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Miro M6 style
25.53%
VMR 710 Matte Black
21.28%
OEM 166 (M5 Rims)
30.85%
VMR CSL style hyperblack
25.53%
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Old 12-23-2008 | 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by NobleForums' post='751877' date='Dec 23 2008, 11:36 PM
This is what a grey car will look like with V710 wheels (from Trinity, of course):



Sorry so dirty, it's been raining.
and our roundel wheel caps will fit VMRs
Old 12-23-2008 | 11:32 PM
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[quote name='GENEaTALS' date='Dec 24 2008, 11:23 AM' post='751770']
all good...any of these wheels will look better with an M-tech kit GL with your decision...


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Old 12-23-2008 | 11:39 PM
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Thanks Gabe for the post I PROMISE to get you the right spacers

Jeff...get the V710's in blk or silver...VERY aggressive looking
Old 12-24-2008 | 12:35 AM
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Originally Posted by jdcinc21' post='751892
The CSL are great wheels too. IMHO the more aggressive, open spoke pattern of the V710 seems to fit the body style and size of the E60 better, though.
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Originally Posted by r1racer' post='751902' date='Dec 24 2008, 01:39 AM
Jeff...get the V710's in blk or silver...VERY aggressive looking
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Old 12-24-2008 | 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by JetBlack5OC' post='751918' date='Dec 24 2008, 03:35 AM
Screw the poll, go with the V710's.


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Old 12-24-2008 | 01:45 AM
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I love my 166's - I have the same color - now you can get an idea with and without the M5 kit
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Old 12-24-2008 | 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by GENEaTALS' post='751779' date='Dec 23 2008, 11:33 PM
+1 for gun metal over Hyper black...
What he said
Old 12-24-2008 | 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by NobleForums' post='751877' date='Dec 24 2008, 02:36 AM
This is what a grey car will look like with V710 wheels (from Trinity, of course):



Sorry so dirty, it's been raining.
nice!
Old 12-24-2008 | 06:37 AM
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OEM 166 or 172's.

I wouldn't do the others because I believe they look a little too "tunerish".
Old 12-24-2008 | 06:43 AM
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The 166's SUCK! They come stock on my car and I hate them. Hell, I even had them powdercoated a gunmetal color and I still hate them. They are played out and they are boring. The CSL's are much classier. Nothing beats the mesh look. There's a reason they're classics. They never go out of style.

As for the 710's, I don't like them as much as the CSL's because they have that lip around the circumference of the wheel. To me, that looks like a cheap mold. Now granted, HRE makes a similar set with this lip and we all know that HRE does not make cheap molds. However, for me, I like the spokes to extend out towards the circumference and be flush. It also makes the wheel look bigger, which is important, since you are going to 19's and not 20's. That "edge/lip" around the circumference doesn't flow. It catches your eye and that's not in a good way. Furthermore, brake dust will find itself getting notched in there all the time, which will make cleaning these wheels more of a pain.

As I said earlier, CSL's in GunMetal. That's what you should do.


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