Which one looks nicer on E60?
07-09-2009, 02:45 PM
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Hi xquedopex, nice to have you with us.
Buy a wheel(set) that fits your car, quality and right offsets are the keys.
19" is much but 20" almost too much for a E60, but if the roads are silky...
Follow the tire OEM recommendations, and you are fine.
(After reading some 1.500 posts here.)
Buy a wheel(set) that fits your car, quality and right offsets are the keys.
19" is much but 20" almost too much for a E60, but if the roads are silky...
Follow the tire OEM recommendations, and you are fine.
(After reading some 1.500 posts here.)
07-09-2009, 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by DKNewYork' post='937732' date='Jul 10 2009, 01:14 AM
172's. Where in Brooklyn? I'm in Brooklyn too.
must been Detroit or
07-09-2009, 02:52 PM
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Of two listed, I'd pick the "10-legged tarantula" aka 172.
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the 19's.....and 
07-09-2009, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by CWS530' post='937763' date='Jul 10 2009, 01:52 AM
Of two listed, I'd pick the "10-legged tarantula" aka 172.
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To settle this down some (spiders be damned) the 172's do look better on an E60 than the 20's from a 7 series. If you want proof - look at ^^^ RIracing's car.
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=80964&hl=
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=80964&hl=
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Originally Posted by DKNewYork' post='937732' date='Jul 9 2009, 06:14 PM
172's. Where in Brooklyn? I'm in Brooklyn too.
East New York
07-09-2009, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by xquedopex' post='937697' date='Jul 9 2009, 05:45 PM
This is my very first post/topic (newbie) since I joined this forum and absolutely love this place! I have a 530i with mtech kit and I?m going thru a little issue. My car has the stock 17" wheels and I?m having a hard time trying to choose which one of these two wheels would look nicer. I?m hoping you guys can help me decide which one to get, after all is abvious you guys have good taste, most of us drive E60's.
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Originally Posted by CWS530' post='937763' date='Jul 9 2009, 06:52 PM
Of two listed, I'd pick the "10-legged tarantula" aka 172.
The 172 does look like the legs of a tarantula. One of the things I like about it the most is that nothing on the road looks like it.