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Who cares when it looks like that! Form over function right??

that workstation looks awesome dave. and congrats on the sale mike? assuming its done by now!

Pretty sure "hans" had 1 for sale a while back if it doesnt work out with pldubs

It wont work without modifying your wheel arches unless u want to run stupid camber (illegal) and stupid stretch tyres (also probably illegal) to make them fit. I suggest finding diff wheels. Or buying an m5 lol

iirc those specs sound a lot like the e60 m5 stock wheels in which case you can make them fit on your 525i with a bit of work. you will definitely need to roll the guards for a start and then you will need to run tyres sizes something like 245/35/19 in the front and 275/30/19 in the rear you might get away with 40 profile front and 35 rear but cant say for certain sorry. if i am wrong feel free to correct me, im not 100% certain anyway so all good

no dave. u need to refurb your leather dude! but yea 12k is a great buy for any1 in the market for an e36m3

looks nice. only thing id change is the rear taillights. it looks like someone did a half arsed job at smoking it

I approve.

Would be sweet on your ute project

Agreed.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-780042637.htm lol....

no worries. (p.s. I think the style 172's are ugly and Im pretty sure a set of those on a old 5 series sold for like under 1k a while back on the forums. meaning they wheels arent worth a whole lot maybe... there are surely better alternatives?? just an opinion lol) good luck

They will fit. They come standard on some e60 models. You should see that the fronts on the style 172 are 8". Same as your current wheels. But 18 offset not 20. So the front wheels should stick out 2mm more than your current wheels. Rears are 9.5" where as yours are still 8". With a bit of maths: Current wheels: 20mm offset on 8" wheels results in roughly 3.2" from hub to outside if wheel. Style 172 have 32mm offset on a 9.5" rear which results in roughly 3.5" from hub to outside of wheel so its a difference if 0.3".. which is not a big difference so its all good Edit: To answer your last question,simply. Yes. but as seen above, when comparing an 8" wheel to a 9.5" wheel the offset numbers are dont mean the same thing. Since tge 9.5" wheel has an offset of 32 but sticks further out than the 8" wheel with 20 offset. This is because of the difference in width of 1.5". Edit again: the reason why those 20" wheels you posted dont fit is because they are not 550i wheels.. they are M6 wheels. you can get them to work with certain tyre sizes and spacers (spacers are things that you put in between the hub of your car and the mags to 'increase' the offset, usually to make them sit further out for looks OR to clear the struts) here is a link i found online that has some info on it. i cant be bothered reading it in detail but seems like others have made it work have a look http://5series.net/forums/e60-parts-accessories-mods-22/m6-167-wheel-offset-2008-550i-41152/

Semi right. Offset has no relation to the diametre (15" 16" 17" 18" 19" 20" etc) of the wheel nor the width** (7" 7.5" 8" 8.5" 9" 9.5" etc) [** depending on the width of the mag, it does change what the offset number means because its relative to the centre of the mag wheel. explained later with the photo] Each car is designed with a certain space in the wheel arch. And how far out the wheel hubs are positioned. So the model of your car determines what offset you would need. For your car the e60, judging from a link u posted above, they come factory with wheels that have et20 offset. (also known as +20 offset) All you need to know is that your car will fit mags that have a ET 20/ +20 offset. Give or take a few mm so 18 should be fine. if the number is lower, such as ET 10, then the wheels will stick further OUT of the car's body/fender.. agressive stance look and if the number is higher, such as ET 30, then the wheels will be WAY further in towards the shocks and struts of the car, so either it wont fit because of clearance, OR if it JUST fits, it will look very silly cuz there will be a HUGE gap between the tyre and the guards/fender. these numbers will mean different things depending on the car. for example, a 3 series bmw usually fit around 30-40 offset wheels, 5 series usually around 20, etc etc edit: just grabbed this pic off google images. you dont need to know it but that explains what the offset numbers mean. in short its just the distance from the CENTRE of the mag wheel (width wise) ** to the surface of the hub.

Do u know about offset? Most likele the offset was too high.

I dont think putting flash parts on an e36 sedan with that many ks is gonna change its chances of selling.. just imo

Haha yep. By the time you hear it its usually too late

How did u manage that? Nail in tyre --> flat --> motorway driving?

Oh nice. They look great! Do u know the offset details for these wheels?

Agreed. This gen x5 is the best looking.

Nice. What year is it?

Looks good! Just wondering. Arent those the msport wheels off an e92? (The coupe) Never seen it on an e90 before im pretty sure

Oh no.. We got quite lucky our power at home came back on around 2pm and at the shop about 10pm. Hopefully everyone is sorted by today..

i got them fitted saturday morning for $30 so all is good. thanks again darren didnt get to drive it much except for sunday morning to the meet.. had to roll the garage door up by hand cuz power cut lol tyres are great. much better than what I had before. now time to save up for a new set cuz fronts r getting worn too. 25 fish aint all bad. last time i went to the coromandel me and my gf caught about 20 in half a day but we were beginners i quite like the road to coromandel but when its windy and raining gets a little bit scary when going along that long road on the ledge next to the water!

sounds like a good first date