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Old 06-04-2012, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by ColdList
Oh man I hear ya....trust me. I called the manufacturer today (who is totally unbiased about which set I buy....HRE sells so many high dollar wheel sets). I am pretty confident I am ok. There is actually another factor at play here. I am installing a 3.83 rear differential from an automatic e60 this week. Mine is a 2.94 stock diff on my 6-speed. I am very concerned about wheel spin since it is an open diff and I have the extra power from the Dinan performance upgrades. The extra rubber on the road will help. Sort of a trade-off. Looks wise the 20's will look great as these are the new HRE SC (Super Concave). They will look very deep. They are also a very lightweight forged wheel so performance difference should be minimal. Overall, I have more HP and a lot more torque (with the install of the new diff) so I am still going to see big gains over stock setup. Pretty much all of that will be substantially offset. Ride will certainly not be as good as the 19's, HOWEVER, I also have Dinan suspension and believe it or not it actually rides SMOOTHER than the stock sport suspension but eliminates almost all roll and bites very hard in the turns. I really think that I am going to be just fine. Wheels and tires are almost an $8K investment so I did consider all options very carefully. I did not want to get the 19's and think they were smaller than I wanted. I have seen the 20" P43SC on a 335 and they looked stunning. I am sure with my drop they will look pretty much perfect.
Wow from the description your set up and car will be ridiculous. Keep us posted and upload some pictures when you get your wheels put on. Man concave wheels are sooooo nice.
Old 06-05-2012, 04:49 AM
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Originally Posted by BMW fanatic
Wow from the description your set up and car will be ridiculous. Keep us posted and upload some pictures when you get your wheels put on. Man concave wheels are sooooo nice.
:-) Thanks! Will do.
Old 06-05-2012, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by ColdList
Just be aware that putting 20's on that car will reduce performance. Handling, ride and acceleration.

it does? I have 20s with H&R springs and i notice zero performance issues. It actually handles corners better now that stock. I have a 08 550i with the sport package.
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Originally Posted by brockjhammer
it does? I have 20s with H&R springs and i notice zero performance issues. It actually handles corners better now that stock. I have a 08 550i with the sport package.
Got the same car as you. Read my other post above. I went the same way. Ordered 20's. Mine are actually 5lbs lighter on each corner than the factory 172s. I doubt I will see any degradation. Will see in 3 weeks.
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I agree on 20's, I just mounted 20's a few days ago and to be honest, they feel a bit more comfortable than my stock 172's ! as far as performance goes, it does feel heavier thank stock but, it's all worth it! I've been getting nuttin but compliments.
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Originally Posted by NyC545I' timestamp='[url="tel:1339471250"
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I agree on 20's, I just mounted 20's a few days ago and to be honest, they feel a bit more comfortable than my stock 172's ! as far as performance goes, it does feel heavier thank stock but, it's all worth it! I've been getting nuttin but compliments.
Pics please.
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Originally Posted by Jsanjuan32
Thanks for the info. It makes me feel better about putting the 20s. But the white face chrome lip I think still looks clean. Which is what I'm going for. More luxury than sport look. Thanks

:thumbsdown: white wheels is less luxury and less sport. i'd rather rock stockers. too much integra type-r champ white memories..
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I gOt 20s http://www.bozeforged.com/meshxs.html from this website. These rims to be exact and a love em my car rides smooth all around don't even need to drop it looks great. I don't wanna drop because I don't wanna deal with rubbing or not being abLe to put people in the back seat. I got 20x9.5 and 20x10.5
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20's sports suspension no drop.


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I have 20"s and love em so far. (Granted I've only put on about 50 miles since buying the car)

Pic: 20"s no drop standard suspension (needs moar low!)
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