Picture of 17" and 18" alloys
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i will post that up later mate... the silver/grey car in the pic is the car the wheels were on before i bought them... i havent since taken a pic with them on my car... will take a few later and post up for you guys to see..aceraf wrote:Blingsta have you got any pics of the whole car as i think that will help.
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BadDave
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My touring(which as of last nite is now deceased)with 18's
Alpina B10 3.2L #187 (1 of 64 brought into the UK)
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Hey Dave, what happened to your touring? 
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BadDave
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Had a wee moment in itbigpimpin wrote:Hey Dave, what happened to your touring?
Rolled it
Drove it home
Needs a reshell
Alpina B10 3.2L #187 (1 of 64 brought into the UK)
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BadDave
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18's dudespikuzi wrote:i was standing there for 2 hours trying to decide which one 18" or 17"
with 215/35/ZR rubber
Alpina B10 3.2L #187 (1 of 64 brought into the UK)
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Nae luck min! I'll keep an aye out for you. Do you want a touring shell or any body style? I doubt the 318i Touring I have here would be much use to you as I think it needs a sill welding.BadDave wrote:Had a wee moment in itbigpimpin wrote:Hey Dave, what happened to your touring?
Rolled it
Drove it home
Needs a reshell
I've said it before and i'll say it again, an e30 doesn't need wheels any bigger than 16" if it's lowered properly.
By going with a bigger rim you're just going to make the ride harsher.
By going with a bigger rim you're just going to make the ride harsher.
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Breaking 325i Touring
Breaking 325i Touring
and a set of 17's for show because it looks better with bigger wheels.-
fuzzy
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you could say that about anything. my touring didnt NEED a cosworth engine but it improved it and made it more fun into the bargain. bigger wheels with elastic band thin tyres look much nicer than 15's or 16's with comedy baloon tyres.aceraf wrote:I've said it before and i'll say it again, an e30 doesn't need wheels any bigger than 16" if it's lowered properly.
By going with a bigger rim you're just going to make the ride harsher.
its all about aesthetics.
Depends what you're after i suppose....as you've no doubt learnt I prefer wider wheels to large wheels, hence i would always for for a wide 16 rather than a 17 or 18.fuzzy wrote:you could say that about anything. my touring didnt NEED a cosworth engine but it improved it and made it more fun into the bargain. bigger wheels with elastic band thin tyres look much nicer than 15's or 16's with comedy baloon tyres.aceraf wrote:I've said it before and i'll say it again, an e30 doesn't need wheels any bigger than 16" if it's lowered properly.
By going with a bigger rim you're just going to make the ride harsher.
its all about aesthetics.
Also considering there's so many shite wheels on the market that can really f*ck with your handling (i've been there and done that
) i wouldn't do it.genuine wheels are a whole different matter though as they tend to be okay even with bigger wheels.
Also by fitting 17's or 18's it makes the car higher, so even with a 60mm drop (which would be on the ground with 16's fitted) it still looks like it's high off the ground.
I used to prefer larger wheels myself, but have found myself go off them, and sway more for the euro low and wide look.
Just my opinion
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I really like wheels with a nice deep dish on them myself, and to be honest after seeing BadDave's picture I've got to say I think the 17" wheels suit the car perfectly. I've got 15" on mine at the moment, and did look at 16" deep dish wheels, but they always look a bit too small for the car. As for mucking up the handling, it depends on whats been done to the car. If you fit 17" wheels with average tyres to something like a 320, then yes it will not handle as good as the 15", but if the cars got a number of other mods done, and the right gearing and power, then 17" with a good set of tyres won't muck up the handling.
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I second that... No better look than a euro style on the floor all fat and wideaceraf wrote:Depends what you're after i suppose....as you've no doubt learnt I prefer wider wheels to large wheels, hence i would always for for a wide 16 rather than a 17 or 18.fuzzy wrote:you could say that about anything. my touring didnt NEED a cosworth engine but it improved it and made it more fun into the bargain. bigger wheels with elastic band thin tyres look much nicer than 15's or 16's with comedy baloon tyres.aceraf wrote:I've said it before and i'll say it again, an e30 doesn't need wheels any bigger than 16" if it's lowered properly.
By going with a bigger rim you're just going to make the ride harsher.
its all about aesthetics.
Also considering there's so many shite wheels on the market that can really f*ck with your handling (i've been there and done that
genuine wheels are a whole different matter though as they tend to be okay even with bigger wheels.
Also by fitting 17's or 18's it makes the car higher, so even with a 60mm drop (which would be on the ground with 16's fitted) it still looks like it's high off the ground.
I used to prefer larger wheels myself, but have found myself go off them, and sway more for the euro low and wide look.
Just my opinion
Hi, just a quick one following on from c2pete, can I ask everyone that has hated larger wheels, were they running pirelli's? I had perilli's 3 times as hey're supposed to great, and everytime the cars has tramlined with them, even my range rover did!!!
Got 18's on mine mate and they don't look too bad, bit big for my personal liking but ok. But what really jars me about them is the ride, it's so bad plus they rub like F**K. On the rear it's ripped off the side panel of my Mtec 2 kit and on the front it's pulled the wing out slightly plus you can't go full lock. Mine E30 is just a toy and I am only using it during the summer but even that's too much, so they're getting binned for a deep dish set of 15's maybe 16's.
