David,
dont worry- you have to look under the rear tires. on some early M5s, when carrying a full load, driving over bumpy roads, the rear tires would scrub against the inside of the wheel well. So the dealers were "rolling" the fenders in. Now it seems that BMW has made this adjustment. I have a MY2000 car (build 5/00) and I dont know if the wheel wells are rolled- but Ive driven a bunch of people over bumpy roads and Ive not had any problems.
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If you run your hand around your rear wheel opening, there's a 'Lip' that comes towards the tire...like where they finished that piece. It runs around the whole wheel well edge. It only sticks out like 1/2 inch.
Rolling means bending that 'Lip' up towards the fender liner so when the car Yaws...the body doesn't rub that part.
I think A panhard Rod would help too, but don't count on that with an Independent Suspension Car...LOL !
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Its not easy to look at or even feel a fender and tell if its been rolled. The slight difference in how well the fender lip was finished by BMW can make the difference between rubbing and not.
My 00/07 build is rolled. there is no lip for 3/4ths of the fender from the back of the car to the front. The last quarter adjacent the rear door is a 3/4 inch lip then nicely rolled into a flush fender edge with no lip.
Now how did this ever come up this late in the life of the great M5. Am I missing something here. Or did I enter in the middle of a conversation about rolled fenders the first part of which was lost
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I believe all M5's since '98 had their fenders roled.... no exceptions... there are however, some occasions that some fenders will need further rolling.. not sure why that is the case.....
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As I was trying to explain earlier, every M5 I have seen has most of the lip squeezed (flattened) against the inside rear fender and this is where we all start. If you have rubbing which is more likely with a big load in back and much more likely with a lowered suspension then you need the fenders rolled which means squeezing more of the lip flat in the area towards the rear door and/or flattening any sharp points left from the factory squeeze/flattening/ rolling. The 2002 may or may not come from the factory more rolled, I don't know but like I said rolled lips are not obvious.
i believe they've always been rolled, but some cars have not carried the roll far enough along the opening towards the door, if you do a search, i provided the location rolled by Dinan to fit 285's on their wheels with 3mm offset -- i don't think anybody with rubbing problems from stock wheels and tires has posted their dimensions -- BMW may have become more consistent on later cars
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