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Old 03-27-2007, 05:57 PM
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How much of a pain in the neck would it be to fit some BMW rims on our cars? It has the same bolt pattern? Or am I wrong. Has anyone here ever tried it? Lets hear what you guys have?
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BMW wheels are 5 x 120 mm and Fbody wheels are 5 x 120.65 mm.
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Does that mean that they will fit? or be off a little bit but may still work. Can you set them on a mill an open up the outer bolt holes up to a max of .65 per 5.
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What do you think. Because I know the corvette rims fit the BMW no problems.....
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yah they will, but 6-lug Cadillac wheels fit some nissans too but why would you do it....?
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why would you want BMW wheels on your? and no they wont fit
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I hope they don't....
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Heres the thing, They make rims that fit BMW's, that are really nice looking, not neccesarily from a BMW. This is for informational purposes while I shop for rims, to know which possibilities will work...
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They fit, but to be safe need a spacer.....my buddy had 19" BMW wheels on his SS before he sold it.
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Bottomline-> They WILL bolt on your car, but they will NOT bolt on correctly. You can put any wheels you want on your car, thats your right. However, its not recommended. There's plenty of great looking wheels out there to choose from that have the CORRECT bolt pattern.
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Back to square one again........ Anyone have a Picture or diagram of the difference?
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For example, a drawing, Drawing 1. This is a T/A lug pattern. Drawing 2. This is a BMW pattern. Drawing 3. DRAWING 1 ON DRAWING 2. Showing the difference.
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its not a good idea.... this is coming from someone who HAD bmw rims on his car. theres a reason it's past tense
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Any pics of what you are trying to do?
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Not sure how it works the other way around, but I have Chevy rims on my BMW right now and have had no problem for the past 8 months either as far as bolt pattern goes. But the offset is definately different from Chevy to BMW, so I would look for Chevy rims if at all possible.
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i am looking at buying a set of HP evo's which have the slightly incorrect bolt pattern as well but i do see a few people running them... does anyone have a good reason why i should NOT run these wheels?
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I have 5x120 bolt pattern wheels and have No Problems with them.
Each stud will be .325mm off, Mine came with a set of hub centering rings also
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I have a set of TSW BMW rims on a 96Z and they fit and look fine.




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