Anyway - just wondered where you guys stand on the alpina vs hartge debate. I'm leaning towards Hartge, mainly because the alpinas need refurbishing, but the large number of replicas also detracts from the alpinas perhaps.........
Alpina or Hartge??
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Anyway - just wondered where you guys stand on the alpina vs hartge debate. I'm leaning towards Hartge, mainly because the alpinas need refurbishing, but the large number of replicas also detracts from the alpinas perhaps.........
Anyway - just wondered where you guys stand on the alpina vs hartge debate. I'm leaning towards Hartge, mainly because the alpinas need refurbishing, but the large number of replicas also detracts from the alpinas perhaps.........
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Hartges every time. Alpinas and Alpina reps probably outnumber bbs cross-spokes by now.
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Hartge everytime! THey are more of a performance wheel than the ALpinas
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Alpina's (but if your gonna use them - loose your outside weights 
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)Hi Paul - I thought you might vote for the hartges!! Yeah I was really lucky and got hold of a set of 16's, done a good turn by a fellow zoner you could say. How are those 15's? Are they refurbed and on yet, I look forward to the pics!
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Andrew we have had this debate before to the point of wieghing both wheels on the bathroom scales whilst on the phone!Demlotcrew wrote:Hartge everytime! THey are more of a performance wheel than the ALpinas
Andrew
They weigh the same. Hartge rims are not more performance orientated.
Alpina's add a touch of class
Hartge all day long....too many Alpina reps out there which spoil it for the originals, also Hartge much much lighter.
U know it makes sense Simon
U know it makes sense Simon
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Not yet. The refurb budget went on a set of H&R anti roll barsTheo325 wrote:Hi Paul - I thought you might vote for the hartges!! Yeah I was really lucky and got hold of a set of 16's, done a good turn by a fellow zoner you could say. How are those 15's? Are they refurbed and on yet, I look forward to the pics!
having 2 hartge cars i supposed i have to be biased but they piss all over alpinas and alpinas are for classy type of ppl where as hartge alloys were designed to be more of a race wheel type being lightweight and ultra strong!! hartge all round are so much better than alpina but i will not start a debate me and iain both know though!
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Hartge's for me too, genuine alpina look crap unless mega clean and 8J rear, alpina reps look much nicer than genuine, but the wobble ruins them, hartges just look so much nicer, especially the side profile!
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Simon13 wrote:Andrew we have had this debate before to the point of wieghing both wheels on the bathroom scales whilst on the phone!Demlotcrew wrote:Hartge everytime! THey are more of a performance wheel than the ALpinas
Andrew
They weigh the same. Hartge rims are not more performance orientated.
Alpina's add a touch of class
Where is the alpina crew??
... Have to totally agree with Simon the hartge wheels are just not my cup of tea if not a little boring lol
Alpinas all day long original that is
come on the alpina crew.....
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wow - that close up of one of your alpinas is impressive, thinking of getting my set done, anyone had any experience with BJV Engineering? Got a very good quote from them, not sure if it includes respraying/laquering the centrecaps though!
Bob_S - definately keeping the hartges for now, but as for the alpinas i'm listening to offers, but by no means desperate to sell as Im thinking of keeping them for whatever e30 i get for summer.
Bob_S - definately keeping the hartges for now, but as for the alpinas i'm listening to offers, but by no means desperate to sell as Im thinking of keeping them for whatever e30 i get for summer.
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Theo.......BJV are 15 mins away from me other side of watfordTheo325 wrote:wow - that close up of one of your alpinas is impressive, thinking of getting my set done, anyone had any experience with BJV Engineering? Got a very good quote from them, not sure if it includes respraying/laquering the centrecaps though!
Bob_S - definately keeping the hartges for now, but as for the alpinas i'm listening to offers, but by no means desperate to sell as Im thinking of keeping them for whatever e30 i get for summer.
Yet all my wheels get done at lepsons they have done my 15inch bbs and my set of Alpinas 7 front 8 rear and they are second to none floorless well worth the effort mate i would not use anyone else
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on your car i'd have to say hartge, however, i usually prefer alpinas. BK racing have ruined the alpina for everyone else but the real 8j ones... oooh!
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it's always me on my own fighting the alpina corner.
this is all shit about hartge wheels lighter and racing pedigree this and that. They ain't no lighter and they ain't no stronger. They bend just like alpina's do very easily
Now tell me this don't look good?! why do people stare at these rims when they are spinning? cos they look pukka!
who is that driving 
oh the shame
this is all shit about hartge wheels lighter and racing pedigree this and that. They ain't no lighter and they ain't no stronger. They bend just like alpina's do very easily
Now tell me this don't look good?! why do people stare at these rims when they are spinning? cos they look pukka!
who is that driving oh the shame
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hehehehe so funny how ppl get irate about a simple things like wheels!! hey si chill m8!! HARTGE ARE BETTER THOUGH hehehehehe Bracknell massive!!
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Thats the problem there are to many fakes around which cheapens the originals which are very nice wheels but Hartge are more exclusive because of the fakestylerma wrote:Hartge all the way man
alpina's are becoming too common now
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I like the alpina's but on your car i would go hartge
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simonSimon13 wrote:u need to vote mate!aauser wrote:Definately Definately 100% Alpina all the time - next to a proper set of Alpina's the Hartge look crap
like the picture. kelleners also did tunning and conversions in the eighteys along with the others, and still are.
2.7 and 3.5 conversions etc, although there bodykits where a bit off.
the wheels on that are o.z turbos. rare rims now, and fetch good money.
as for alpina/hartge.
im not to fussed, but hartge did a better job overall. in my opionion the alpina stying is lovely, even the stripes. alpina also rolls off the toungue better.