What wheels should I get? List + Pics + Specs

[KrayZE30]

Well, Ive been looking all week for some decent wheels to put on my e30. I have a white 89 325i, and Im about to also install a H&R cup kit. I have a budget of about $200 per wheel, so I'm somewhat limited. Here are a list of the wheels Im interested in. What do you think?

-MB Motoring
Rev
17x7 (Im also considering getting them in 16x7 38et)
40et
?lb
Machined Aluminum?
16" $102 17" $120


-5Zigen
Copse 1-Piece
17x7.5
35et
23.5lb
Cast/Spun
$180


Borbet
Type C
17x7.5
35et?
24lb
Cast
$125 used (see pic for condition)


Im also interested in a BBS style mesh rim 16 or 17". Or an SSR comp type rim, most likely 16". And my all time favorite rim the ALT AT-276 which they dont sell in a 4x100 pattern. Id appreciate any suggestion or comments. Also if you have any pics of e30's on any of these wheels, please post those pics.

-Sean

[OreoGaborio]

i like the borbet C's, but they're heavy as hell... i also dig the last ones, but like you said, they don't come in 4x100... the first two... well... faux multi-piece rims are wicked lame

[KenC]

Unless you're going to do a 5-lug swap, get the Borbets. The first two look lame.

[Jordan]

The Type C's are the only wheels worth anything there.

[KenC]

Re: What wheels should I get? List + Pics + Specs

And my all time favorite rim the ALT AT-276

How can your favorite wheel be a BBS LM knock-off?


(The LM is my fav).

[KrayZE30]

Re: What wheels should I get? List + Pics + Specs

And my all time favorite rim the ALT AT-276

How can your favorite wheel be a BBS LM knock-off?


(The LM is my fav).

Because youd have to be crazy to spend 3k on a set of rims. 1k is much more like it.

[Letoyrider]

The Type C's are the only wheels worth anything there.

i agree very much

[KrayZE30]

Whats is wrong with the 5zigens? I think they look nice, are good quality, nice size, good price.

[Jordan]

Whats is wrong with the 5zigens? I think they look nice, are good quality, nice size, good price.

I think you meant Rice not Nice. I have heard no such tails of 5zigen being good quality. Who gives a fuck about the size of those wheels, they are 40 and 35 offsets. You will have to drop another $2-300 on big ass thick spaccers to fit them.

In the long run, buy whatever you want. I wrote you off as a lost cause a long time ago. If you want a gay rice wheel then freaking go for it, but don't expect me and plenty of others to not make fun of you on a regularly sceduled basis.

[windsor318is]

A.... the borbets are fucken ugly
B..... you dont have a honda dont buy the 5zigens
C...... look on ebay theres a guy selling rims like choice #1 and 4 that includes spacers and bolts to fit properly on an e30

[KrayZE30]

Whats is wrong with the 5zigens? I think they look nice, are good quality, nice size, good price.

I think you meant Rice not Nice. I have heard no such tails of 5zigen being good quality. Who gives a fuck about the size of those wheels, they are 40 and 35 offsets. You will have to drop another $2-300 on big ass thick spaccers to fit them.

In the long run, buy whatever you want. I wrote you off as a lost cause a long time ago. If you want a gay rice wheel then freaking go for it, but don't expect me and plenty of others to not make fun of you on a regularly sceduled basis.

Although im ashamed of the 5zigen name, they do resemble the hamann HM3 which are the farthest thing from rice.

Ive always loved the Type c's, even before I owned my e30 I was in love with those wheels. I could also save some cash by getting those type c's also, but im wurried about the weight of those wheels. I heard they add some lag to your acceleration.

[clavinZERO]

Jordan, yer hardcore. nice. rice blows.

[KrayZE30]

A.... the borbets are fucken ugly
B..... you dont have a honda dont buy the 5zigens
C...... look on ebay theres a guy selling rims like choice #1 and 4 that includes spacers and bolts to fit properly on an e30

Yea I dont even know why Im interested in those MB Motoring wheels. I guess being in the desperate state that im in fogged up my brain and I stopped thinking straight.

[KenC]

im worried about the weight of those wheels. I heard they add some lag to your acceleration.

The Borbets (per your specs above) only weigh a half pound more than the 5zigen one.

[Jordan]

they do resemble the hamann HM3 which are the farthest thing from rice.

You are right. HM wheels aren't rice. But they are the heaviest god damn wheel EVAR!!! (except tripple chrome plated HM's)

Here is my final, and perhaps most thought out suggestion.




Ready for this?




DONT BUY WHEELS.




Save up for the exact wheel you want, and fucking buy it. Stop making 50,000 posts about your god damn wheels. It's obvious that most people think your taste in wheels sucks. That might not be your fault, but it does.