Yes they're fake.

[e30nub]

It was originally Sterling but it was repainted in 2008, It's a pretty close match, I believe the paint used was PPG? I had it done by Healdsburg Collision Center, they did an awesome job.:)

How much did it run you? I'm local to there and I've been looking for a good place. Kinda scares me you went in for an OEM respray and came out with the wrong color.

[Philo]

I have the silver centers, and i like them much more than the black centers.

Also, did you know that a disc with a diameter of 5.5" fits very well in the middle of these wheels? :) It covers the multi lug, and simplifies the look. I made mine out of aluminum. (not wheels in sig)

[Cal]

How much lower than standard is this car?

[B-well]

the wheel colors compliment the car colors so well. good work

[blunttech]

Looks really nice Ian

[Ian Bowers]

I see, is that vinyl material on the seats or leather? I'm noticing the similarity between our cars.


Sorry for the questions. BTW most likely they used PPG OMNI. I was giving crap to my shop guy who disagreed with the current paint job being too dark so I'm debating whether I should love it or hate it.

Hey Stephen,

I talked to my paint guy, he said that the paint used is "the new envirobase from PPG it's a mix from the factory paint code sprayed in waterbase base coat with a high solid clear coat.. we picked the prime alternate out of like 3-4 choices..so it shoul be real close to the factory color as we used the cars paint code.. the waterbase paints have a real high sparkle we find.."

[Cal]

Don't listen to them. I bought the exact same wheel and tyre (even size) for my brilliantrot 318is. I couldn't decide between the grey and the black. Then the decision was made easy by black being the only colour available. I think they go really well with the blacked out stainless and chrome on late E30's. You car looks fabulous. I just can't wait to get the BC Racing coilovers on mine. They have been in the boot for a month!

With those centre caps, I got these alloy stickers out of Hong Kong and sanded them down in diameter.

[Ian Bowers]

Looks good, I was thinking about getting the same exact wheel and tire set up, I was wondering if you could print out the massive brakes profile and see if they would fit with those wheels.

I don't really have access to a printer, but I'll see if I can.

Nice...MINUS BLACK WHEELS!!!. Please paint those. Have a good day.

I agree completely, but I don't think painting these wheels is really viable. The fake bolts aren't removable, and masking them off would be nearly impossible. I don't want to ruin the wheels by having a shitty paintjob that would be poorly masked.

[MODLyfe]

looks good

[N2MYE30]

Nice...MINUS BLACK WHEELS!!!. Please paint those. Have a good day.

[CO318is]

Looks good, I was thinking about getting the same exact wheel and tire set up, I was wondering if you could print out the massive brakes profile and see if they would fit with those wheels.

[8380 Labs]

nice and clean, well done man. i love grey interiors for some reason.

[Tree18is]

sick

love the silver.

[dashboardmonkey]

car looks great man

[Ian Bowers]

I see, is that vinyl material on the seats or leather? I'm noticing the similarity between our cars.


Sorry for the questions. BTW most likely they used PPG OMNI. I was giving crap to my shop guy who disagreed with the current paint job being too dark so I'm debating whether I should love it or hate it.

It's leather. I actually replaced the seats recently with some used E30 M3 seats I picked up, but the leather is old and cracked, so they aren't very comfortable. The original seats that came with the car had a horizontal stitch pattern, however.

Yours does look a little bit darker than mine, here's a picture from before the MTII/ZHP knob, you can see the door jamb itself to compare the car's color to somewhat.