tourer rims

Post Sat Sep 23, 2006 5:36 pm

Hi. Just got my first e30 and I'm thinking of getting new rims. It's a 325i tourer. I've done my research on the net and I like to get your inputs on the right rims to put (15", 16"). I'd like to keep it to look as stock as possible. Alpina? BBS?

Thanks.

Post Sat Sep 23, 2006 5:56 pm

hey! today i put down a deposit on a 325i touring and the first thing im gonna do is take the 15" bbs sport wheels off my iS and put em on the tourer. it will make it look a bit tastier but not out of place. plus the touring has crappy 14" bottle top alloys on which really dont do the car justice imo.

Post Sat Sep 23, 2006 6:24 pm

x2 on the bottle tops.

Which bbs rims are these? Post some pics dude.

Post Sat Sep 23, 2006 8:39 pm

33lop wrote: I've done my research on the net and I like to get your inputs on the right rims to put (15", 16"). I'd like to keep it to look as stock as possible. Alpina? BBS? Thanks.

15" or 16" are fine handling wise. The Standard fit BBS are good.

Personally I have 15" Hartge rims that are lighter than the standard BBS and a lot easier to clean

They are rare but worth it if you can hunt a set down. budget a year for finding a decent set or getting them refurbed.

Post Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:21 pm

hi 33lop, the rims are bbs cross spokes , for which i only have 3 of the centre caps. the other week i saw one laying at the side of the road near john nike ski slope place. i was well chuffed, felt like christmas!! quite rightly i stopped and retreived it but the lugs on the back are a bit bent but im sure ill find a way to make it stay on. ideas anyone, or should i just buy some!
ps nice wheels coty they're not in ya face

Post Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:51 pm

tomtomiS wrote: ps nice wheels Cotty they're not in ya face

Cheers I went for handling and stealthy

Post Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:55 pm

thats along the same lines as what i want, my mates are ripping the piss cos im buying an estate so i dont want it to look ott by putting 17' on it. however, if some alpinas want to nestle under the arches im sure i would oblige

Post Sat Sep 23, 2006 11:14 pm

tomtomiS wrote:thats along the same lines as what i want, my mates are ripping the piss cos im buying an estate so i dont want it to look ott by putting 17' on it. however, if some alpinas want to nestle under the arches im sure i would oblige

I know what your saying but 17" Alpina replicas (I have been told) are heavy. No experience myself but I felt the difference when I got my Hartge's on as opposed to BBS's, the car feels better, nimbler, I cant quite explain it, somethig to do with less unsprung weight etc. If you can find orininal Alpinas (hens teeth) go for it.

Oh and its a tourer not an estate

Sod your mates get what you want, its your car not theirs. My mates know better to crititisise my car. My dad still says I should buy something newer but he has lost more in depreciation than my car cost + running costs/upgrades over 4 years.

Post Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:59 am

tomtomiS wrote: my mates are ripping the piss cos im buying an estate

It's not a bloody estate. BMW don't do estates!
Estates are big load carriers. The load capacity of a touring (up to the load cover) is a lot less than that of a saloon!

Post Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:02 am

Nice hartge rims you got there, cotty180. My friends too told me to get a newer car, but hey, i just love the old e30s.

Rather quite tricky looking for alpinas and vegas. Any more ideas?

Post Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:14 am

33lop wrote: My friends too told me to get a newer car

Inform your friends that your E30 will still be on the road in as new condition long after any Ford, Vauxhall or French crap rolling off the production line today has been recycled into baked bean cans.

Post Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:04 am

Brianmoooore wrote:
33lop wrote: My friends too told me to get a newer car
Inform your friends that your E30 will still be on the road in as new condition long after any Ford, Vauxhall or French crap rolling off the production line today has been recycled into baked bean cans.

Post Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:46 pm

how can you say its not an estate?... im baffled, is this an example of BMW snobbery? it looks like an estate to me does laden weight have any relevance?

Post Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:11 pm

Brianmoooore wrote:
tomtomiS wrote: my mates are ripping the piss cos im buying an estate
It's not a bloody estate. BMW don't do estates!
Estates are big load carriers. The load capacity of a touring (up to the load cover) is a lot less than that of a saloon!

na mate,however much you dislike it its still an estate,just like the avant,sportswagon etc.just a fancy lifestyle choice word for a plain old estate

Post Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:14 pm

FBF wrote:how can you say its not an estate?... im baffled, is this an example of BMW snobbery? it looks like an estate to me does laden weight have any relevance?

Well it doesnt fit the dictionary definition

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define. ... &dict=CALD

estate (car) UK noun [C] (US station wagon)
a car with a lot of space behind the back seat and an extra door at the back for loading large items

as said previously the tourer has a smaller boot than the saloon and have you ever tried to fit anything large in a tourer, not possible due to the location of the lights

Post Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:18 pm

Cotty180 wrote:
FBF wrote:how can you say its not an estate?... im baffled, is this an example of BMW snobbery? it looks like an estate to me does laden weight have any relevance?
Well it doesnt fit the dictionary definition

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define. ... &dict=CALD

estate (car) UK noun [C] (US station wagon)
a car with a lot of space behind the back seat and an extra door at the back for loading large items

id say it fits the dictionary discription perfectly,lots of space behind the back seat,doesnt say more space than the saloon and it does have an extra door at the back for loading,and really its only a couple of seats away from being a van

Post Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:35 pm

i guess you have to define 'a lot of space'. i dont think you'd be able to convince anyone that its not an estate.. hell why do they even call it a touring.. thats even more odd. considering the original bmw tourings of the 40's dont resemble these at all

Post Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:55 pm

Regardless whether you believe it is or isnt an estate car, it called a touring or tourer. That was the name given to it by BMW. If you have a problem with that I suggest you take it up with BMW

Post Sun Sep 24, 2006 2:10 pm

Cotty180 wrote:Regardless whether you believe it is or isnt an estate car, it called a touring or tourer. That was the name given to it by BMW. If you have a problem with that I suggest you take it up with BMW

then i will!!

Post Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:01 pm

Ok guys! Back to the topic please!