E30 Zone

can anyone post a pic of there E30 with a set of 15" MiMs fitted, prefer a dark blue cabby if posable or a pic of a nice re-vamped set with a polished lip?
thank's .. i'm just looking for some ideas on how they'll look on my chrome cabby
getting a set this weekend, need refurbed though

thank's ed325i, ive just seen the one's that i'll hopefully have for monday ... are they all 7.5j wide? also what size of tyre suits them best?
i can't wait to get them on my cabby

If you're talking about MiM 1900's - as in Ed's pic - they are 15x7. If the ones you're getting are et25, they will foul on the front calipers and you'll need at least 10mm spacers. et13's are the ones you want on E30's.
As for tyres, the standard E30-fit 205/55x15's are the ones.
HTH
Stuart.

thank's for that info Stuart .. they are deffo 7.5j what do you think? should i still take them and just get spacer's?

320iAN wrote:thank's for that info Stuart .. they are deffo 7.5j what do you think? should i still take them and just get spacer's?

Dunno Dude. Never heard of 7.5J's before. What's the et??

[quote="StuBeeDoo Dunno Dude. Never heard of 7.5J's before. What's the et??[/quote]

don't know?? i'm getting one wheel dropped of tonight so i can try it on my car tomorrow, ive also got a set of 10mm spacer's lying about
i'll let you know how i get on & if i remember i'll check the ET on the rim and post it up
cheer's

My cabby with MIM 15 Alloys!!

bimmerpower wrote:My cabby with MIM 15 Alloys!!

Never been ruined by having the lip polished, either!

Spadge had an awesome set of these. They're really growing on me!

bimmerpower

do you know the width your wheel's are 7" or 7.5" and have you got spacers fitted?

The price seems to be going up on these, Some in the 4 sale section for £300
They will be 7j

ed325i wrote:The price seems to be going up on these, Some in the 4 sale section for £300
They will be 7j

at the price i'm getting this set for i could buy them, re-furb them fit new tyres and still have change from £300

the one's i can get are deffo 7.5j .. unless the guy has 2 at 7.5j and 2 at 7j ?
ive only seen the one wheel (worst one) and it was 7.5

still no pic's of dark blue cabbys with them fitted though?

ed325i wrote:The price seems to be going up on these

Glad I bought mine when I did. £50 for 4 that need a bit tidying and then £80 for 3 that were even worse! They've all had polished rims in the past though.
£300 does seem a little steep - although both sets have been refurbed - but if someone wants them badly enough they'll pay the asking price.
I suppose that if you take into account that refurbs are over £40+VAT per wheel now, it doesn't seem that bad. Plus one of the sets on offer is actually a full set of 5.

I've sold 2 sets within days for 300 quid a set so there are less poverty stricken people out there that don't think thats a large amount of money for decent wheels and rubber.
My favourite wheels for an E30 and half the price of the horrible over-rated (imo) genuine Alpina's.

SPADGE wrote:My favourite wheels for an E30 and half the price of the horrible over-rated (imo) genuine Alpina's.

Spot-on there Spadge.

poverty stricken people

I'm sick of advertising stuff and getting asked to take less than half my asking price. I don't mind a bit bartering, but that takes the p155. It seems to be rife here at the moment. FFS, I've got some stuff at the moment that I'm only asking postage at cost for and I've been asked to post it for free "because I want it but I'm broke for the next 2 months"! WTF is that all about??

Sorry for going OT.

BTW Spadge, what colour have those MiM's been sprayed??

7*15 ET13 on my track slag, painted black and fitted with 195/50*15 Yokohama tyres.

Mine are the RH version, practically identical though

karaokebykris, are you using spacer's to add any clearance? and are the 195 tyre's streached on are the a neat fit with the rim?

got one of the rim's dropped of with me late last night, here it is



it might look a little "tired" but that'll be down to the dodgy paint job someone has done, silver hammerite and a black painted rim?? which is flaking off

i'll try it on my car later today and see if it clear's the caliper etc all going well i should have all 4 rim's off the guy for tuesday

no need for spacers with et13. 195 tyres are a little stretched but look good

Mim 1900's are sexual, think I'm gonna have to source some once i've done the hundreds of other jobs on the touring

Here's mine:




They are the ET25 and need spacers, the only ones I had to hand were massive hence the wheels sticking out so far! They also scrubbed the arches so they've had to be taken off. Unfortunately the previous owner left me a nice surprise

thanks to all for answer's, ive now found out for myself (due to getting 1 alloy) that yip i'll need space's they are the et25 beasties i had a set of 6mm spacer's but they are to thin
Q: are 10mm spacer enough and shall i need longer wheel bolt's?

took a few pic's just to get the idea of the look which even without a tyre change the car in a very, very nice way



rear fit's a treat



and just for future ref here's the difference between a standard wheel + tyre and a 7.5j rim
standard + tyre

7.5j rim (no tyre)



sorry ... a wee bit of over-kill there with the pic's but i'm feeling these rims "big time" can't wait now to have them all recoated, wrapped in rubber and fitted
i should have waited till after i polished it to take the pic's!

i bet ur cab will look sweet with them on

cliffybabe wrote:i bet ur cab will look sweet with them on

cheer's cliffy .. you never know them chrome arches might even make there way back on to the car to

320iAN wrote:

cliffybabe wrote:i bet ur cab will look sweet with them on

cheer's cliffy .. you never know them chrome arches might even make there way back on to the car to

go on do it u know u wanna

Spadge has already put pictures up of my old 325.
But just for info,the wheel caps are made for Allesio Wheels they just happen to fit Mim 1900's.
Also,when i first put the wheels on, when turning right or left or 4 up.they would rub on the rear arches.
Rather than roll the rear arches,i raised the rear suspension from -40 to -15,using rear sport springs.






Nick

StuBeedoo
The Mim 1900's on my old 325 (the one spadge bought) were sprayed
with plain old Steel Wheel Paint then laquered.