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matts13 wrote:so andy did some looking around while i was bored. and i have found the solution to you problem. you are going to need a 18mm spacer. but the price is good and they would look good with the wheels you already have.

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp...
Those look like a rad option. It says they aren't hubcentric... You think the center bore is the same? You're right... they would look rad with the RD's.
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Sheeot... I just noticed the estimated ship date 07.24.07.
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Are the older 7 series wheels not the right offset? Most of those are pretty baller.

Or I agree with the hub adapter thing.


Or get schmidts 8)
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Frosty_SPL wrote: Or get schmidts 8)
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i only know that the lug pattern is the same the rest i am not sure about. but kerian would probly know and might know i place you can get them faster. and the polished ones summit sells are instock but would not look so good.
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Frosty_SPL wrote:Are the older 7 series wheels not the right offset? Most of those are pretty baller.
Yes, I believe so. I've seen my same wheels on e32's. and they looked rad. The thing is... nobody makes 17's anymore for any of these cars. And if they do... they are radical pizza cutter 7 or 7.5" wide.

It looks like I'm a 17" wheel living in an 18" world.
matts13 wrote:i only know that the lug pattern is the same the rest i am not sure about. but kerian would probly know and might know i place you can get them faster. and the polished ones summit sells are instock but would not look so good.
Good point. I hit CCW with an e-mail. We'll see what dey says too.
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I saw this post yesterday, and I'm on it! I may not find anyhting "reasonable" but I got some feelers out to the wheel gods.
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get the ccw in 17"x17" square wheels are the future
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i am pretty sure that the 7 series wheels wont fit 3 series....
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If you get the CCW's, don't go with black centers. For some reason, all the black centers I've seen come from CCW turn brown in a short period of time. Have them taken else where to powercoat them.
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GTEAST wrote:I saw this post yesterday, and I'm on it! I may not find anyhting "reasonable" but I got some feelers out to the wheel gods.
RAWK!!! Just let me know. I've sent out a bunch of e-mails, so I'm waiting to hear back from folks as well.
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struka wrote:i am pretty sure that the 7 series wheels wont fit 3 series....
I think the e32 wheels would... I had been talking to a guy at Racing Dynamics here in the US trying to hunt down more of those wheels. He said "Sorry, that wheel was designed in the late 80's to fit the 5 Series and 7 Series back then; we don't have anything comparable now".
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Midtenn wrote:If you get the CCW's, don't go with black centers. For some reason, all the black centers I've seen come from CCW turn brown in a short period of time. Have them taken else where to powercoat them.
Thanks for the heads up. I have awesome ideas rolling around in my head about that. Bwahaha.
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Kouki7 wrote:
StLCankles wrote:
Kouki7 wrote:what about running a hub adaptor to take your 5x120 and convert it to the VERY common 5x114.3?

Then you could run just about anything since there's tons of 17x9's for that bolt pattern that're nice and cheap..... just my canadian $0.02 :lol:
which is really worth like less then 2 amercan cents. :twisted:
yep! LOL

But at the rate the exchange rate is going it'll be pretty soon that our dollar's will be equal! :twisted:

1 USD = .94 CDN .... we're getting there! muhahahaha
yay the crazy canadian thinks he's as good as an american. dont you have like a chainsaw convention or a hockey stick plant meeting to get too
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StLCankles wrote:
Kouki7 wrote:
StLCankles wrote:
Kouki7 wrote:what about running a hub adaptor to take your 5x120 and convert it to the VERY common 5x114.3?

Then you could run just about anything since there's tons of 17x9's for that bolt pattern that're nice and cheap..... just my canadian $0.02 :lol:
which is really worth like less then 2 amercan cents. :twisted:
yep! LOL

But at the rate the exchange rate is going it'll be pretty soon that our dollar's will be equal! :twisted:

1 USD = .94 CDN .... we're getting there! muhahahaha
yay the crazy canadian thinks he's as good as an american. dont you have like a chainsaw convention or a hockey stick plant meeting to get too
LOL

haven't you got a helpless 3rd world country somewhere to bomb and wage war against?

PS. I'm saying this all in good fun. I'm not trying to start an E-fight or anything goofy like that. 8)
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andysapp wrote:
Midtenn wrote:If you get the CCW's, don't go with black centers. For some reason, all the black centers I've seen come from CCW turn brown in a short period of time. Have them taken else where to powercoat them.
Thanks for the heads up. I have awesome ideas rolling around in my head about that. Bwahaha.
No problem, my friend runs them (black centers on polished lip) on his black FD and they looks fucking sweet. His turn brown is less than a year. I don't recall if he powder coated of painted them, but they look 10x better than from CCW.
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