The bottle top poll.

[Ollie_bwoii]

my first E30, which was a 2dr chromie 325i manual had bottletops ( OH THE SHAME!)

OOOOH I would love to see some pictures. Sounds like a stunner, although the wheels probably looked very small.

[George]

Swap the good tyres from the bottletops onto the BBS.

Dirty BBS alloys are still cooler than clean bottletops. ;)

Bottle tops 14"

BBS 15"

Apologies.

Even so...the shame of bottletops...

[bss325i]

my first E30, which was a 2dr chromie 325i manual had bottletops ( OH THE SHAME!)

OOOOH I would love to see some pictures. Sounds like a stunner, although the wheels probably looked very small.

I only have one photo of it some where (not computer). I had it eight years ago. Its was D reg, schwartz black and had hounds tooth highbacks, m tech suspension and SE spec all from new.

Odd spec i thought.

Had done 174k when i bought it and i used to abslutely beast it every, diffing it all over the place like a loon but i was 21!

Swapped it for a J reg escort cabrio!

[jaymos]

Swapped it for a J reg escort cabrio!

and you have the nerve to call bottletops bum cancer?






















I used to own a N reg escort cabrio

[sihooker]

I need advice here.
My touring is sat on a set of BBS cross spokes that my wife hates cleaning.Also,the tyres are almost worn out.I have a set of bottletops 'in stock' with very good tyres on them,and my wife likes cleaning bottletop wheels.
Should I;
1.Spend £250+ on a set of tyres for wheels that my wife hates cleaning.
2.Fit the bottletops that she likes cleaning,have decent tyres already fitted.
Bear in mind when answering that my wife is known to be fiesty and I am a known tight git.
Touring in question has an M50 and covered 14k miles in the last 12 months.
Thank you,
Confused from Lincoln.

Advice?? Clean them yourself! The wife is then out of the equation...

[daimlerman]

I need advice here.
My touring is sat on a set of BBS cross spokes that my wife hates cleaning.Also,the tyres are almost worn out.I have a set of bottletops 'in stock' with very good tyres on them,and my wife likes cleaning bottletop wheels.
Should I;
1.Spend £250+ on a set of tyres for wheels that my wife hates cleaning.
2.Fit the bottletops that she likes cleaning,have decent tyres already fitted.
Bear in mind when answering that my wife is known to be fiesty and I am a known tight git.
Touring in question has an M50 and covered 14k miles in the last 12 months.
Thank you,
Confused from Lincoln.

Advice?? Clean them yourself! The wife is then out of the equation...

Hummm....thin end of the wedge...she'll have me using the vacumn cleaner next... and doing the washing up...

[jaymos]

I need advice here.
My touring is sat on a set of BBS cross spokes that my wife hates cleaning.Also,the tyres are almost worn out.I have a set of bottletops 'in stock' with very good tyres on them,and my wife likes cleaning bottletop wheels.
Should I;
1.Spend £250+ on a set of tyres for wheels that my wife hates cleaning.
2.Fit the bottletops that she likes cleaning,have decent tyres already fitted.
Bear in mind when answering that my wife is known to be fiesty and I am a known tight git.
Touring in question has an M50 and covered 14k miles in the last 12 months.
Thank you,
Confused from Lincoln.

Advice?? Clean them yourself! The wife is then out of the equation...

Hummm....thin end of the wedge...she'll have me using the vacumn cleaner next... and doing the washing up...

I take it you are not a modern man then

[pac1982]

If had had steel wheels and i got offered some bottle tops for free i still wouldnt put them on my car!

[Alex]

there so popular now they no longer make a BBS Key ring but a bottle top one

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-316-320i-323- ... 5638083283

[jaymos]

If had had steel wheels and i got offered some bottle tops for free i still wouldnt put them on my car!

would you get someone else to do it? are you as lazy as daimlerman?

[pac1982]

If had had steel wheels and i got offered some bottle tops for free i still wouldnt put them on my car!

would you get someone else to do it? are you as lazy as daimlerman?

I'd scrap em, bottle tops are probs worth more in scrap anyway

[sihooker]

Hummm....thin end of the wedge...she'll have me using the vacumn cleaner next... and doing the washing up...

You dont happen to have a daughter of marriageable age, do you?

I only ask cos i'm single and i dont like cleaning things either...

[DanThe]

When I had bottletops on my 24v 4 door the car would understeer like crazy, had to almost drive sensibly....

[SPADGE]

Surely this whole debate is pointless as it is down to each individual as to what they like.
The really sad people will only get whatever everyone else says is cool and the cool people will make their own mind-up as to what they like.
I personally think Alpina wheels, genuine or not, look shite and are as common as muck but that is MY opinion.
If we all liked the same things every car on the zone would look exactly the same and how boring would that be????

[Alex]

Surely this whole debate is pointless as it is down to each individual as to what they like.
The really sad people will only get whatever everyone else says is cool and the cool people will make their own mind-up as to what they like.
I personally think Alpina wheels, genuine or not, look shite and are as common as muck but that is MY opinion.
If we all liked the same things every car on the zone would look exactly the same and how boring would that be????

Damn Right, If we all drove sports we would all be driving rusty turds

exceptions to the people who fit wooden spoilers and fiberglass arches though surely

[daimlerman]

Advice?? Clean them yourself! The wife is then out of the equation...

Hummm....thin end of the wedge...she'll have me using the vacumn cleaner next... and doing the washing up...

I take it you are not a modern man then

At the young age of 59,no!
I mend the cars,she breaks them.
I leave oily paw marks on the kitchen taps,she cleans them..
I cook the evening meal,she washes up,
She cooks the evening meal,she washes up.
I earn the money,she spends it...

[Barx325i]

nothing wrong with them! they're light & strong. I have some attached to the back of my car for the duration of the snow

currently 16's up front with bottles on the rear ......they work just fine

[jaymos]

Daimler you know what they say, old dog, new tricks etc lol. Hey at least you cook, my dad is 65 and he struggles to make toast

[B7]

oooh it's very close

52% say no they are shit
47% say yes they are great!

I voted yes.

As the OEM homo of 2009, if I bought a 1984 323i with 30k on the clock, 1 lady owner and garaged all it's life and it had bottle tops? Would I change them. Would I f*ck. They are right on that car full stop. They looked cool on that car in 1984, why not now?

I'll tell you the only reason why shall I? Because the world is full of narrow minded c*nts who think a set of 17" BK reps are a better bet regardless of the fact they make the car handle like a peice of crap.

Okay, we could say a set of 15" BBS would look better and I agree, they are the best rim on an e30. But there is, and always will be, a time and a place for a mint bottle top.

I know a man with 2 mint (1 unused) bottle tops and 3 unused 195/65 x 14 Pirelli P6's if you are that way inclined

[bss325i]

Surely this whole debate is pointless as it is down to each individual as to what they like.
The really sad people will only get whatever everyone else says is cool and the cool people will make their own mind-up as to what they like.
I personally think Alpina wheels, genuine or not, look shite and are as common as muck but that is MY opinion.
If we all liked the same things every car on the zone would look exactly the same and how boring would that be????

If a hundred people said they thought sussan boil was good looking that doesn't mean she is!

[sihooker]

If a hundred people said they thought sussan boil was good looking that doesn't mean she is!

Of course it does...to the 100 people!
Taste, as Spadge said, is down to the individual...it's not for you to tell others what they should like.

[B7]

Surely this whole debate is pointless as it is down to each individual as to what they like.
The really sad people will only get whatever everyone else says is cool and the cool people will make their own mind-up as to what they like.
I personally think Alpina wheels, genuine or not, look shite and are as common as muck but that is MY opinion.
If we all liked the same things every car on the zone would look exactly the same and how boring would that be????

If a hundred people said they thought sussan boil was good looking that doesn't mean she is!

I would!







That was a joke!

[GC318]

That was a joke!

you sure Trevor, realy realy sure???

[B7]

Seriously though, would anyone on here say that UBL 44Y looks shite on bottletops? Didn't think so.

[bss325i]

Seriously though, would anyone on here say that UBL 44Y looks shite on bottletops? Didn't think so.

Would look better on BBS. Maybe not totaly acurate for the year but it would 100% look better.

[GC318]

On the right period car I think they look fine, far better than some of the after market crap that some put on

[Bob_S]

yeah but bottle tops are crap.

[B7]

Seriously though, would anyone on here say that UBL 44Y looks shite on bottletops? Didn't think so.

Would look better on BBS. Maybe not totaly acurate for the year but it would 100% look better.

I don't think so Barry, I think it would look wrong being so mint.

[bss325i]

Seriously though, would anyone on here say that UBL 44Y looks shite on bottletops? Didn't think so.

Would look better on BBS. Maybe not totaly acurate for the year but it would 100% look better.

I don't think so Barry, I think it would look wrong being so mint.

Condition is beside the point. BBS would look better even if they are wrong for the year.

[B7]

Would look better on BBS. Maybe not totaly acurate for the year but it would 100% look better.

I don't think so Barry, I think it would look wrong being so mint.

Condition is beside the point. BBS would look better even if they are wrong for the year.

I know what your saying but it would just be wrong. Your red chromer should have bottletops.

[The_Diddler]

I bet hell would freeze over before you see BBS on UBL

Personally i think bottletops on cars of that period are just right, even if i think BBS are the better wheel, they would be so wrong on that car, period.

[bss325i]

I don't think so Barry, I think it would look wrong being so mint.

Condition is beside the point. BBS would look better even if they are wrong for the year.

I know what your saying but it would just be wrong. Your red chromer should have bottletops.

Note! My red chrome turd had bottle craps but they went in the bin in favor of 15" BBS which incidently are period for that car as its an '86 325i.

[bss325i]

I bet hell would freeze over before you see BBS on UBL

Personally i think bottletops on cars of that period are just right, even if i think BBS are the better wheel, they would be so wrong on that car, period.

You are most probably right, i cant ever see that car wearing BBS.

The might be wrong but they look better!

[Chris-W]

Funny how time changes things. I can still clearly remember trying to find a set of bottletops for my first E30 back in 1989 - I had a 1987 316i on bare silver steels, and my mate had the same but with wheel trims so I was naturally desperate to out do him. BBS's were out of the question!

[bss325i]

No contest, PERIOD!