MIM 1900's or BBS'

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MIM 1900's or BBS'?

BBS'
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MIM's
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Post Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:34 pm

MIM's

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Post Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:43 pm

sorry mate, but i couldn't vote coz i love them both too much.
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Post Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:35 pm

go for the bbs' in motorsport style :wan: :wan: i love them bbs'
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Post Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:18 pm

BBS's all the way, not too keen on the motor sport style, can some one post some pics so I can decide.
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Post Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:30 pm

I prefere the BBS.Although everyman and his dog has 15" bbs wheels (still very though, dont get me wrong) , some Ronals are what you want my boy!

I parked up in sainsurbys car park tonight to get some sweets lol, and walking away my wheels just looked pure sex with the lights on them

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heres another taster

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Post Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:42 pm

thats what i mean.. everyone and there dog has BBS' the MIM's are old skool and v cool.. If im gonna keep my BBS' i'll have to Motorsport them..

I was gonna get some Ronals lol, i've got a few pics of that e30.. its almost sexual lol I love Lachs Silver :cool:
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Post Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:58 pm

lol, mate yours would look sweet with some Ronals, that picture there is similar to your car,they would look awesome on yours, with an infity/is lip on the front. Next meet over in Brighton mate you can have a look at my Ronals, see what their like, pretty smooth wheels!.

I do like the bbs wheels, although im a deep dish fan, and the fact that these wheels shine up like a mofo (when clean lol, which can be a bitch,but not THAT bad)
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Post Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:15 pm

Well I'm going for MIMs, obviously! Hence the photochop you've got of em on my car! :P

Currently got TSWs that are the same style as BBS, but sit slightly further out in the arches thanks to the offset, & look better without centrecaps! I like them too, but I still think I'm gonna have to get some mims... So you should go for BBS :jester:

Here's the original pic:

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Post Fri Mar 04, 2005 2:49 pm

did someone say lachs silver?! :mrgreen:
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Post Sat Mar 05, 2005 6:53 pm

mmmm Lachs silver :drool: lol!!
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Post Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:53 pm

Mim's all day long.
BBS are.....
1) Too common
2) Too fiddly to clean properly unless you've got far too much time on your hands.
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Post Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:11 pm

essbee wrote:Mim's all day long.
BBS are.....
1) Too common
2) Too fiddly to clean properly unless you've got far too much time on your hands.
good points sir, cept I happen to think that a set of capless, shagged bbs offsets the "rat ride" look of my touring to a tee :D

mims would be sweet though :cool:
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Post Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:23 pm

bbs hands down :D
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Post Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:38 pm

i'll vote mims cos you don't see them as often- im not sayin i dont like bbs', far from it (cross-spokes suit any car) :cool:

it's just refreshing to see different wheels that are still old skool imo
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Post Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:42 pm

MIMS on a chrome bumper look sweet but dont suit plastic bumpers(IMO) :D
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Post Sat Aug 12, 2006 9:51 pm

Mims all the way. I've got some on mine and they look great. Mine are ET13, so the rears rub on the arches sometimes. Something to look out for.
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Post Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:33 pm

eko wrote:MIMS on a chrome bumper look sweet but dont suit plastic bumpers(IMO) :D
Yep same as that, had some on my 323i back in the day and looked sweet.
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Post Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:36 pm

BBS by miles, the mims look a bit weedy imho, but i love the origional bbs :D
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Post Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:58 pm

I would go with the MIM's!!
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Post Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:33 pm

It has to be said the mims are lovely - pictures of mims dont do them justice i think as i got a set based on pictures and i couldn't believe how well theyt looked on the car.
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Post Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:43 pm

How old is this topic?! & can nobody still find a better pic of some mims, than the 30 second photochop onto my old car?!
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Post Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:43 pm

today i like mims though :mad:
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Post Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:01 pm

Ziggy wrote:How old is this topic?! & can nobody still find a better pic of some mims, than the 30 second photochop onto my old car?!
Here are mine. Pics not very good, they were taken in a hurry, it was raining. I'll hopefully get some better ones soon.
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Post Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:39 pm

I like the mims in the first pic polished up much better than the bbs's. The mims on the black tourer look good and, as I also have a black tourer, it gives me a good idea of what they would look like.

Would have to be polished though no offence essbee
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Post Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:08 pm

steerfromtherear wrote:Would have to be polished though no offence essbee
No offence taken Dude! The paint is darker than I wanted, but i can't be ar5ed to do them again at the moment. I don't suppose it helps the photo' that I took it about 9pm either. Sometimes I look at them and they don't look too bad.
I did wonder if they would have looked good in white. Maybe I'll try that next time.
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Post Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:46 pm

BBS for definate !!
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:55 am

mims cool
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:31 pm

bbs without a doubt.... :evil:
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Post Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:53 pm

cougar wrote:mims cool
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Wwooooooh!
Malachite Green Touring on MiM's. :drool::drool:
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Post Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:57 pm

I think that's laguna green or something like that, it isn't malachite
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Post Sat Aug 26, 2006 5:08 pm

Whoo.. Holy thread resurrection Batman :lol:

Liking the MIM's still i reckon.. which is why im currently running BBS' :lol:
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Post Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:50 pm

datourer wrote:I think that's laguna green or something like that, it isn't malachite

yes m8 laguna green, by the way i got the BMW restoration bible
by Andrew Everett and in the paint chapter it does not have Laguna green
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Post Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:28 pm

MIM's 8) Catch the car at the right angle and all you can see is the dish

But having 3 sets kinda makes me biased :wink:
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Post Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:50 am

Or greedy..
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