Beemer Lab

E30 wheels is a magnificent topic of discussion, so lets have a couple of different takes on wheels for the old 3er... By far the most ...

Hacking out the inner wheel-arches at the back to make the 16x9s fit left them in a right state, with a big gap up inside the wing. Being wh...

This is the first wheel-arch I pulled to fit the 16s and it's the only one now still needing a tidy-up, to say the least. I cut too much...

Been enjoying the car and weather too much over summer to neaten up the pulled wheel-arches, but thought I'd take some time off to finis...

This is for a mate who's bought some 17" BBS reps ( Calibre Vintage ) for his Mk4 Golf. As with my tyres, the Demon Tweeks guys rec...

The car survived a trip with 3 people in and no scrubbing at all on the 16x9s, which I found very surprising, but still I figure the arches ...

Squat, slammed, stanced, hellaflush, scrapin' and eating the modern metal for brekkies!

They had to be ordered from Poland so took a couple of weeks to arrive, but it was worth it for the £105 delivered as they are very nicely m...

Got the grinder out again today and tackled the job I haven't been looking forward to - cutting away the other rear wheel-arch. Progress...

No fouling on the pulled arch-lip with these skinnier tyres, but the front valance was still just about catching so, with the arrival of the...

Tried out the 8Js on the front with the new 195 Toyo T1Rs using 20mm spacers and there's a lot more room at the arch-lip now. The tyre d...

Wallace and Gromit are back, this time they've got the right trousers on, it's the tyres that are right out. They're just too hi...

After all the hacking and cutting on the rear arch to only discover I needed smaller tyres, today I threw an 8J onto the front with 20mm spa...

Summary of the bank-holiday weekends activities: Pulled the N/S/R wheel-arch back out and cut it off. Peeled back the inner-skin of the arch...