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Old 12-02-2003, 06:03 AM
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Default Interested in your opinion on wheels for my M3

I'm in the market for some wheels for my M. The usual suspects are BBS, HRE, mesh this and mesh that. I'm not a wheel snob or care too much if I run German-esq wheels on a German car.

I found some great prices on Volk LE-37s (19X9.5 front & 19X10.5 rear). As of now I'm not sure about the offsets, but rubbing shouldn't be a problem.

Please give me your thoughts (or pics would be great).



Also, would any photoshop experts care to hook me up?



*Yes, she is lowered on Bilstein Coils*
Old 12-02-2003, 06:04 AM
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Wow, as soon as I posted I found this:



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Looks like a pretty sweet combo to me. I love the LE37s!
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according the bullshit i got from mackin....... supposedly all Volks are drilled for a 12mm stud... the euro cars and my mustang cobra have 14mm studs (actually the mustang doesn't have metric, but it has a larger stud than normal).

I special ordered LE37's...after 6 ing months, they finally arrived and would not fit over the studs.... they were going to drill them out..... not sure if that is normal, but for $2400 I didn't want "drilled out" wheels on my car.....

Just letting you know so you don't have the same issues!!!!!
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Scot, thanks! Actually Rennsport (BMW shop) has them in stock. The japanese site has a few spec sheets and some of the brands are dedicated to E46 cars...

$2400 is perfect for me. The only other wheel I'm interested in is the HRE 840R which is $6300 and HRE 545R which is $5300. The CSL wheel is a contender but very difficult to get. I actually have a set on order...
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what about the ssr gt3 satin finish? what you think of those on the m3?
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how about e39 m5 wheels? I think OEM is hard to beat....
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Originally posted by KaiWang
what about the ssr gt3 satin finish? what you think of those on the m3?
Nah, not really my style. Plus the rim seems kind of common to Bimmers...
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dr. WOT
how about e39 m5 wheels?
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I like the SSRs in Satin as well... I didn't think there would be a bunch of 'em in Germany though.


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