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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 06:41 PM
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Just wondering what you guys think of this

i happened across a set of 4 bmw m5 rims for free, grabbed up some tires for 20 bucks and mounted em at work.

The rims came with some shot tires so i threw em on and did a burnout to get rid of em, and snapped these pics in the process. Sorry they arent any better.





the m5 rims fit fine on all 4 corners. They are 18x8.5

I have stock Ta 16s in gunmetal



Silver zr1s 17x9s i usually ride on the street



and chrome 02 ws6 17s 9 and 11 that i have track tires on.



i was gonna run these on the street but im not sure i like the way they look, im just tired of my zr1s

Usually when you ask for opinions it means you really dont want to do it, but i wanted to post up anyways because i searched and saw tons of threads on bmw's lug pattern being close to ours, but no actual pics of oem bimmer wheels on a f-body
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 08:23 PM
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All of them look great except the M5 rims
sorry man but they look ugly on your car.
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 08:32 PM
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from far away the bmw rims kinda sorta look like CCW's
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 08:32 PM
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some bmw wheels do look nice. those are not good looking wheels at all. but i'd mash on these since you have them already. definitely would spend money on new tires for them.
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 08:36 PM
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I think they look good. I think they are the nicest of those four wheel choices by far. I would just have them painted or powdercoated, though, because obviously you don't want a BMW logo showing on your GM. I think if you had them painted gloss black it would look VERY good.
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 09:06 PM
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Need some better side pics.... but I think they look pretty good, actually. Better then the other options, IMO.
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 09:11 PM
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I didn't think they looked too bad. Except for the BMW emblem....
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 09:12 PM
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Kinda looks good... and then when I look at them longer, they look a little weird.
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 09:32 PM
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Ill see about getting some new pics up as soon as i can.

i only have 2 bimmer emblems, the other 2 dont have any emblems. I need to figure out where i can get some blank or different emblems the same shape/size
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 10:27 PM
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i think they look fine i think you should get those m5's i love them. Take the emblem off and maybe just maybe paint them black, i dont know maybe have someone photoshop the wheels
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 10:51 PM
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I'm sure that those are BBS wheels. I like the look, but they would really look sweet powdered coated glossy black! BBS makes some high quality wheels.
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 01:16 PM
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blacked out or black spokes and a polished lip?

i already have them, i got the rims ($0), the tires ($50), and the mount/balance ($0)

i was debating between selling them or dding them.
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 02:12 PM
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they look like any 20 spoke racing BBS wheel, good. just change the center caps and you're yet.
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 11:55 PM
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They look great...just get rid of the center caps and nobody will know
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 12:41 AM
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they look ok.
but i bet you can sell them for a decent price, and have some cash in your pocket.
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 12:45 AM
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Originally Posted by SPUTNIK
they look ok.
but i bet you can sell them for a decent price, and have some cash in your pocket.


you got them for free, so sell them to some beemer owner who wants different wheels than they got stock.....can you say.....100% profit?

then you can take that money and buy the wheels you really want, or at least put that money towards the wheels you really want.

or you can keep your ZR-1's and buy some go-fast parts to take your mind off of how bored you are with the ZR-1's.
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 12:37 PM
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you just give them to me
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 12:40 PM
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We need better pics to pass judgement on them
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 03:09 PM
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i think they actually look pretty decent
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