Need Help w/ 166 rims...
03-25-2009, 09:43 AM
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Bummer about the offsets.
03-25-2009, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by DRANGED' post='826428' date='Mar 25 2009, 12:39 PM
Those are NOT OEM M166's. They are replica 166's and they are also the wrong offset for an E60. You will need to run spacers to make them work.
If spacers will have to be used, what size and will it make things worse in the long run...i ONLY picked these up for the price and just to get rid of those "rental looking 17's" until i can get a nice set of 20"s.
03-25-2009, 10:42 AM
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Snap a pic of the back of the wheel with all part numbers..it should say ET32,20,22,etc... Pretty much anything in the ET30's will require a 10-15mm hub centric spacer with longer wheel bolts
03-25-2009, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 525iEnjoy' post='826505' date='Mar 25 2009, 01:42 PM
Snap a pic of the back of the wheel with all part numbers..it should say ET32,20,22,etc... Pretty much anything in the ET30's will require a 10-15mm hub centric spacer with longer wheel bolts
03-25-2009, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by dp2008' post='826668' date='Mar 25 2009, 05:32 PM
So i took them off and they DO NOT have a BMW P/N. oh well...still looks nice...but the more improtant thing is that its stamped with ET35 and now i gotta figure out what size spacer i will need and whether i will have to do the rear as well. Any Advice???
03-25-2009, 04:05 PM
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Hi dp2008,
Sorry to burst your bubble, but they are definitely not the real stuff. Compare the face of the rims with some other pictures posted, and you will see the first and primary difference between OEM and replica M166s. The originals have the centre more set inwards, and the "lip" is much deeper on the originals as well.
Hope this helps
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Sorry to burst your bubble, but they are definitely not the real stuff. Compare the face of the rims with some other pictures posted, and you will see the first and primary difference between OEM and replica M166s. The originals have the centre more set inwards, and the "lip" is much deeper on the originals as well.
Hope this helps
Regards
03-25-2009, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Howitzer' post='826807' date='Mar 25 2009, 07:12 PM
+1
Just ordered the spacers for them and STILL well under 800 bucks...LOL
03-25-2009, 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by dp2008' post='826838' date='Mar 26 2009, 08:55 AM
It really is OK fellas.. i wasnt too concerned to get the "real stuff" right now..
Well, maybe you shouldget them returned since the seller seems to have tricked you into buying a set of copy 166's
even if they were cheap.....