Euro to me means a few things...

1.) Anti-chrome (painted black or body color) the reason for this is to make it more simple and sleek rather than having $blingbling$

2.) Stretched tires on a small diameter wheel (normally no larger than a 17, more commonly 15-16's) that are very wide. Normally producing a large outer "lip" on the wheel.

3.) CF...you may disagree but CF is a big part of euro. CF trim (replacing chrome), interior pieces, body panels, seats...ect

4.) Mostly stock apperance to the outside body. Meaning, no giant vents, wings, crazy over done body kits. Most body kits if any, resemble that of the factory design with very slight changes. Often to help make the look of the car alot more simple. Alot of the CF body panels if used, become painted in body color. Mostly used for lightening rather than showing off their CF pieces. Fender flares are also common due to the very wide wheels used in this style.

My examples:


painted bumpers in body color, removal of chrome.




CF flared fenders/hood/deck lid/running boards/bumpers/head light rings/side mirrors.


lots of CF pieces in the engine bay.

Just thought I would throw in some old school Euro (aka: German look) cars.

 

i agree...although i think the black out thing has slowly changed. It appears that $blingbling$ is taking over the euro scene....which i dont know how i feel about. But now polishing is a big thing, and gold bolts etc are becoming pretty popular....rather interesting.

Good definition

 

The M3 definently has broad shoulders and a squareness that comes natural to sedans. The biggest difference I see are the same you pointed out, and I agree the MINI needs more refined. Refer back to the white CSS kit (vs. blue CSR) and note how the lines are more complimenting to the MINI. The only lines on the Zeemax I disagree with are the straight lines where a curve would be complimenting; the front grill, and the rear diffuser. Other than that, the flow works in the same way as the lines on the M3. I do feel drawn away from the front and rear of the M3 similarly as the Zeemax, but like the boot pshop, I'm having trouble figuring the mood and defining the culprit.

Ehhh... depending on school. Small wheels work on the mk1-mk3 VWs; Large wheels on the mk3-mk5. Mk3's have a luxury of looking good on either.

Similarly with the MINI, although going much larger than 17s, imo starting getting gawdy on both mk3 and MINI.

What we have are two classics; the "minilite" style multispoke, and the 5 spoke. I set out to get an aggressive 5spoke, requiring multipiece and nice lines. I feel the recesses on the 5 pay tribute some what to the multi spoke. As for size, they weren't availible in anything smaller than 17, and when I bought them, the MINI community was still very very young and we didn't have near the options we do now. There has been a recent influence of "oldschool" in the aftermarket lately with developments that favor more to MINIs styling. Being multipiece though, the center makes the wheel appear smaller than it actually is, and the contrasting gold helps the reduction too.

I agree, but conversly JDM is only JDM until gains disturbution. Tirerack now carries Volk. Many "euro" style wheels are JDM produced.

Likewise, we share many similar mods. I'm very interested in the offset/tire you'll go with (I'm getting scrapbooky with cardboard remember). Care to elaborate more on the goodness?

Stance is everything no matter what category. Stock, the MINI has a very favorable stance. However the chassis doesn't give much room for filling the gaps. The whole reason behind this thread (not wheel gaps or suspension particularly, but gaps in flow as a whole).

 

This format of posting works much better than just posting pics. I'm all about developing. Nice post.

D6, no? If not, what offset/width is that?

 

D@mn! That looks good. If he weren't boo'd off I'd ask about the set-up. I don't even know whose it is.

Rally do you know anything about it?

 

he sold it... he now drives an e30 or something

 

9" in the rear btw

 

17x8 up front
17x9 out back staggered setup

the offsets are in a thread somewhere around here.....low 20's and high teens for the offset i believe

username: d6mcs

 

Can't divulge the wheel type cause i dont want people biting my style like they did with my current wheels.....so it will remain a secret unless you visit my m|u thread when i post pics

I'm looking at 15x8 (16s if i can find them, but they are even more rare)
the offset is going to be determined by which lip i put on...to get 8 inches, i would be putting 2 inch lips on. The lips are gonna be custom made and polised. Then I'm looking for some custom bolts....and although color hasnt been determined, I wanna get the centers powder coated(red,black, polished, white....etc).

The decision on the lip is gonna be kinda hard....the wheel starts out at 6.5 inches with a .5 inch lip...so adding a lip may still leave a problem with backspacing. I'm not afraid to poke (as is obvious running 15x7 et35). The tires will probably be 195(rare, but great stretch) or 205 (already have a set).

 

The fronts are et35, backs et25. Two threads; the last here is the "first," but contains some 8 pages of banter.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ad.php?t=27641

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ad.php?t=26697