help me pick!

[mkcman17]

i have an awesome deal for new xxr 521s...yeah i said xxr. go ahead and flame me - i'm a college student. i'm looking at the et25 16x8s and am stuck between gold and hypersilver. leaning towards the silver..but the golds look so good! ADVICE ME!!! VOTE!

here are the rims: http://www.nlmotoring.com/XXR-521-Wheels-s/1521.htm

and here they are on my same setup: http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1461026

and here is my car - H&R sports and bilstein sports

[Danny]

You didn't even put a poll, therefore, I refuse to give you my opinion.

[mkcman17]

You didn't even put a poll, therefore, I refuse to give you my opinion.

haha i don't know how....sorry.....facepalm etc.

[IRON-E]

I'm going to say silver, but as soon as you have some dough to ditch'em, dump those ugly things.

[mkcman17]

edwin, you don't like em???

[IRON-E]

edwin, you don't like em???

Ooops my bad Mike, I didn't even bother to look at the link 'cause I usually associate sportsmaxxors to the 002s. Yeah they's cool so I'd go with silver, the color is timeless but since your car is white it can also rock the gold centers.

[Ian Bowers]

16x8 is ET20, not ET25. You're going to have to roll your fenders a bit depending on your tires. I run 215/45/16 and I rub a tiny-ass amount. Silver is a timeless color, it's what I would of gone with if they had them in stock when I ordered mine.

Also, as a heads up, mine weighed 18 pounds each. You might call and try to specify lighter wheels if possible, when I asked CS about it they said the weight was a "loose approximate."

[george graves]

Those are great looking wheels - are they all multi-drill? Or can you get them in just 4x100 and not that Swiss cheese they have on the web site?

[bmw325csi]

gold.


how sad that they used that beat up e30 with a volvo lip in their pic

[dnova89]

Seriously considering selling my TRM C1's for the xxr 521s.... those are hot.. damn....

edit: i just looked at my sig and realized that trm c1's look pretty damn good too... lol might as well not waste my time/money

oh and I think either color will be fine, if it was me I'd go silver.

[Ian Bowers]

Those are great looking wheels - are they all multi-drill? Or can you get them in just 4x100 and not that Swiss cheese they have on the web site?

Only the multi-drill. :(

[george graves]

Sad face indeed.

[mkcman17]

16x8 is ET20, not ET25. You're going to have to roll your fenders a bit depending on your tires. I run 215/45/16 and I rub a tiny-ass amount. Silver is a timeless color, it's what I would of gone with if they had them in stock when I ordered mine.

Also, as a heads up, mine weighed 18 pounds each. You might call and try to specify lighter wheels if possible, when I asked CS about it they said the weight was a "loose approximate."

The ones in stock are either 0 or 25 offset. They said they don't have the 16x8 in 20

[Ian Bowers]

The ones in stock are either 0 or 25 offset. They said they don't have the 16x8 in 20

Weird. Had no clue they made them in 0/+25.

FWIW, here's my car with them on:

[mkcman17]

Very clean! I'm really sold on that lip they've got. would anyone be interested in putting together a group buy for these?