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172's do fit the E61

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Old 04-06-2006 | 12:27 PM
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Sorry to stray into your territory, but what do you E60 chaps think :thumbsdown:

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Old 04-06-2006 | 12:32 PM
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Love those wheels!!
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Nice!
The day that I have to get a wagon it will definitely be one like yours!
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Feel free the show such nice pics, this is a E60/61 Forum!

Those wheels look really great on your E61.

What about the driving feeling?
Any tramlining?
ContiSportContact2's I suppose?
Non RF's?
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Originally Posted by Ricracing' post='265614' date='Apr 6 2006, 09:08 PM
Feel free the show such nice pics, this is a E60/61 Forum!

Those wheels look really great on your E61.

What about the driving feeling?
Any tramlining?
ContiSportContact2's I suppose?
Non RF's?

Yes your right they are Conti SC2, the grip they offer is superb and with all the rain we get in the UK they seem very good in the wet. No tramlining upto now.

But the main benefit NO RUNFLATS
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Originally Posted by j9sht' post='265627' date='Apr 6 2006, 11:36 PM
Yes your right they are Conti SC2, the grip they offer is superb and with all the rain we get in the UK they seem very good in the wet. No tramlining upto now.

But the main benefit NO RUNFLATS
Yes, congrats on that, too!

Shit, we have still snow coming down so I have to "enjoy" my 16"
but please keep my posted about how you feel about your tyres!

Cheers!
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Originally Posted by j9sht' post='265593' date='Apr 6 2006, 08:27 PM
Sorry to stray into your territory, but what do you E60 chaps think :thumbsdown:
But no more than 10 bags of cement in the rear...
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Well done mate, you got there in the end

Hows about some closer shots and opinions about the mirrors?
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Originally Posted by blingo' post='265684' date='Apr 6 2006, 11:45 PM
Well done mate, you got there in the end

Hows about some closer shots and opinions about the mirrors?

Blingo thanks for the

I will post some more pics of the mirrors, they look IMO. However there is one snag, it seem that BMW changed the wiring in these very recently. They removed several wiring harnesses and replaced them with a control module that only has 3 wires coming out of it, non ///M cars have 4 wires, therefore at the moment you are not able to power the mirrors with the motor that is inside the M5 mirrors.

There is however a work round, the motor from the standard mirrors fits perfectly inside the M5 mirrors, so you swap the motors over and everything works just fine except the puddle illumination light that the M5 mirrors have built in the bottom of them. I am assured BMW will produce a new software coding sequence soon and then you will just swap the motors back over (30min job) and then everything will work including the puddle light.

A bit of a pain but they do look


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