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You may want to get professional advice on this .. as I dont think with that polished rim you can just acid dip them ... it will need to be chemically removed (not bead or sand blasted) but I think you be look at a repaint after the dip. as I said .. talk to a specialist metal shop .. there is one on kyberpass road next to the harley bike place and opposite Jaycar .. im pretty sure its called eden electro-platers. hope that helps [edit] just had a second look at the picture ... the red part .. is it 3 piece ? IE can you get it removed ?

yeah .. either way .. got get em imported ...the guy at Toptown said they only stock those sizes for things like HSV offsets .. tis sweet .. I'm a patient bugger ..

Well .. I've might have found what im looking for ... Toptown do the Racing Hart range and I came up with this. Racing Hart C4 - 3 Piece Just phoned them and they are checking sizing and offset from the manufacture. But its shaping up nicely. Prolly gonna have to get the gaurds rolled a little. and this is what they look like on a vehicle, albeit not a bmw

http://www.toptown.co.nz/links/toptown_1_7.phpis all I could find ... im sure there are more ... Seems all you can get in NZ these days is chrome chrome and more chrome .. (no offense intended to anyone )

Yeah BBS do some nice wheelsI really like the RS-GT's .. basically for the deep dish look I'm trying to achieve (staggered) and then prolly the CH's .. but they are a bit flat for my liking .... both are forged .. so that would be a bonus for NZ's crappy roads .. I'm actually looking more along the Breyton range as they definitly do the sizes I want .. cept no one in NZ imports them ..

Hey thanks for the links ... Only had the car about 1/2 a week so doing a bit of research before I go nuts ... Might head down to the Show and Shine to say hi on sat ... the car as I said is stock as .. but that will change soon enough

yeah cheers mate ... I'll sort some pics out this weekend when i've got a lil bit of time .. Seems that way at the moment .. getting stuff off the net .. managed to find a nice source for Xenon lights thats not to pricey ... the decent 6000k ones too and the whole euro white indercator thing too .. check out http://www.m3motorwerks.com/index.php .. they ship internationally .. about to place my order this week

Hey guys ... I would stay away from anything Singapore ... I spent 2 grand finding out the hard way what the singapore weather will do to the computer PCB. This was on an 320i e36 though .. I have just bought a e46 330i and the first thing I made sure was it wasn't from singapore! hope that helps...

Hey, First post I know ... nice to see a forum going here in NZ ! Just bought an 2001 e46 330i, It has the standard 17inch alloys and I have budgeted for big wheels and tyres and suspension (amoung other things on the list). My question is .. Is there anywhere in NZ that sells 19x9.5 rears and 19x8.5/9.0 fronts size wheels in NZ (the offset around this size is obviously critical) ... I dont really like what most of NZ's 'mag' / alloy shops have to offer so far (mainly chrome and other designs for the jap market (not my thing) ).. I have looked around a bit in the auckland region but so far haven't come up with much. any advice is greatly apprieciated ... cheers