Battle of the BBS - 15" or 16"?

[mcbonio]

I wasn't sure they were going to look right, but I think they quite suit the car.

[capri_rob]

A welcome change to standard BBS but well in keeping with the car.

Nice choice

[ETERNITY]

205/45/16 FRONTS ET 24 7.5J

225 24 16 REARS ET 20 8.5J

still have the bbs rs but sold the car.

I personally think BBS RS look better on tech 1 than tech 2

[mcbonio]

Thanks Rob, they suit the vintage too.! As my turd is my daily drive I really don't think chromed dish BBS in excess of 1000 quid is a good idea. ; )

[Cypriotgeeza]

14" with baloon tyres FTW

[mcbonio]

Balloon tyres are good with the state of the roads in citys these days!

[verde]

I need to stay off this site for a while. I told my mate not to engine swap his prefacelift the other day and not to mollest it. Now im starting to like the medium depth bbs with larger tyres. U fuckers have corrupted my vw born euro morales

[lukec88]

Lower profiles are for more modern cars. They look shit on E30s. Check out the arch gap you get on 205/50/15.

im on 195/50/15 and i dont care what anyone on here says, they look much better than the 205/55/15 i had before.
and as for arch gap, buy some lowering springs. no problems with mine and arch gap.

[mcbonio]

im on 195/50/15 and i dont care what anyone on here says, they look much better than the 205/55/15 i had before.
and as for arch gap, buy some lowering springs. no problems with mine and arch gap.

+1

I run 195/50/15 on mine with a 30mm drop. Ain't no gap at all.

[Barx325i]

have serious fun with 15's - possibly don't know what I'm missing with a set of 003's

[samuraibaz]

16's for show 15's for track simples!

[bss325i]

16's for show 15's for track simples!

Yeah, that's why the better E30 M3's use 16's.

[Barx325i]

[quote="bss325i"][/quote]

easy tiger.....

[Morat]

im on 195/50/15 and i dont care what anyone on here says, they look much better than the 205/55/15 i had before.
and as for arch gap, buy some lowering springs. no problems with mine and arch gap.

+1

I run 195/50/15 on mine with a 30mm drop. Ain't no gap at all.

Pics please.

[cro320]

195/50/15 is all wrong for e30

[Rav335uk]

have serious fun with 15's - possibly don't know what I'm missing with a set of 003's

You'll never know

[Barx325i]

195/50/15 is all wrong for e30

indeed, you need 45 profiles instead

[Emm3]

My 15's which I don't think look that bad a˜a and they are 195/50

[Barx325i]

You'll never know

you're right, 003's aren't really the type of thing you want to 'use' on the road, let alone take over hump backs at 60mph, 15" rs's are just an epic addition to 4pot handling - of which you're very, very, very much missing out on

[Rav335uk]

15" rs's are just an epic addition to 4pot handling - of which you're very, very, very much missing out on

Barclay, the fact you are delusional is very entertaining

[Barx325i]

15" rs's are just an epic addition to 4pot handling - of which you're very, very, very much missing out on

Barclay, the fact you are delusional is very entertaining

Take your modified cab and pit it against my modified iS down any b road would be hilarious, let alone entertaining

[Rav335uk]

The Cab is for Cruising, young one , not racing like you 17yr olds.

[Barx325i]

The Cab is for Cruising, young one , not racing like you 17yr olds.

uh?

[Rav335uk]

The Cab is for Cruising, young one , not racing like you 17yr olds.

uh?

No understand?

[Barx325i]

I never realised I looked that youthful in any case, you find me a 335 cab which can keep up with a properly fettled iS down a b road for more than 2 corners and I'll bow to your uber-barge handling superiority

[Rav335uk]

I don't get taken in to "Races" that easily padowan, been there done it, no longer interested.

[Barx325i]

So in my case owning 003's if they're just for show is pointless, I have staggered alpinas if I'm feeling like 16" action..

Interestingly, as you have both, what's the weight comparison?

it's mostly about the the distribution of rotational mass, where 003's are likely to perform better but it's marginal, and cast arms will have more effect on hadling than the difference between the two..