Lexington Steelies.

[KFC ONE]

One of my faves...

Seen that 1 pic with the green mcoupe on NT

[rab71]

Like...

The steel wheels really set if off and contradicts the luxery aspect of the car.

I may have missed it, but did you mod the wheels yourself, or have someone do it for you? I thought about doing something like that as well.

[Rob&co]

steel is real~!

[244Brick]

Like...

The steel wheels really set if off and contradicts the luxery aspect of the car.

I may have missed it, but did you mod the wheels yourself, or have someone do it for you? I thought about doing something like that as well.

If i'm remembering correctly, he bought them

[Mystikal]

Thanks. Here's how these came about:

I bought a set of rusty steelies with winter tires from a friend's beater E46. Then i sold the winter tires for what I paid for the wheel/tire combo (free wheels!).

Then I had a welder with a fetish for steel wheels cut them apart and put 2.5" (front) and 4" (rear) inserts. He had done a few sets but mainly for Mopar/Jeep guys doing off-road builds. He had never seen a 17" steelie and had also never added 4" of lip before but he was willing to try. He himself is a VW guy and learned the process on his Caddy's steel wheels in the 90s, but again stance guys aren't exactly hunting down guys in rural Ontario 2 hours from Toronto with no website. I then took them to my powdercoater for media blasting and refinishing. A call to the BMW dealer had the OE centercaps and valve stem caps delivered.

I drove on these barn-built things all over Ontario and all the way down to H2Oi in MD. To be honest I never expected them to be functional, it was at first purely an aesthetic project but they turned out to be suitable for everything I could throw at them. I never did a multi-piece wheel build or anything like that so these were a truly fun stepping stone for me.

End of drawn out story. Hope someone benefits from reading it.

[BigBjarne]

What about black rim bolts?

[Dave_The_BMXER]

Thanks. Here's how these came about:

I bought a set of rusty steelies with winter tires from a friend's beater E46. Then i sold the winter tires for what I paid for the wheel/tire combo (free wheels!).

Then I had a welder with a fetish for steel wheels cut them apart and put 2.5" (front) and 4" (rear) inserts. He had done a few sets but mainly for Mopar/Jeep guys doing off-road builds. He had never seen a 17" steelie and had also never added 4" of lip before but he was willing to try. He himself is a VW guy and learned the process on his Caddy's steel wheels in the 90s, but again stance guys aren't exactly hunting down guys in rural Ontario 2 hours from Toronto with no website. I then took them to my powdercoater for media blasting and refinishing. A call to the BMW dealer had the OE centercaps and valve stem caps delivered.

I drove on these barn-built things all over Ontario and all the way down to H2Oi in MD. To be honest I never expected them to be functional, it was at first purely an aesthetic project but they turned out to be suitable for everything I could throw at them. I never did a multi-piece wheel build or anything like that so these were a truly fun stepping stone for me.

End of drawn out story. Hope someone benefits from reading it.

I never actually investigated where that guy was located lol

[animal]

amazing - keep posting pics! steelies are timeless

[DEADheadDOOLEY]

looks tits man!

[Mystikal]

What about black rim bolts?

I prefer chrome by a lot.

I never actually investigated where that guy was located lol

I definitely have you to thank for finding that guy (well, Smitty too). But yeah like 10 hours of total driving time went into getting those wheels to him.

amazing - keep posting pics! steelies are timeless

Thanks! I would but they're retired at least until H2O. I just put my new wheels on an hour ago.

looks tits man!

Cheers

[Reubencanyon]

Love it! Great way to make a set of steelies look good

[74low145]

looks awesum!