1 of the 4 good bottle caps on my car was bent, I just never realized it. The spare, for whatever reason has trashed paint on the face of the wheel. All 5 tires are nearly new. For a quick fix, I was going to paint the bottle caps.... but I've been thinking about new wheels.
I've been looking for a set of original BBS Basketweaves for my car, but came across these on CL. A (nice) 2-hr drive each way to pick them up, but for $30 it was hard to pass on them.
16", Those appear to be the original boxes, so I take it they are ICW wheels. I tried googling all those various numbers and nothing came up looking like this wheel. In the ad, she said they are Enkei, but she may have been wrong. Said they came off her '89 325i.
At first I didn't know how I'd like them, but after taking them out of the box and standing them next to the car, I think they'll look good. They are sorta marked up a bit, I am going to clean them, prep them and then paint them... not sure on the color - black or gunmetal I think would look best.
They did not come with center caps, where would I be able to get a set of them? I tried searching for ICW center caps and nothing came up. I went to ICWracing.com and searched for dealers, turns out the local tire place in my small town is listed as a dealer for them, so I may stop there and inquire.
They are 16" rim, the box says 7" width. From what I read that means I'll use a 225/45/16 size tire? The car is getting H&R sport springs, will I run into any rubbing or clearance issues with this setup?
PICS!
Room to spare!
While looking at different tires, I came across these, which sppear to be very close to what mine look like, except mine has the dual-4 bolt pattern, different lip and more rounded openings around the spokes.
I've been looking for a set of original BBS Basketweaves for my car, but came across these on CL. A (nice) 2-hr drive each way to pick them up, but for $30 it was hard to pass on them.
16", Those appear to be the original boxes, so I take it they are ICW wheels. I tried googling all those various numbers and nothing came up looking like this wheel. In the ad, she said they are Enkei, but she may have been wrong. Said they came off her '89 325i.
At first I didn't know how I'd like them, but after taking them out of the box and standing them next to the car, I think they'll look good. They are sorta marked up a bit, I am going to clean them, prep them and then paint them... not sure on the color - black or gunmetal I think would look best.
They did not come with center caps, where would I be able to get a set of them? I tried searching for ICW center caps and nothing came up. I went to ICWracing.com and searched for dealers, turns out the local tire place in my small town is listed as a dealer for them, so I may stop there and inquire.
They are 16" rim, the box says 7" width. From what I read that means I'll use a 225/45/16 size tire? The car is getting H&R sport springs, will I run into any rubbing or clearance issues with this setup?
PICS!
Room to spare!
While looking at different tires, I came across these, which sppear to be very close to what mine look like, except mine has the dual-4 bolt pattern, different lip and more rounded openings around the spokes.
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