Help me pick some wheels

Scuzi

Scuzi

Scuzi

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Only 8 weeks to go now! Christ, that's an age.

Anyway, the car isn't that far off now and I'm pretty certain that I want to change the wheels on it as soon as possible. In Sport spec, there are only 2 wheels choices, the MV2 multispokes and the 5 spoke "star" alloys. I didn't like the 5 spokes and given that they were a cost option, went for the MV2s instead.

So, here is a picture of a very similar car which I found on Pistonheads. My car will be nigh on identical except it will be in Carbon Black which is a slightly different shade but that shouldn't matter for this task.

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A popular option seems to be M3 CSL wheels (see below) which can be had from the BMW dealer for a fairly steep £2350 with rubber. The bonus with the CSL wheels is that whilst they look bloody awesome, they are also very lightweight and apparently do wonders for the handling. However, I can't help but think that well over 2 grand is a bit excessive.

But..... FAP....
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I'm not really sure which wheels would look good on the car. I had as bit of a thing for those BBS race style wheels with the split rim and dish but I have no idea about model numbers or colours or offsets etc....

So, can the wheel/photoshop gurus stick some wheel tat onto the picture to help me get some idea? All suggestions are welcome, even penski's with his hip and cool car modifying language.

Wheel size will be 19".

Thanks :)
 
Thanks :D

It will be if it ever arrives. I've already been waiting 2 months and I have to wait another 2. It's a nightmare :p
 
Don't know much about BBS rims but the second set in the OP don't look any better than the first, so as they'd cost over £2k more I wouldn't go for them.
 
I'd give the pink spinners some thought.

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Quite why anyone would do this to a car is beyond me. Saw it parked up at a local retail park and had to get a photo of it lol...
 
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Need a few measurements...

Stock wheel width.
Stock wheel diameter.
Stock wheel offset.
Stock tyre size.
Available space between edge of rim and edge of arch (measured horizontally)

For both front and rear.

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How about these wheels Scuzi

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IMHO Black Wheels on your Your Car would look :D
 
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CSL rims or BBS CH / LM's.

those OZ's dont suit the car and look a bit boy racer to me.

The CSL wheels are light and good quality so i think the price is fair. The OZ split rims on my old M5 were £2.2k ex. rubber for the same reason. you pays your money...

:)
 
The 2nd set look better but sod paying 2k for "standard" wheels.
I'd get a set of customs made.

Nice choice of car by the way. It's the only BMW i would own myself :cool:
 
BBX RX

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much closer to the CSL design than the CH, and at £250 a corner, half the cost.

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Fit BMW centre caps and nobody would be any the wiser.
 
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