1 x 16"ORIGINAL Alpina Wheel - Help!

Sun May 22, 2011 5:23 pm

Am currently running around on 3 x 16" Original Alpina wheels as one is ruined beyond repair + a BBS.

Anyone know where I can pick up just 1 original as I can find loads of sets but not just the one!

Have stalked EBay for a couple of weeks now with no luck, only sets!

Cheers all!

Sun May 22, 2011 8:22 pm

I wish you luck finding a single used one. Five years ago I ended up buying one new from a dealer. You should still be able to do so, but it is expensive!

Sun May 22, 2011 9:16 pm

i thought these were NLA?

Sun May 22, 2011 9:29 pm

I think the staggered are verging on NLA but I'm sure you can still get the 7J's from the stealer ?

There was one sold on ebay for 127 quid a few months back, it was brand new but with no cap IIRC.

Mon May 23, 2011 1:30 pm

thread posted on here a few days ago had them in sets or single , alloy wheels direct or something ?

Mon May 23, 2011 1:30 pm

http://www.alloywheelsdirect.net/bmw_al ... oon_alloys

Mon May 23, 2011 1:57 pm

Fook me £320 per rim.

Mon May 23, 2011 4:40 pm

Topblag wrote:Fook me £320 per rim.

I can see you rubbing your hands with a grin on your face too Colin

Mon May 23, 2011 4:58 pm

polsta wrote:http://www.alloywheelsdirect.net/bmw_al ... oon_alloys

I've tried buying a set of staggered from there, no joy and no idea of time for when they have stock.

Mon May 23, 2011 5:44 pm

Rav335uk wrote:
Topblag wrote:Fook me £320 per rim.
I can see you rubbing your hands with a grin on your face too Colin

How I wished I'd kept the set of 7Js I bought from you Rav !

How long before a set of staggereds with caps and locks goes for over a grand ? I reckon within the year as they're effectively NLA.

Mon May 23, 2011 5:48 pm

Where did they go???
I thought you were keeping them?

Mon May 23, 2011 5:56 pm

Sold them to buy a set of staggered ones, could've stretched to both but with the wheel store bulging at the seams it seemed like a good idea....

The staggered set are very nice though !!

Mon May 23, 2011 6:04 pm

I got my staggered set very cheap

Mon May 23, 2011 7:34 pm

Pleeeeeeeeease dont rub it in re the staggered, would love a set of them but appears they are not only as rare as rocking horse @&%# but more like the Unicorn variety!!! Looks like I'll be trawling the ebay and swap sites to get one for a while yet!

As discovered so far, useful help from everyone so far thanks!

Mon May 23, 2011 7:44 pm

Rav335uk wrote:I got my staggered set very cheap

So did I, difference is I got a good price about 6 months ago, I'll bet you got a great price a few years back.

I jumped in and got a set after Kieran withdrew his from sale as he couldn't get confirmation from the dealers on his replacement set.

Aye, you've more chance of standing in white dog shite than picking up a set of staggered for under a bag of sand.

Mon May 23, 2011 8:02 pm

You hoarders are playing a mugs game, the stuff is only worth good money for a while, once all the decent cars have been bought up by enthusiasts and tidied/restored there wont be a market. As soon as all these half tidy hangers on have been turned out of their garages/lockups/barns there will only be shitters left, by then there wont be a steady supply of parts to fix them up with so they will just be scrapped and you will still have your spare rooms full of wheels/spoilers/side skirts/scrap

Mon May 23, 2011 8:16 pm

DanThe wrote:You hoarders are playing a mugs game, the stuff is only worth good money for a while, once all the decent cars have been bought up by enthusiasts and tidied/restored there wont be a market. As soon as all these half tidy hangers on have been turned out of their garages/lockups/barns there will only be shitters left, by then there wont be a steady supply of parts to fix them up with so they will just be scrapped and you will still have your spare rooms full of wheels/spoilers/side skirts/scrap

I'm only hoarding bits for my 3 E30s. As prices climb for new and used parts, I'll dig into my lockup and won't be affected.

Mon May 23, 2011 8:40 pm

Topblag wrote:
Rav335uk wrote:I got my staggered set very cheap

So did I, difference is I got a good price about 6 months ago, I'll bet you got a great price a few years back.

I jumped in and got a set after Kieran withdrew his from sale as he couldn't get confirmation from the dealers on his replacement set.

Aye, you've more chance of standing in white dog shite than picking up a set of staggered for under a bag of sand.

I got mine a year ago

Mon May 23, 2011 9:23 pm

There's two sets on ebay, one with black centres that were on sale here a while ago.

Mon May 23, 2011 9:52 pm

Both sets are staggered too