Pretty much, anything is possible. It just depends how much time/$$$ you're willing to invest to reach your desired results. I almost bought a set of 17x12/17x11 CCW classics on ebay a couple months ago. The only thing that stopped me was tire costs. Most fender roller rentals(ie; ebay), include a heat gun to soften the paint prior to rolling. With a fender roller, you can literally flare your fenders until the arches are horizontal if you wanted to. Your other option is to have your fenders "pulled". For this, I'd highly recommend having a body shop do as it requires serious structual manipulation. And then there's always the widebody option. Since there's few if any "kits" available for the Ti, you'll certainly have to do some fabricating. 5 series wheels aren't that aggressively offset. Chances are, you can fit them with a mild fender roll and lower profile/narrower tires. There's plenty of us running 5 series wheels on our Ti's, most of us have 17x8 et20 wheels with 215/40/17 tires mounted and our cars are significantly lowered. As for your rear shocks, they're either worn/blown or they're not. I mean, you could install Bilstein HD's which will likely raise the rear end if that's what you want, but I wouldn't recommend it. Even then, it might still rub over bumps and stuff. How often do you drive with a full load of passengers? And finally, the bumper piece that TiFreak was referring to is the top corner of the rear bumper where it meets the wheel arch. Even after a fender roll, some people experience rubbing. This is because the inside corner of the bumper(plastic) needs to be filed down. Just remember, once you roll/pull/modify your fenders, it's not reversable. So unless you always plan on running lower offset wheels, you'll need to run spacers if you want to fill the gap. |