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Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:33 am

I need a set of spare wheels for my car ('89 325i Touring)and was wondering if there is any car that had 4 stud 15in steels ? All I can think of were some Mark2 Golf GTI's had steels but they were 14in. Any ideas ? Probably be easier to get some alloys but steels are usually at a give away price.
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Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:35 am

Why not just get some e30 steels ?
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ed325i wrote:Why not just get some e30 steels ?
Can you get them in 15in ? Got 15in BBS on car, so will make swapping tyres easier.
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Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:46 am

wixer wrote:
ed325i wrote:Why not just get some e30 steels ?
Can you get them in 15in ? Got 15in BBS on car, so will make swapping tyres easier.
No sorry you cant didnt read it right.


Have alook here >> http://www.carlsalter.com/wheel_fitments.html
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Sun Feb 01, 2009 12:27 pm

those ones in the link dips posted look tasty but they will make over £250 by the end of the auction I reckon, possibly more.

You can buy brand new 15" steelies from VW still, from the MK2 Golf G60, they are roughly £25 each brand new, only problem is they are not very wide and the offset on them means they will probably sit too far inside the arches on an E30.
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Sun Feb 01, 2009 1:10 pm

what size of steel wheels do the new mini have they might fit
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kempo_perth wrote:what size of steel wheels do the new mini have they might fit
total wrong off set and i think the center bore is different as well
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Mk 1 vectras had 15'' steely's but you would need spacers to make them fit correctly and the center bore is too small.
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Sun Feb 01, 2009 6:26 pm

Mmmm... sounds like it might be easier to get a couple of 15in BBS's.
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I've got a set of 4 x 14" original BMW steelies (with BMW centre caps) with 8mm matching Pirelli tyres. If you want them I'll sell them for £100 + P&P (£30 using Parcelforce 48). The tyres themself are worth over £200!!
If you are interested, give me your email and i'll email you over a few pics.
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Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:28 am

Looked breifly into it for the race car due to possible weight benefit but couldnt find any.

For a road car £100 would get you a decent set of BBS so I wouldnt bother.
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Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:59 pm

Woah, ChemicalAl, thats a lot for steels!

You can have 4 steels from me with various mis-matched but mainly legal (think they're in pairs) tyres for £30.

But yeah, they're all 14".
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E30BeemerLad wrote:You can buy brand new 15" steelies from VW still, from the MK2 Golf G60, they are roughly £25 each brand new, only problem is they are not very wide and the offset on them means they will probably sit too far inside the arches on an E30.
I was looking at G60 steelies the other day, I think they're only 6J, but would be perfect for getting widened. :twisted:
Not in E30s any more :(
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papercutout wrote:Woah, ChemicalAl, thats a lot for steels!

You can have 4 steels from me with various mis-matched but mainly legal (think they're in pairs) tyres for £30.

But yeah, they're all 14".
Thanks for the offer of the 14in's but I really want to stick with 15in's, so if anyone in the Midlands has a pair they want shot of, let me know. Not worried about what tyres or whether they're legal, as they're gonna get mullered at the Oulton drift day in a couple of weeks anyway.
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Not worried about what tyres or whether they're legal, as they're gonna get mullered at the Oulton drift day in a couple of weeks anyway
nice!! :D
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Just wondering, if you want to muller them at a drift day, why do you specifically want 15's? I know the 14" steels fit over standard rear discs (as I have them on mine), or are you thinking long term and you want them banded and as the replacement all-round car wheels?
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papercutout wrote:Just wondering, if you want to muller them at a drift day, why do you specifically want 15's? I know the 14" steels fit over standard rear discs (as I have them on mine), or are you thinking long term and you want them banded and as the replacement all-round car wheels?
Yes mate, I still want them for road wheels aswell.
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Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:51 pm

what about here

http://www.bandedsteels.com/

set of G60 steelies banded to 8" and 9" would look good
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