Best wheels on an e34 5 series? Pics welcome
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mat1227 said:
Evening all - found myself wondering what the best wheels are for an e34. What does everyone reckon?
My vote is BBS like the below from Google Image search (BBS LMs I think?). For some reason I just love this pic
I like and I'm a stickler for originality My vote is BBS like the below from Google Image search (BBS LMs I think?). For some reason I just love this pic
Still love the old BBS x-spokes though or even them but in the 17" split rim variety from the 850CSi
Out of the ones originally fitted, the 17" throwing stars. I like the 18" M-Parallels but think they're slightly too big for the car.
I have seen a few on style 32s now, though, and they look lovely (the one in this photo needs to be lowered, but it's apparent that they suit the car):
ETA - I'm not sure they're staggered on that one; here's a better pic:
I have seen a few on style 32s now, though, and they look lovely (the one in this photo needs to be lowered, but it's apparent that they suit the car):
ETA - I'm not sure they're staggered on that one; here's a better pic:
Edited by SJobson on Wednesday 17th December 21:19
I'm not so much a fan of adding later wheels to earlier cars.
In no particular order, my favourites are:
So discrete, and the brake cooling effect is just genius - as is the impression of there being white wall tyres. The last discrete M car?
The later M5 wheels were lovely.
As were the final M5 wheels.
The 17 inch cross spokes also rock - such beautiful wheels:
In no particular order, my favourites are:
So discrete, and the brake cooling effect is just genius - as is the impression of there being white wall tyres. The last discrete M car?
The later M5 wheels were lovely.
As were the final M5 wheels.
The 17 inch cross spokes also rock - such beautiful wheels:
Edited by Ecurie Ecosse on Thursday 18th December 12:46
mat1227 said:
Ecurie Ecosse said:
That's the one for me, by some margin are they from an E31 originally? Or 540?I want
It's funny that they look so large and they are 17s. If you see 17s on some modern cars they look tiny.
Ecurie Ecosse said:
I'm not so much a fan of adding later wheels to earlier cars.
Amusingly, the 17" cross spokes are from a later BMW, of course... I'm the same though - if the wheels are from the wrong era they often look wrong on the car. Oddly the style 32s seem to work, to me; I used to think they looked a bit old-fashioned for the E39, as I did with the cross-spokes, while the 18" M-Parallels look a bit modern for the E34.
SJobson said:
Ecurie Ecosse said:
I'm not so much a fan of adding later wheels to earlier cars.
Amusingly, the 17" cross spokes are from a later BMW, of course... I'm the same though - if the wheels are from the wrong era they often look wrong on the car. Oddly the style 32s seem to work, to me; I used to think they looked a bit old-fashioned for the E39, as I did with the cross-spokes, while the 18" M-Parallels look a bit modern for the E34.
I have a vague memory of seeing an e34 with them on back in the mid 90s though.....
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