Never heard of "metric" BMW wheels, anyone have any insight? Local craigslist find

[CubbyChowder]

A local place has an interesting set of wheels for sale. Are these a valuable find or something to ignore? Apparently they are "BMW M6 TRX RIMS"

Here is the description from the ad:

"These are METRIC rims, they require METRIC tires (tire size 240/45/415).

1 set of (4) BMW M6 rims with NO tires. Rims are in extremely nice condition with no major blemishes. Come with 1 set of (4) center caps."

[CHIF8008]

many bmw call for metric tire sizes. but not everyone runs the "stock tire" my e30's door card says to run 200 width tires lol

[NegativeCamber]

There are basically no tire options in the us for metric wheels. Of there is one, the price is outrageously expensive.

[electricalbox]

many bmw call for metric tire sizes. but not everyone runs the "stock tire" my e30's door card says to run 200 width tires lol

There are basically no tire options in the us for metric wheels. Of there is one, the price is outrageously expensive.

QFT, many older European applications such as BMW, Ferrari, etc. had some models with metric wheels.

Get your knowledge on people and read this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin_TRX

[bmw85]

Yup. Those wheels came on a lot of US M6's. TRX 415mm. It's really old tire technology, and any old tires (ie, ones that don't come from Coker) are likely dry-rotted to hell. Having driven on them for a while before switching to e39 style 5's and fresh tires, they sometimes scared me. Especially in the wet.

tl;dr: don't buy those wheels unless you're obsessed with original parts for US M6's.

[electricalbox]

Yup. Those wheels came on a lot of US M6's. TRX 415mm. It's really old tire technology, and any old tires (ie, ones that don't come from Coker) are likely dry-rotted to hell. Having driven on them for a while before switching to e39 style 5's and fresh tires, they sometimes scared me. Especially in the wet.

tl;dr: don't buy those wheels unless you're obsessed with original parts for US M6's.

QFT and FYI OP, those things come up FS in so cal all the time, even as low as 80 bucks a set since no one wants them.

[Jesus Christ]

I have one of those, a guy was throwing them out because he couldn't find tires.

[Dr.AK]

You can still find new TRX tires, at least here in Europe.

They're expensive as fuck, though.

Not worth the trouble.

[CubbyChowder]

thanks for the info guys, was just curious because I had never heard of metric wheels/tires before.

[da_joint]

A friend of mine bought the same wheels for 150$ but we did not find anywhere tyres for them 16,5 .

[bredrin]

this is cheap normally this each

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Pair-BMW-Ferrari-metric-tyres-Michelin-Collection-TRX-240-55-VR415-/281030328112?pt=UK_Cars_Tyres_RL&hash=item416eb67f30

[Dr.AK]

Yeah. Just checked the NEW prices.

One of them goes for 491€, as a white wall it's a whopping 619€. Each.

[jrcanes55]

I **** TRX package wheels and tires. They suck. I got a set of BBS RAs and when I found out what the deal was with them I just shredded them as drift spares. So shitty it's not even funny.

[MrDanguy]

At least the guy was truthful about them... when I got mine, the guy had no knowledge about them whatsoever.
I got my RS 007s for 400 bucks, split them up and doubled my cash... took a while, but well worth it.
Still trying to get rid of the tires / lips / barrels.

[ANDRO 5iver]

DO NOT BOTHER IF YOU LIVE IN THE U.S.... I can't even stress that enough.. BBS RS 007's are where I found out about metric wheels.. you will not find tires without spending atleast 500 per tire..