tires and wheels Recommend me some cool wheels

[323IJOE]

Right now i am beginning to look for rims for the 02, I would really like to have something unique, right now I'm thinking a staggered setup with something with a good size lip but i DO NOT want BBS or any kind of look a like, im sick of seeing them everywhere. and the cheaper the better obviously

[Delia]

E30 Style 10s. 15". Still available new from BMW.

Easy to clean. Centercaps are under $20/ea.

[Richard]

+1 E30 Style 10s. 15". Still available new from BMW.

Easy to clean. Centercaps are under $20/ea

[eastsidebimmer]

If you'd like to explore your options in 13" x 5.5" I have these available in the FS forum. Western Wheel from the 1970s:

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,57/page,viewtopic/t,362232/

[nbristow01]

I took some 14" BMW NK wheels and had them custom made into 15x7 ET25 wheels. Running old school look with hubcaps and beauty rings. tires are 205/50 in back and 195/50 up front

[ClayW]

E30 Steel Wheels painted silver. Cheap and they look vintage.

[malagalaga]

E30 Steel Wheels painted silver. Cheap and they look vintage.

I am totally digging that.

I'm just running stock 4.5s with full-face chrome hubcaps.

The stock steelies are becoming difficult to find!

[tjones02]

E30 Style 10s. 15". Still available new from BMW.

Easy to clean. Centercaps are under $20/ea.

I like the style 10s as well.... They fit '02s well with rolling the fender lips and either 195/55, 195/50 and sometimes even 205/50-15s... Definitely unique and "factory".

Let me/us know if you'd like pictures of them on an '02 or two...

Here's Delia's 318is sporting them.

And the rest of my album from last year's SoCal Vintage BMW Meet...

http://s121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/tjones02_bucket/SoCal%20Vintage%20BMW%2010/?start=all

[EddyM]

I just bought a fifth E-30 steelie (14X5.5) for a spare from Blunt in Minnesota - he's got good prices. They're only available now in black, so you need to either paint them yourself or have a body shop paint them silver if that's the look you want. Caps are also available at a reasonable price. The wheels will take 195/60 X 14 tires no problem.

[mike472]

I like those wheels myself. I would love to see them on an 02 if you have any pics. Will an Ireland Wilwood kit for 15" wheels fit underneath? They have a nice clean look. I was trying to picture them with my new Estoril Blue paint. Any idea what they are going for?

By the way, nice pics. What kind of intake/injection was on that Fjord car in pics #55-56?

Mike Katsoris

[eastsidebimmer]

I just bought a fifth E-30 steelie (14X5.5) for a spare from Blunt in Minnesota - he's got good prices. They're only available now in black, so you need to either paint them yourself or have a body shop paint them silver if that's the look you want. Caps are also available at a reasonable price. The wheels will take 195/60 X 14 tires no problem.

If you want to save yourself the trouble of repainting and don't need the extra width, the Euro 316i had the same wheel in 5x14" still available in Silber.

STEEL RIM SILBER -- 5JX14 ET:35 ---- 36 11 1 125 684

[72pdx02]

I'll probably get laughed at for this but I like bottlecaps. I only paid 100 bucks for mine, but then ended up paying 3x that in paint and supplies to refinish them.

They are light and 14" I sold my Rotas in favor of these.

[oz_tom]

Right now i am beginning to look for rims for the 02, I would really like to have something unique, right now I'm thinking a staggered setup with something with a good size lip but i DO NOT want BBS or any kind of look a like, im sick of seeing them everywhere. and the cheaper the better obviously

Unique and cheap don't really go hand in hand. If they are cheap, everyone has them. You want unique with a nice lip, look at some of the HTN wheels.

The reason people run staggered setups with BBS is because they are a 3 piece wheel so its do-able and you can spec it almost any way you want. Not so easy to do with a cheaper alloy wheel which will usually only give you 1 or 2 options.

Another staggered option is Alpina 15x7, 15x6 or 16x7, 16x8. Again, not so cheap (and not particularly unique)

[323IJOE]

Thanks guys, and ya I know unique isn't going to be cheap but I can try lol originally I was playing with the idea of getting some deep dish steelies and just painting them to match the car or maybe get them chromed, but I'm not sure about fitment without fender mods and stew he's tires, I also don't really want my car to look like a pos civic with a huge camber and wheels poking like crazy

[John_in_VA]

mention of the Ronal teddy bears!