Upgrading to 20"

Gaijin · 1 Nov 2011 at 14:51

NathWraith said:
So OZ, Rota and Volks are all terrible brands never to be seen ever?

He's talking about the OP's options, not what has been suggested in the thread.

NathWraith said:
I had "Wolf Racing" wheels on my Supra and EVERYONE commented how nice they were. Maybe I should have just put OEMs back on it

Why aren't they still on it then?

NathWraith · 1 Nov 2011 at 15:25

Gayjin said:
He's talking about the OP's options, not what has been suggested in the thread.

Hmmm

Gayjin said:
Why aren't they still on it then?

Sorry grammar fail. Have not had

DRZ · 1 Nov 2011 at 15:40

NathWraith said:
Hmmm

Sorry grammar fail. Have not had

Also have not of...

loltim · 1 Nov 2011 at 15:50

Also EVERYONE commented on how nice they were.

DRZ · 1 Nov 2011 at 15:52

loltim said:
Also EVERYONE on commented how nice they were.

Nice edit

loltim · 1 Nov 2011 at 15:52

I actually hate you DRZ

NathWraith · 1 Nov 2011 at 17:11

BAck to shcool for me then

PMKeates · 1 Nov 2011 at 17:16

Please don't get the wheels

NVP · 1 Nov 2011 at 17:56

I really want to change though, I can't see the problem with these Rennen Forged or with the deal I am being offered.

There is no other argument against them other than the fact the are not BBS :confused:

If anyone wants to know, I found out I'd have a 4.5% duty on total cost including shipping and insurance, plus the standard 20% VAT. This does bring the price closer to all the other quotes including ACS/BBS/HRE, in fact adding the cost of tyres it makes them all pretty much in the same ballpark. But these are still my favourite.

PMKeates · 1 Nov 2011 at 17:58

You are doing the equivalent of putting green, red and blue flashing LED Christmas lights on the front of your 18th century mansion house.

[TW]Fox · 1 Nov 2011 at 17:59

This car is all about the bling

NVP · 1 Nov 2011 at 18:09

But if it had BBS's then it wouldn't be about the bling? :confused:

You yourself said BMW make shocking alloys, so what's wrong with wanting to change them for nice alloys? If the performance is not affected then I see no issue.

Slightly ignorant to suggest only change them to BBS and nothing else.

[TW]Fox · 1 Nov 2011 at 18:13

NVP said:
But if it had BBS's then it wouldn't be about the bling?

Quite so.

In the same way that were you to fit some Speedline wheels to your Clio 182, it would be most excellent, yet if you were to fit Ripspeed wheels, it would indeed be all about the bling.

This seems to me to be the same thing - only your credit limit is bigger than the Clio owners

Take a step back and look at the photos again, this time removing the requirement for them to look 'Proper wicked' and you will realise that they are horrible wheels which do nothing but make your M5 look more like a 'phat modded' 520d

PMKeates · 1 Nov 2011 at 18:29

NVP I have a question...

are you of Asian descent?

Mucky_Pup · 1 Nov 2011 at 23:27

I need to upgrade my car from 18" to 19" soon due to buying some new brakes, gonna need to work out which tyres im going to go for soon.

EDIT: Just noticed it didn't save teh edit I made :S

Anyways, it says the standard RS size is 235/45 and when looking for tyres in that size, it's just a **** take with selection and prices, it going to be much of a difference if I go for 235/35's instead? Which seem to have a better selection of tyres I can chose from.

PMKeates · 1 Nov 2011 at 23:28

NVP · 2 Nov 2011 at 14:13

[TW]Fox;20458195 said:
Quite so.

In the same way that were you to fit some Speedline wheels to your Clio 182, it would be most excellent, yet if you were to fit Ripspeed wheels, it would indeed be all about the bling.

This seems to me to be the same thing - only your credit limit is bigger than the Clio owners

So Rennen forged are the equivalent to Ripspeed in this analogy? They're hardly "show wheels", ok they might not have the reputation that BBS do but they are lightweight, forged, performance wheels. It's not like I'm going to be throwing on dodgy replicas which will affect the performance, I have been assured these will not hinder the capabilities of the M5 in anyway.

[TW]Fox;20458195 said:
Take a step back and look at the photos again, this time removing the requirement for them to look 'Proper wicked' and you will realise that they are horrible wheels which do nothing but make your M5 look more like a 'phat modded' 520d

In my opinion, and many more users of this forum, the wheels look amazing. I understand the point that people mod 520d to make them look like other performance cars and such, but I will not be emulating anything, I will simply be giving my car the look I want for it.

PMKeates said:
NVP I have a question...

are you of Asian descent?

I don't see how this is relevant, and to be honest it kind of made me want to abandon this thread as I found it quite rude.

I'm a 26 year old British male which I think is of more relevance.

Vince · 2 Nov 2011 at 14:25

NVP said:
I have no idea, surely 1" can't cause too much of an issue. But like I said, I'm pretty clueless when it comes to the mechanics of cars.

Ask any woman they will tell you just how much difference an inch can make

PMKeates · 2 Nov 2011 at 14:27

NVP said:
I don't see how this is relevant, and to be honest it kind of made me want to abandon this thread as I found it quite rude.

I'm a 26 year old British male which I think is of more relevance.

The intention wasn't to be rude, so you can wipe away the tears. The relevance is that I'm curious if you are conforming to the stereotype.

VinceB1 said:
Ask any woman they will tell you just how much difference an inch can make

About 50% in your case, right?

Vince · 2 Nov 2011 at 14:36

PMKeates said:
The intention wasn't to be rude, so you can wipe away the tears. The relevance is that I'm curious if you are conforming to the stereotype.About 50% in your case, right?

Try 75%.... or just enough to keep the mrs happy