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herby
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Post Sun Jul 22, 2012 11:09 am

hi i have a e90 and have the chance to by a set of bmw e39 19inch wheels will thay fit my car 8) [/list]
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Post Sun Jul 22, 2012 2:40 pm

E39 wheels have a slightly larger centre bore than every other BMW wheel that I know of.
Assuming the E90 is the 'normal' 72.6mm, then the answer is no, and that's without considering things like offset.
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Post Sun Jul 22, 2012 3:11 pm

You can buy spiggot rings to fit e39 wheel on other bmws, but the wheels you are thinking about are almost certainly too low an offset. E39s tend to be et20, e90 tend to be higher offset, so e39 wheels will stick out further and are likely to rub the arches.

Not worth the risk unless you know about the widths, offsets, tyres sizes etc.
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Post Sun Jul 22, 2012 6:25 pm

Wow are E90s this cheap all ready ? :o
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Post Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:50 pm

pacerpete wrote:Wow are E90s this cheap all ready ? :o
Early ones are now being firmly beaten with the council stick. Not as badly as the *uughh* E60 though. See quite a few of those turds with 'modz' and tattooed pilots.