Wheels for e39 M5! Help me pick!

[familiar1985]

I have just aquired a light gray 2002 M5 with the stock 18s in chrome which are really not my style. Im trying to pick out some rims for this car and would appreciate some input. First off, I need to decide what size width for the front and rear wheels. I will be running them with the stock suspension because i dont like the harsh feel of coilovers and have terrible roads where i live. I also dont want low profile tires. I would tires to be as wide and thick as possible. Thickness like stock wheels 40 in front and 35 in rear. How wide of a tire/wheel can i use for ths setup? Feel free to post pics of similar setups so i can see what it will look like. The wheels I am considering so far are Kinesis ks68, Kinesis ks88, forgeline de3p, hre 790r (bit too pricey though) and others i will consider in similar style if you have suggestions of high quality 3 piece rims. Strength of the rims is important to me as the M5 is very heavy. Colors can be changed but I am leaning toward doing light gray as the rest of the car will be pretty stock and i would like a descently stock look. I like straight spoke rims better in general (like ks88) but for a stock look i like the style of the others. My favorite of these are the kinesis ks88 but I am already planning on putting them on my clk 430 showcar which is heavily modded. Let me know what you think!

http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp309/familiar1985/Forgelinede3p.jpg

http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp309/familiar1985/Kinesisks68.jpg

http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp309/familiar1985/KinesisKS88.jpg

http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp309/familiar1985/HRE790r.jpg

[Bryan@Jlevi SW]

I like the HREs most out of all those rims.

[legitsnowe39]

1st ones or the HREs.


Or get what Cal and I have :)

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8692/dsc01456xh.jpg

[familiar1985]

Nice Rims, I was really looking for a 3 piece though. What size tires are those? Stock suspension?

[BigM62]

HRE with step lips.

[familiar1985]

HRE with step lips.

Why step lips? I know they are better for performance but i definately wont be tracking this car. I like step lip 18s for better performance. I think 19s sacrifice a lot in performance so using step lips won't help much. Ill look into how much lighter the step lips are.

Do you like the look of step lips better?

[phrodo99]

1-HRE's 2-Forgeline, the others are nice too

[BigM62]

Why step lips? I know they are better for performance but i definately wont be tracking this car. I like step lip 18s for better performance. I think 19s sacrifice a lot in performance so using step lips won't help much. Ill look into how much lighter the step lips are.

Do you like the look of step lips better?

Yes, most diff. But, that is just me.

[Infamous2jz]

There more for supra's but check out CCW's.A lil more expensive than most. But you get wat you pay for. ccwheel.com (http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/ccwheel.com)