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  • z31maniac
    I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
    • Dec 2007
    • 17566

    #16
    Originally posted by 87e30
    Your old wheels looked so good (esms), why the change?!
    More importantly, why not? Change is good.

    Car looks good.
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    • MR 325
      Moderator
      • Oct 2003
      • 37827

      #17
      NO, don't poke them out further. It will look like a Mexi-mobile.

      The color is AWESOME. The fit is good. What size tires?
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      • 325ix
        R3V OG
        • Aug 2009
        • 7783

        #18
        Love the color! However, a white or maybe a gold would look good. They remind me of M Systems.

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        • YAN-3
          R3V OG
          • Jan 2004
          • 6018

          #19
          I like it but the color is not doing anything for me.

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          • CorvallisBMW
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            • Feb 2005
            • 13039

            #20
            Definitely needs mudflaps or a rear valence, but I'm digging the wheels and the color! Nice work.

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            • dude8383
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              • Jan 2005
              • 10387

              #21
              Originally posted by CorvallisBMW
              Definitely needs mudflaps or a rear valence, but I'm digging the wheels and the color! Nice work.
              x2

              Looks kinda weird with just the side skirts there, does look good though!
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              • Ryann
                No R3VLimiter
                • Mar 2010
                • 3350

                #22
                I like it- I'd like it more if the wheels were gunmetal. Somehow it seems like it either needs a rear valence or to loose the skirts, which wasn't the case with the ESM's imo.

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                • M-technik-3
                  I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 18946

                  #23
                  I like, not feeling the green so much but looks good.

                  I also like this Cooper on them.

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                  • 8380 Labs
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                    • Oct 2006
                    • 2990

                    #24
                    Originally posted by dude8383
                    Looks kinda weird with just the side skirts there
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                    • HarryPotter
                      No R3VLimiter
                      • Jan 2010
                      • 3642

                      #25
                      Need some fatter tires on them thar things.


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                      • Erik
                        R3V Elite
                        • Oct 2005
                        • 5370

                        #26
                        It looks like shit. That green is for Rotas on 240s. E30s need wheels with lip, especially euro bumper'd E30s... It's just overall hard to look at with stretched tires and being so high... Makes me :'( I think if they were a different color and fit better it might look ok.

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                        Originally posted by 87e30
                        I just want to dance with some beezies

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                        • A_Whelan
                          Mod Crazy
                          • Jul 2010
                          • 691

                          #27
                          Bronze would be pretty sick, nice wheels
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                          • lambo
                            Captain Scene Points
                            • Feb 2010
                            • 10953

                            #28
                            I've always wanted to do this...

                            Originally posted by SpasticDwarf;n6449866
                            Honestly I built it just to have a place to sit and listen to Hotline Bling on repeat.

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                            • Moose
                              Member
                              • Mar 2009
                              • 83

                              #29
                              DAMN BRO, that looks so sick!








                              Just kidding, it looks like shit.


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                              • Wishno87
                                R3V OG
                                • Jul 2007
                                • 6025

                                #30
                                Originally posted by 87e30
                                Dude, I don't mean to hate but your fitment just isn't good enough (a little less offset and a bit more low) to pull these off...

                                Your old wheels looked so good (esms), why the change?!

                                Like I mentioned earlier I got these rather "conservative" adapters to get a ballpark figure of what I need to get to make things flush. I have never seen this done on an E30 before so i had nothing to gauge from. More low will happen but it will be MMs not inches.
                                I had been wanting to try these out for a while and I didn't want to get too bored of the ESMs.


                                Originally posted by MR 325
                                NO, don't poke them out further. It will look like a Mexi-mobile.

                                The color is AWESOME. The fit is good. What size tires?

                                It wont be extreme poke I just want similar fitment as I had with my ESMs. I was at ET-2 in the rear and I was rather pleased. They are 215/40 all around on 8.5 and 9.5.


                                Originally posted by 325ix
                                Love the color! However, a white or maybe a gold would look good. They remind me of M Systems.
                                This is one of the reasons I wanted to try them out.


                                Originally posted by Ryann
                                I like it- I'd like it more if the wheels were gunmetal. Somehow it seems like it either needs a rear valence or to loose the skirts, which wasn't the case with the ESM's imo.

                                Ya I do agree its a little funky with just the skirts. I got them in a trade with Curt so I wasn't even planning on putting skirts on this car it just sort of happened. I will be getting the rest of the kit now but I need to finish my other 24V car first.


                                Originally posted by M-technik-3
                                I like, not feeling the green so much but looks good.

                                I also like this Cooper on them.
                                Dude that looks absolutely sick! I wanted to run polished but I really didn't want to spend too much time/money on these budget oriented wheels. I paid 150$ for these


                                Originally posted by AlpineE30M52
                                It looks like shit. That green is for Rotas on 240s. E30s need wheels with lip, especially euro bumper'd E30s... It's just overall hard to look at with stretched tires and being so high... Makes me :'( I think if they were a different color and fit better it might look ok.

                                < Purist ^ Hatred.

                                Haha its okay man I knew there would be a little of this too. Its really the offset and angle that make it look so high though. I will be going just a little lower to even things out but I had to buy a new set of jacks just to lift this car up and its still a PITA. The color will probably be addressed next week and the fitment will in a few weeks.



                                Originally posted by Moose
                                DAMN BRO, that looks so sick!








                                Just kidding, it looks like shit.
                                ^ Now this dude is just trying to be a dick
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