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Old 03-14-2013, 06:18 PM
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Sup Fellas,

So ever since I swapped the DPE's for this setup I've really missed the slightly more sporty look of my car when it had darker wheels. I wanted to stay away from a straight black wheel so I sanded them down and sprayed them with several layers of Graphite Metallic and clear gloss. I'm very happy with the turn out. I may drop the car another half inch all the way around, but I just haven't gotten to that yet.


Here's the before and after. Not too much of a change, but good enough for me to notice.
I'm looking for an OEM PRE LCI M5 front with PDC if anyone has one for sale.

With that said, my OEM PRE LCI Mtech Front end w/ PDC is up for grabs- Not pushing the sale too hard, but if there's interest shoot me a PM.

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Old 03-14-2013, 07:20 PM
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Wow, that's a beautiful car! Everything about it look so solid.
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I like it! what wheels and size are those?
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Definitely looks great.
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Damn JR, I like the new color, adds just the right amount of contrast. Nice Bro
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Thanks fellas,

Driving the car has been SOOOO much more pleasurable now that I'm out of the stretched/ poked/ slammed scene and I've actually gained a decent amount of gas mileage per tank.

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I'm still uncertain as to what exact wheel number they are. I believe in my initial post somebody from the UK chimed in and gave it, but the wheels are 19" F10 M5 reps. They can be found on Ebay. There's also a vendor here in the Bay and one in Socal that carries them. Not expensive at all. So far I think I'm the only one running these, with the exception of the kind gentleman who bought my front two wheels in Socal. If you're reading this brother-- Post em' up.


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Damn JR, I like the new color, adds just the right amount of contrast. Nice Bro
Your Magics are looking great as well man. I seriously considered running them again if I could run a box setup as I did with this. The front wheels just weren't cutting it for me in terms of concavity for the magics. Some cars like the A5 are able to run 10.5 all the way around for the Vertini Magics and it looks hard as hell. I tried to do the math regarding the offset and wheel dimensions and I don't think it woulda worked even though my fenders are rolled and pulled.

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Fkn clean..
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man these wheels look so perfect on the E60, and you made them look even better.
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wheels do look good ,my o8 550 needs wheel refresh, what type of paint did you use , and I noticed your quad exhaust, what are you running and are you happy with the sound?
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I'm so glad that you put these wheels on. When I first saw these wheels on the M5 my first thought was "I wonder how they would look on an E60". Personally I think they fit the E60 body styling just perfect and I might go as far as to say I like them more than the DPEs

I'd really like to see these on my sapphire black M5....hmmmmm


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