BMW E24 Six Series Appreciation

[ThatGuyWithACamera]

Bumping this back up and start the new page with a couple of pics of mine on some fresh wheels.

Damn!!!! That's REALLY good looking man! Love those wheels!

[sgnatetske]

Epic cars fellas! Finally finished the wheels along with a bit of body work - cheers for the wheel advice Beware here's a few pics:

[sgnatetske]

Got some work to do still, the rear needs to be a dropped a wee bit an maybe the front, not ideal on the Scottish roads though.

[heyitzsushiboi]

Got some work to do still, the rear needs to be a dropped a wee bit an maybe the front, not ideal on the Scottish roads though.

Nicely done. Wheel specs?

[Beware]

Epic cars fellas! Finally finished the wheels along with a bit of body work - cheers for the wheel advice Beware here's a few pics:

Looks good! I was scrolling down and came to the pic, and thought they looked very similar to mine....then saw you mention me and had to go back through my PM's as a reminder to our conversations. Good to see you got some sorted and on.....gold and black works really well, can't go wrong! What widths/tyres did you end up going for?

One of mine on it's RS from late last year(looks better if you click and zoom).....

[sgnatetske]

Nicely done. Wheel specs?

Thanks man I don't have the exact offsets, but i basically rebuilt the original BBS RSs with 6" barrels all-round, 3" dishes up front and 4" dishes at the rear.
The fronts don't have much room on the inside, was literally clearing the srut by a baw-hair, so using a 10mm spacer there but the rear's have heaps of room, like everyone says, an 11" rim would fit in there no bother. But i couldn't find a 5" dish

[sgnatetske]

Looks good! I was scrolling down and came to the pic, and thought they looked very similar to mine....then saw you mention me and had to go back through my PM's as a reminder to our conversations. Good to see you got some sorted and on.....gold and black works really well, can't go wrong! What widths/tyres did you end up going for?

One of mine on it's RS from late last year(looks better if you click and zoom).....

Yeah man, got some good advice from you In the end i rebuilt the wheels with 6" barrels and 3" and 4" lips. So they measured up roughly at 9.5j and 10.5j. Fitted a set of 215/45 on the front and 235/45 on the rear. Made a mistake and ordered a 235/45 for the front as well which resulted in ripping my bumper off haha.

Yours is sitting perfect at the back, I'm going to sort mine out soon, i cant go any lower at the rear without machining the strut housings (aluminium so easily done), a wee project for the autumn. I've dropped the front another 20mm, so it sits much nicer than in those pics.

Any more plans for yours? New wheels looks awesome!

[Beware]

I can imagine a 235/45 would do some damage up front, my 225/45's just touched so I had to do some very careful panel manipulation where the bumper attaches.

No more plans for mine, maybe 1 more set of wheels(got some, but have them for sale at the moment), but we'll see.....I may sell it soon, 2 years is usually when I feel the need for something different and that's at the end of the year.

I could go another 10-15mm lower at the back, but I can barely get in my driveway as it is now so I can't go lower at the front, so it'll stay as is....I'm happy with the look and ride quality as it sits.

[ThatGuyWithACamera]

My car
Untitled by Ricky Shull, on Flickr

Untitled by Ricky Shull, on Flickr

Untitled by Ricky Shull, on Flickr

[Chasen88]

GREAT thread !

[theseeker411]

Looking through this thread again really motivated me to get going on my car again.

[z33k]

Are these 17 or 18's? I cant tell

[XerXes310]

Are these 17 or 18's? I cant tell

I remember reading that they were 17's. Looks like it also since my 18's looks like they fill in the gap little more.

[hassanov]

I just wanna say that I like your post and I appreciate it.

[Dr.AK]