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Hmm ... Hi All, Had a small accident in my beemer last week. Hit a large rock in the road and took out two alloys ... ouch! I did have these on my car ...  Since I was buying some new wheels I looked around and decided to replace all my wheels rather than get two new ones ... so I bought a set of these!  M6 Alloys ... should be here tomorrow and fitted the next day ... pics to follow ... Oh, these are for an E46 2002 318ti ... |  |  | | 11-04-2008, 03:09 PM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: PA Posts: 822 |
Those could look cool. What size are they? __________________ Clever but we are clueless...
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those look good, are they stock BMW rims? I notice it has a blank center cap and the little indent for the ///M badge but I've never seen them on another Bimmer before | | | | | 11-04-2008, 09:30 PM | #4 | | Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Frome, UK Posts: 29 |
Quote: Originally Posted by madfronter  Those could look cool. What size are they? | 18" man !!! They arrived today! A day early! They are wicked! | | | | | 11-04-2008, 09:31 PM | #5 | | Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Frome, UK Posts: 29 |
Quote: Originally Posted by tiFreak those look good, are they stock BMW rims? I notice it has a blank center cap and the little indent for the ///M badge but I've never seen them on another Bimmer before | They are copies of the M6 alloys. They have blank center caps at the mo, so I need to get the BMW labels for those and a set of the little M badges then you wouldn't know the difference. Seriously nice set of wheels. Will get some nice photo's at the weekend. | | | | | 11-04-2008, 09:46 PM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 201 |
omg i have always been in love with the M6 rims. cant wait to see them on your car. __________________  | | | | | 11-04-2008, 09:48 PM | #7 | | Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Frome, UK Posts: 29 |
Quote: Originally Posted by sokat1989 omg i have always been in love with the M6 rims. cant wait to see them on your car. | mee too!!! Gonna have to give it a wash before I take some pictures!  | | | | | 11-05-2008, 11:49 AM | #8 | | Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Frome, UK Posts: 29 |
Damn, wrong offset!!!!!!
Does anyone know what the best offset is for these wheels and a 2002 318ti?
The place I bought then said that these would fit but the are hanging out from the wheel arches!
I think they are 40 offset whereas I think the standard ones are more like 45-47 offset. | | | | | 11-05-2008, 03:41 PM | #9 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: maritimes Posts: 1,433 |
that little bit of offset should not make a difference... 40 to 45ish is almost negliable.
post pics.
If they are poking out too far, the offset would be lower... I have a 25et wheel in 17" and mine just barely poke out enough to touch the wheel arches - im guessing by the sounds of it you have a 20-25et wheel there. __________________ 11/97 Base  328Ti
| | | | | 11-05-2008, 10:59 PM | #10 | | Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Frome, UK Posts: 29 |
Do you think so?
Hmm ... I really need to nail this as its going to cost a lot to send these wheels back and wait for a new set to arrive.
They definitely looked like they were poking out from the wheel arch too much. I'll grab a wheel in a mo and take a look for the offset on the rims I do have.
isn't the ET a US thing? It seems that over here in the UK everything is referred to in mm rather than a ET 'rating' ...
It just concerns me about MOT and wotnot. If it would fail an MOT it would mean I'm also not really insured ... which is a total nightmare thought. I'm wondering if there is a decent chart out there for the 318ti ... I've used google and not found anything. | | | | | 11-05-2008, 11:29 PM | #11 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ferndale, MD Posts: 462 |
ET is measured in MM over here, so I guess that its the same. __________________ No trunk for the Junk  | | | | | 11-05-2008, 11:32 PM | #12 | | Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Frome, UK Posts: 29 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Philly that little bit of offset should not make a difference... 40 to 45ish is almost negliable.
post pics.
If they are poking out too far, the offset would be lower... I have a 25et wheel in 17" and mine just barely poke out enough to touch the wheel arches - im guessing by the sounds of it you have a 20-25et wheel there. | Hey Fella, I just checked the wheels I have here ... they are ET35 ... that's way too low for my car. I think the current ones are ET45 ... | | | | | 11-05-2008, 11:35 PM | #13 | | Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Frome, UK Posts: 29 |
Quote: Originally Posted by trickiekid ET is measured in MM over here, so I guess that its the same. | Ahhh ...  | | | | | 11-06-2008, 12:26 AM | #14 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Peoria, IL Posts: 256 |
How wide is the wheel? I think you can do 35mm with up to an 8 inch wide wheel.
8 in. = 203.2 mm __________________  | | | | | 11-06-2008, 12:29 AM | #15 | | Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Frome, UK Posts: 29 |
Quote: Originally Posted by TI-driftin How wide is the wheel? I think you can do 35mm with up to an 8 inch wide wheel.
8 in. = 203.2 mm | Hi, Yeah these are 8". This is a 318ti E46 though. And from what I can make out has a different wheel arch setup. My gut feeling is that they are too pokey outy! | | | | |
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