go with a T44. With small wheels, I just feel there is something lacking in the looks department. I'd like the S4 wheels too if they were spaced out nicely.

What's the offset on those?

The S4 wheels? I think about ET35

The lambos are more around ET55, but will be closer to 20 when they are fitted

I'll give you a call tomorrow Chris.

I'm with Nick on this one...

i actually prefer the b6 wheels on there too, thought they fit really nicely.