Recommend me some rims

[Ji Money]

Originally Posted by 318iS

dont know hoe they are on that bmw but volk dont make 5x120 anywhere i have looked.....

I found the 5x120 size at this site. Will the 38mm offset work on the TI?

http://www.nyxracing.com/volk-racing...0-p-10976.html

[Roundel]

Originally Posted by Ji Money

I found the 5x120 size at this site. Will the 38mm offset work on the TI?

http://www.nyxracing.com/volk-racing...0-p-10976.html

I think it would be OK for the TI. Recommended BMW AG ET variation is +/- 7, but on practice +/-12 is seems to be OK.

[cooljess76]

Originally Posted by Ji Money

I found the 5x120 size at this site. Will the 38mm offset work on the TI?
http://www.nyxracing.com/volk-racing...0-p-10976.html

Those are really nice wheels, but I'm pretty sure that the price is for just 1 wheel. Are you ready to spend $2400 on wheels? BTW, yes they'll fit fine.

[Ken]

Originally Posted by zboot

grr. . in order for me to buy new wheels. . i'd have to sell my existing ones. . . though, there is a set I'd love to have. . .if only I could find them in 15s. I'll post up a pic of them sometime today.

*Edit - Found them: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/17-Bm...85352010QQrdZ1



So yeah. . .if I could get these in 15s. . .I'd swap out my stocks in a heartbeat.

I really like those a lot, but I don't care for the black really. Do they come in regular non-chrome silver?

[Roundel]

Originally Posted by Ken

I really like those a lot, but I don't care for the black really. Do they come in regular non-chrome silver?

Sure, for Europe market I've seen that original tires only in silver, even non-chrome. It's one of the typical rims for E46 //M.

As for US - I think too.

[weezer]

[zboot]

Originally Posted by Ken

I really like those a lot, but I don't care for the black really. Do they come in regular non-chrome silver?

Yeah, the ebay store that's selling those has unpainted ones for about $30 less.

[Ji Money]

Originally Posted by Roundel

I think it would be OK for the TI. Recommended BMW AG ET variation is +/- 7, but on practice +/-12 is seems to be OK.

Hmm, to be honest I didn't even know what 38mm offset meant, I just copy and pasted the description, but I'm gonna research that and it's good to know that these rims can work on this car without modifications.

Originally Posted by cooljess76

Those are really nice wheels, but I'm pretty sure that the price is for just 1 wheel. Are you ready to spend $2400 on wheels? BTW, yes they'll fit fine.

Yeah, I don't think I'll ever get these. I bought my car for $7,000 and I only paid off a $100 bucks on it so far. I'm keeping my eye out for the M3 rims from a junk yard or something.

[Ken]

Argh, why don't they have any like this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/18-Bm...9914QQtcZphoto

In 17 inch?

[adamud]

http://www.lakeshorewheelandtire.com.../web_store.cgi
I like this site a lot. I they matched my 5 round spoke perfectly!

[Ken]

I've pretty much decided on the ASA AR-1's , though it was close between those and the JH8's.. I need to decide if I want to stagger, and go with 17x8 in the front and 17x9 in the back, not sure if the 17x9 would fit though, as it has a 45mm offset, and I think the TI can handle only 30-40 without spacers, which I don't want to deal with.

Also need to decide on tires, so far I think the Kumho ECSTA ASX are probably what I'll go with. Thinking I'll probably stagger those, 225 and 245 unless someone can give me a compelling reason to not do that

[ATF]

Take a peak through this http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/resul...All&sort=Brand

[Ken]

That's where I'm planning to get them from

They don't have quite the 5 spoke selection I'd like in 17" unfortunately, but I like the mesh look on TI's

[Jammu]

i'm thinking

BBS CH
or
BBS Le Mans