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Post Thu Apr 07, 2011 4:03 pm

Got some new Genuine 16" Alpina's yesterday and changed them over from the old BSX Lenso's that were on the car when I bought it.

Anyway will let the pictures do the talking

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Well happy with the results :D
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Post Thu Apr 07, 2011 4:17 pm

Transforms it 8)
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Post Thu Apr 07, 2011 4:32 pm

So much better! Nice Tech 1! :cool:
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Post Thu Apr 07, 2011 4:40 pm

funny what a new pair of boots can do :cool:
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Post Thu Apr 07, 2011 4:56 pm

Great looking wheels and car! if your thinking of selling the lenso's i'd be interested, been looking for some gold bbs reps.
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Post Thu Apr 07, 2011 5:09 pm

Looks a hell of a lot better fella :thumb:
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Post Thu Apr 07, 2011 5:17 pm

Nice, big improvement.
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Post Thu Apr 07, 2011 5:44 pm

Cheers guys, always was the intention to fit some wheels more in keeping with the car but proper happy with the way these gave transformed the car, such an improvement in my opinion, glad everyone so far agrees
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Post Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:41 pm

Now that looks 100% better than the Lenso's, told you a set of those would suit it :D :cool:
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Post Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:58 pm

they L@@k way better than those council boolers 8)
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Post Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:49 pm

Very smart
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Post Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:37 pm

Very nice! looks alot better :D
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Post Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:43 pm

The Alpinas look way better than those gold wheels, imho.Way,way better in fact. 8)
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Post Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:54 pm

Very nice, wanna sell 'em winkeye
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Post Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:21 pm

Well smart! :D
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Post Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:57 pm

Lot better
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Post Thu Apr 07, 2011 11:02 pm

VERY lovely looking indeed!!!
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Post Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:39 pm

Thanks gents, glad the general feeling is that the Alpina's look :cool: because im loving them!!! :D
Rav335uk wrote:Now that looks 100% better than the Lenso's, told you a set of those would suit it :D :cool:
Cheers Rav the right wheels have made all the difference, good call!! :D
RM2186 wrote:Very nice, wanna sell 'em winkeye
Cheers RM2186, thanks for the offer but I think I will stick with these for a while need to earn some more brownie points off the misses before spending more money which in her words " should be going on the new house" 8O before something else crops up.
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Post Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:31 pm

Told ya :D
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Post Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:32 pm

major transformation over the lenso's,

looks much better :cool:
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Post Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:00 am

yep look fantastic am intersted in hearing what the ride is like on the 16's
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Post Mon Apr 11, 2011 6:13 pm

The ride is not that different. I would say that the ride is slightly harder but not bonecrunching as im still using tyres with a 50 profile so they still have a fair amount of give. Personally I would not go any bigger than 16's as I feel you would then have have lower profile tyres and so would change the ride in a negative way.
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Post Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:45 pm

16" wheels with 50 frofile tyres are probably as high as you would want to go with bringing the ride into the "Crashey" feeling.
Especially on the set up you have, which I believe will be Mtec springs and B6 dampers all round on the Tech 1's.
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Post Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:49 pm

Looks a million times better with the alpina's on. very nice.
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