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kibble
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:48 pm

right hello all...as you may have guessed i am new the the bmw e30 scene, and i've just bought Dave's old Dolphin Grey 325i or the "council Sport" as i've seen it mentioned lol

its still on the silver 5 spoke Racing dynamic's wheels, with the matching steering wheel and gearnob, now i know this car is quite well known, but i kinda wanted to put my own stamp on it, not wanting to ruin the car or give it a new look etc, just maybe change the wheels and add my touch to it, fresh paint here and there etc.
as for wheels im stuck on a decision, i do love the look of the 17" alpina multispokes but i feel their a tad too common, i fancied somthing diffrent but A.sticking with the period styling of the car and B. somthing shiny, been looking at BBS RM & RS splits, or possibly some Schmidtt Modernlines as i think these are such a timless classic wheel, any suggestions or pictures??
gonna pick up a cheap set of OEM 15" bbs rz's just for winter use.
will possibly be looking to sell the Racing dynamics wheels on the car to fund others, possibly including the steering wheel and gearnob as a set, any idea's of a guidline price these go for as i hear RD stuff is quite hard to come by.

any help would be good, and sorry i havnt posted pictures up yet, need to get it up to scratch before i do so lol
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:26 pm

Three spokes! Do it, You know it makes sense :P
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:32 pm

I'd just stick with the BBS' for now.. and keep thinking..
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:40 pm

eurgh no 3 spokes! only 3 spokes i'd think about would be some bright coloured advans on an ae86 lol

have been tempted by some staggered 16x7.5 and 16x9" schmidtt th lines in high gloss silver...
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:47 pm

d6dph wrote:Three spokes! Do it, You know it makes sense :P
fooking hell!!!! The wanderer returns, thought you'd left for good dude :eek:

P.S definitely three spokes lol drift hero innit? Lol.
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Tue Aug 07, 2012 12:23 am

Th lines will do nicely.

Put alpina reps on and I'll send dave round to kick your shins in :D
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Tue Aug 07, 2012 12:32 am

Staggered Alpina's would look cool on this car. 8)
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Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:24 pm

harry_p wrote:Th lines will do nicely.

Put alpina reps on and I'll send dave round to kick your shins in :D
It'd be like 2 midgets fighting!
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Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:34 pm

harry_p wrote:Th lines will do nicely.

Put alpina reps on and I'll send dave round to kick your shins in :D
TH lines...mmmmmmm
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Tue Aug 07, 2012 10:05 pm

verde wrote:
harry_p wrote:Th lines will do nicely.

Put alpina reps on and I'll send dave round to kick your shins in :D
TH lines...mmmmmmm
TH lines are really starting to grow on me... maybe not too shiny
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Tue Aug 07, 2012 10:46 pm

Few ideas here for you (i need to add TH Lines if anyone has some good pics);

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/index.php/Wheels
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Wed Aug 08, 2012 12:09 am

Staggered Alpinas bro, they will look awesome could get them coated in gunmetal
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Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:12 am

kibble heres a pic of schmidts mod lines 3 piece on my old e30... may help you decide.... winkeye


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Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:10 am

They are the exact wheels I want but the non-split type, 7's up front and 9's out back! Just need to give the car a diffrent flavour! Altho ATM I may set fire to it cos its decided not to work :(
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