Flossin' With Gold

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[Snosk8luke]

Ohh I wanna jump back in!!

I am technically running replica's myself.. Anyone have any OZ stickers that will fit? I wanna hear what people will have to to that!

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[Huff]

Ohh I wanna jump back in!!

I am technically running replica's myself.. Anyone have any OZ stickers that will fit? I wanna hear what people will have to to that!

[VicSkimmr]

I agree. The E38 Style 5 looks great on an E30. Better than Luke's car IMO but I am not a huge fan of poke so that is my personal bias. With that said 16x8 et23 is not 16x9 et10. Sorry. Certainly it is an option that doesn't involve running replicas but you are technically doing the same thing. Why not buy Real BBS RS 16x8s? You are buying essentially a replica that looks and works like an RS but was made by BMW and came on a lot of cars so it is cheaper.

In the end your car will look great on those wheels so enjoy.

By that logic every mesh wheel would be an RS replica :P But yeah I totally agree on everything else.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BBS-R...#ht_500wt_1182
check the close-up photo...

Well fuck me sideways, I guess mine are replicas too lol. Most Style 5's off of e38s are made by Fundo. I originally thought they were all BBS but have since realized that none (I guess very few technically) are.

[brianao34]

...until I realized they aren't made by BBS after all.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BBS-RZ-469-WHEEL-AKA-STYLE-5S-16X8-ET23-BMW-740-750-/320588153790?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4aa48b03be#ht_500wt_1182

check the close-up photo...

[dinanm3atl]

16x8 et 23, decent condition. They're Style 5s off an e38. No pics yet as I'm still waiting on larger spacers for the fronts.

Do they look as nice as a set of 16x9s? Nah, but they look great to me and aren't knock offs. I was planning on running BBS caps on them until I realized they aren't made by BBS after all.



I think his car looks great, and I think ESMs are great looking wheels. I just can't support running BBS caps on replicas, and just because the real thing never came in that size/offset doesn't make it better.

I agree. The E38 Style 5 looks great on an E30. Better than Luke's car IMO but I am not a huge fan of poke so that is my personal bias. With that said 16x8 et23 is not 16x9 et10. Sorry. Certainly it is an option that doesn't involve running replicas but you are technically doing the same thing. Why not buy Real BBS RS 16x8s? You are buying essentially a replica that looks and works like an RS but was made by BMW and came on a lot of cars so it is cheaper.

In the end your car will look great on those wheels so enjoy.

[csermonet47]

11 pages of bitching. Good work guys.

Luke, you're lookin' like a champ. Looks nice.

[Snosk8luke]

Why is this thread still alive? We could summarize it into like 4 sentences.

OP likes his car. Mostly everyone agrees the Volvo lip and upside down flag look shitty. He runs BBS reps with BBS stickers because everyone else hates it and he likes when everyone else hates on him. Lastly, he doesn't give a shit what we think but may try out our ideas on his own time for his own sake, certainly not to gain any sort of e-cred or approval from fellow enthusiasts.

You sir have nailed it!!!
Halston, this thread turned into everything we hoped for and more.
Congrats everyone.

[5spoke]

Why is this thread still alive? We could summarize it into like 4 sentences.

OP likes his car. Mostly everyone agrees the Volvo lip and upside down flag look shitty. He runs BBS reps with BBS stickers because everyone else hates it and he likes when everyone else hates on him. Lastly, he doesn't give a shit what we think but may try out our ideas on his own time for his own sake, certainly not to gain any sort of e-cred or approval from fellow enthusiasts.

[VicSkimmr]

As I have said before... for Luke's specs I don't think this is true. Specs on your wheels? Pics? Condition?

16x8 et 23, decent condition. They're Style 5s off an e38. No pics yet as I'm still waiting on larger spacers for the fronts.

Do they look as nice as a set of 16x9s? Nah, but they look great to me and aren't knock offs. I was planning on running BBS caps on them until I realized they aren't made by BBS after all.



I think his car looks great, and I think ESMs are great looking wheels. I just can't support running BBS caps on replicas, and just because the real thing never came in that size/offset doesn't make it better.

[TimKninja]

Running reps is cool. But putting BBS stickers on rims that arn't BBS rims is being a poser. Not erryone can afford bbs rims and I don't think I'd ever buy a set unless I could actually afford them. I'll prolly end up running some type of cheap but good looking rim on my car, but I won't trick people into thinking it's something it's not.

Very very clean car. Not a fan of Volvo lip/ upside down flag/ 2mm exhaust clearance . But it's beautiful otherwise.

[87e30]

Wayyy too much serious in this thread.


Your car is really average. Congrats. It's a clean car, I'd be very happy with it.

[dinanm3atl]

Jesus Christ. I have no issue with people running replicas. Well I shouldn't say that, I do have an issue with companies that make replicas, but not everyone has a ton of money to spend on wheels so go with whatever you think looks good.

The issue I have with the car in the OP is:


If you want to run reps, go knock yourself out. Just don't try to pass it off as the real thing. That's dumb as shit. And doing it just to piss people off is the even worse.

And for the record, there's are tons of options of nice, cheap wheels that aren't replicas that run in the same price range of ESMs. Shit, for the price of ESMs you could get a decent set of the real thing. You just have to not be lazy and look around.

I have a set of wheels I bought off the classifieds on this site for significantly cheaper that aren't replicas and are still a great size.

As I have said before... for Luke's specs I don't think this is true. Specs on your wheels? Pics? Condition?

[ck_taft325is]

Who cares at this point.

[bp9129]