Best Suited Rims For Convertible

Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:43 pm

Royalratch wrote:I think Alpinas are the bestest wheels ever, on a par with the mighty BBS 15" X Spoke.

I bet you don't say that when you're cleaning them

I used to hate cleaning my dads alpinas

Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:00 am

Royalratch wrote:Borbets are straight shit - no messing around there.

Sorry - just how it is.

What a bit like a 318i ?

Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:04 am

Royalratch wrote:Borbets are straight shit - no messing around there.

Sorry - just how it is.

Quite the style guru aren't you?

We still haven't seen your shining example of a factory fresh car?

Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:12 am

ed325i wrote:
Royalratch wrote:Borbets are straight shit - no messing around there.

Sorry - just how it is.
What a bit like a 318i ?

No, more like an offwhite 323i.

They look like big metal dinner plates. Like something that you made at school when you learnt how to use basic tools.

Maxfield, X-Spokes are wiorse to clean but such is the price of impeccable style.

Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:24 am

I can't believe I am in agreement with Royalratch....there must be something wrong with me!

Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:30 am

im not, they borbet A's are a class wheel.

but then i did grow up on a council estate

Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:47 am

All the truth bringers are hated my brother - it's only later on when it's too late do they realise the folly of their ways...

So, we have 3 wheels that are acceptbale on a Cabrio - X-Spokes, Alpinas and Split Rim X SPokes that are't too deep.

Please lock this thread.

Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:44 pm

Royalratch wrote:
ed325i wrote:
Royalratch wrote:Borbets are straight shit - no messing around there.

Sorry - just how it is.
What a bit like a 318i ?
No, more like an offwhite 323i.

You cant even see what colour it is offwhite

Its BLUE.

Sun Jan 28, 2007 6:40 pm

Ratch, I do enjoy your banter, as il-constructed (sp) and misguided as it is. What would make it more acceptable is if you showed some humility and let us all see what car you're hiding in your avatar!

Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:17 pm

ed325i wrote:
Royalratch wrote:
ed325i wrote: What a bit like a 318i ?
No, more like an offwhite 323i.
You cant even see what colour it is offwhite
Its BLUE.

What's blue about this?

Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:19 pm

blatantarrogance wrote:Ratch, I do enjoy your banter, as il-constructed (sp) and misguided as it is. What would make it more acceptable is if you showed some humility and let us all see what car you're hiding in your avatar!

Er, what's ill-constructed about it?

I'm not hiding anything. It's an arty shot of a totally standard 1990 318iS in Laser Blue. You know what they look like.

Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:04 am

Royalratch wrote:
ed325i wrote:
Royalratch wrote: No, more like an offwhite 323i.
You cant even see what colour it is offwhite
Its BLUE.
What's blue about this?

Seen this car in the flesh, is blue. Shot is slightly blown out. Look above the kidney grille where the bonnet isn't reflecting, you can see it's blue. Looks like the light has been metered off the grille

Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:14 am

Royalratch wrote:
blatantarrogance wrote:Ratch, I do enjoy your banter, as il-constructed (sp) and misguided as it is. What would make it more acceptable is if you showed some humility and let us all see what car you're hiding in your avatar!
Er, what's ill-constructed about it?

I'm not hiding anything. It's an arty shot of a totally standard 1990 318iS in Laser Blue. You know what they look like.

The fact that you know the correct spelling for such slang exposes your true Sloane Square dwelling roots.

I would hazard a guess that your first name is Jeremy and you were given a slang dictionary by your auntie Mildred for christmas to help you out should you stray too far off the King's Road.

Let me also give you a pointer should you find yourself out of your manor - don't wear wellingtons on the street - it's a dead giveaway.

Funny but ill-constructed and misguided, here's a heads up for you, what does my location say???

is eh? Totally standard.... Needs some nice tsw 3 spokes me thinks!!!! hahahaha

Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:46 am

ed325i wrote:
Royalratch wrote:
ed325i wrote: What a bit like a 318i ?
No, more like an offwhite 323i.
You cant even see what colour it is offwhite
Its BLUE.

Whatever - your pic is whiter than Tiger Woods. The fact that you expect people to see a BLUE car based off that sign off is

! Learn how to take pictures bud. The manky off-white Golf doesn't help your case either...

blatantarrogance wrote:Funny but ill-constructed and misguided, here's a heads up for you, what does my location say???

is eh? Totally standard.... Needs some nice tsw 3 spokes me thinks!!!! hahahaha

Yeovil? TSW 3 Spokes?! WTF you on about? This makes even less sense than the previous dude!

C'mon guys you're lowering the standards here. Entertain us!

Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:52 am

I know you're not referring to the fact that T.S. Elliot is buried in Yeovil and that's supposed to be some kind of cryptic hint?

Or am I giving you too much credit?

Even T.S. would admit that that 323i is white and that Cabrio rims choices should be monitored strictly...

Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:09 pm

Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:55 pm

It's 2009 and the wheel selections still hold true!

Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:01 pm

Royalratch, I'm not entirely. Are you saying that you'd rather see EVERY E30 on the street and at shows rolling on Alpinas and 15" BBS'? How dull would that be!?

The way I see it on a car like the E30 which looks pretty hideous when somebody tries to mess about adding bodykits and over fibreglass shite, wheels are one of the few areas where you can truly personalize your Car. I'd personally put my Gentlemen vegetables on the chopping block for a set of 17" bronze/gold BBS RM to stick on a Black E30 (Touring, with a turbocharged M30 sledgehammer under the hood

), others would like a set of 16" Borbets, or orignal Alpinas, hell, there must be some reading this who would love a set of 17" BK Reps - Different strokes and all that.

Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:09 pm

BBS Splits are kind of in the BBS X-Spoke blanket approval but depends on the colour of the car.

Basically, it's the 21st Century, our cars are so close to being immortal and there are STILL some UNTS defying my carefully defined code that we'd all agreed on years ago!

Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:29 am

Motorsport, your car is beautiful!!!!

Shawn.
ps. where is windstop from?

Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:36 am

I'd stick with the 15'' BBS - classic, timeless design

Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:10 pm

There was once a lagoon green 325i for sale near me, with beige leather and Beautiful genuine 16" alpinas. They'd been added by a later owner and weren't factory. Not a mark on the entire car. Unlike the alpina rims i've seen on genuine cars they were staggered. The wider rear dish looked awesome.