Any love for the stock BMW wheels?

[radialaced]

I find that I like a lot of the stock BMW wheels quite a bit. Including mine :-)

I know that my 15" wheels are a thing from yesteryear, but I think they look good. Besides, I think if I spent a wad of cash on 17" or 18" wheels and they rode harsher then I wouldn't be happy with them.

Anyone else planning on keeping their original BMW wheels on their car?

[sapienti]

i love my 15" bottle-caps when they are washed, unfortunately they need a repaint and the brake dust sticks horribly which makes them look pretty gross most of the time.

[rocket859]

I like the ones i have on now, but i want some style 32s :)

[Mitch]

Bottlecaps are great and all, but you just can't get any serious tires for them.

[Bimuh007]

I love my 16's on my sport package 328is. However, I do wish I could upgrade to 17's sometimes

[schwarzII325is]

i H ATE the stock rims for the early e36's

utterly disguisting

[Chaosbunny]

i LOVE Contours

[JohnnyWash1]

About the only thing bottlecaps are good for is their light weight.

[fun2drive]

I love my double spokes and contours on my two current BMWs but man I did like the 16" 10 spoke sport wheels...

[LinearX]

I have those same wheels sitting in my shed. Running around on BBS RX 17x8. No perceptable loss in comfort.

[LAWLence]

I have the same ones you do.

My friends say they look good, but I beg to differ sometimes. Contours = teh sex.

[RamGoat]

contours rock

[Goon]

LTWs + DSII FTW!

[themadhatter]

in my opinion, the stock 17" radial spoke wheels look great on our cars. they are the same 15s that you're using but in a 17" wheel size.

[JBURGS47]

I love my 16's on my sport package 328is. However, I do wish I could upgrade to 17's sometimes

I agree. The sport rims look sick, but I wish BMW made them 17". I'll be keeping mine for a while, at least until I need new tires.

[qidm67]

in my opinion, the stock 17" radial spoke wheels look great on our cars. they are the same 15s that you're using but in a 17" wheel size.

pics?

[themadhatter]

none here. it's the same wheel as the OPs, just in 17".

[janyahera]

I find that I like a lot of the stock BMW wheels quite a bit. Including mine :-)

I know that my 15" wheels are a thing from yesteryear, but I think they look good. Besides, I think if I spent a wad of cash on 17" or 18" wheels and they rode harsher then I wouldn't be happy with them.

Anyone else planning on keeping their original BMW wheels on their car?
I am definitely keeping mine coz I love 'em on my car( 750il). Someone recommended Parallels but I am sticking to what I have as they look gorgeous onn my car.

[JWBrockman]

pics?

Like these?
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/121/306801940_47897c65c0.jpg

I gotta get some better pictures of my car. I bought these for winters because I got a great deal with snow tires already on them, but the look has really grown on me.

[digitaldragon03]

Yes, like those, they are sweet.

[Ronnaferd]

I love my 16's on my sport package 328is. However, I do wish I could upgrade to 17's sometimes

Amen to that brotha :D I want some 17's maybe ASA AR1 or Kosei K1s, possibly M contours :alright

[nardz96]

i honestly love my e36 sport package wheels, especially after i painted them :buttrock

[98silver328i]

IMO, Contours are about the only good looking stock wheel.

[hellrot325]

I lke the 16" sport rims, I have two sets, one for spring thru fall, and a second set that have my blizzaks on 'em.

[digitaldragon03]

If you guys love them so much, buy my stock 16'' sport wheels. :D

[Daved]

The 15" bottlecaps are ugly as f*.

[SHAHAB323IS]

i have the same 15's as the op, i actually do like them, i'll be keeping them, but in the future they'll have winter tires on them, and they'll be my winter set of wheels

[jijacob]

I absolutely hated my 15" Stock Bottlecaps. With the 17" staggered M3 Contours the car is sex though.

[328iSANJ]

I had these for a while and didn't want to change......

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/237557670_785c78772a_b.jpg

But they just wouldn't let me exploit the car's power and I was reluctant to go really fast at times, as on limit handling was scary. I now have staggered 17" contours and it feels planted to the road and handles how a Bimmer should. I personally wouldn't go bigger than 17s as the ride will suffer, plus they compliment the E36 shape perfectly.

[5thBimmer]

Good! I have (4) Mounted wheels and tires, that came off my 94 / 540i 225x60x15HR...........Continental rubber, 65% wear left.........
wheels are identical to the one in the pic! Anyone interested make an offer!

[catch22]

Well it's not that i love 'em, i just think they come in handy for me, cuz i don't keep any car for longer than 8 months so i basically remove all ''nice'' stuff from them and put it on another car, (rims included).

[Spdaddict516]

i liked my sport package 16s...but i had to upgrade to 17s. the 17s just fill the wheelwell so much better. gives it a more aggressive look.

[Bimuh007]

plus they compliment the E36 shape perfectly.

^ Perfectly put, couldnt have said it better myself :alright

[bmwjuggalo]

IMO the staggered LTW rims are very nice!
just hard to find a genuine set of 'em.....

[328iBursche]

I have those same wheels sitting in my shed. Running around on BBS RX 17x8. No perceptable loss in comfort.

I have my 16" wheels under the porch, DS I's for snows, and BBS RK 17x8's, which look fantastic and offer great performance.

[NHbmw325I]

I have the same wheels as the original poster, but recently got 18"s, so the 15"s are now my winter wheels. I was trying to find the 17" version of the 15"s forever, but couldn't find any local, I would have bought em in a heartbeat. The 15"s are just a tad too small for me.

[325ISE30]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/lumscot/Picture313.jpg?t=1167692731

I have the same 15's as the OP on my 97 328is. They aren't too bad for now but I think 16's are the smallest to go on an e36.

[radialaced]

So, my wheels are called bottlecaps. I can see why.

Part of the reason I like bottlecaps is that they clean up real nice. They are a very light shade of silver when they are very clean. Another reason I like them is that shout out "BMW here". BMW's and bottlecaps seem to be
synonymous. One thing I don't like on BMW's are wheels that remind me of other car wheels.

[APav]

I think the 5 series got the best wheels. Style 42's and style 5's are way more than FTW. I might be the only person on this forum that dislikes contours :dunno

Edit: CSL's are FTW X's infinity.

[HBpredhunter]

kosei k1's ftw.

[Rakshas]

At times my wheels look good, majority of the time I'm no feeling them.

Gonna move up to 19x8 BBS Ch's when I get some cash.

[MParallel]

How about these BMW issued BBS RC041's:

(in the UK these were factory fitted to 328iS coupes)

I bought this set 2 months ago from a UK based wheel supplier.

I have no closeups of the stamps, but they have BMW and BBS stamped in them as well as Geschmiedet, which is German for forged.

They are completely refurbished (stamp tells me this set is 1995) and the lip is polished to a mirror finish and kept unlaquared. So these will only be under my car for spring/summertime.
You can see them P'shopped underneath my car in my sig.


http://www.idon-industries.com/bimmer/bbs_rc041.jpg

http://www.idon-industries.com/bimmer/bmw_bbs_01.jpg


And when I had my Original MV's:

http://www.idon-industries.com/bimmer/009.jpg

[keeptheuroalive]

I sold my contours and bought a set of 17" ones off of a 2003 325 sport. It looks good, but they aren't wide enough.

[Broly238]

i love my 15" bottle-caps when they are washed, unfortunately they need a repaint and the brake dust sticks horribly which makes them look pretty gross most of the time.

Exact same thing here, My front wheels get dirtier 2x faster than the back with brake dust for some reason.

[keeptheuroalive]

Exact same thing here, My front wheels get dirtier 2x faster than the back with brake dust for some reason.
That is because the front brakes do most of the braking. It is completely normal.

[radialaced]

So, my wheels are called bottlecaps. I can see why.

Part of the reason I like bottlecaps is that they clean up real nice. They are a very light shade of silver when they are very clean. Another reason I like them is that shout out "BMW here". BMW's and bottlecaps seem to be
synonymous. One thing I don't like on BMW's are wheels that remind me of other car wheels.


The 15" bottlecaps are ugly as f*.


I just learned in another thread that I have the sport rims and not the bottlecaps.

Phew! That's a relief.

I was starting to get a complex after Daved said that bottlecaps were a ugly as f*.

;^)

[JHawlz9989]

I think the 5 series got the best wheels. Style 42's and style 5's are way more than FTW. I might be the only person on this forum that dislikes contours :dunno

Edit: CSL's are FTW X's infinity.

I don't like contours either, staggered or not.

My wheel of choice is a mesh wheel (only polished aluminum or black w/ polished lip), or M-parallels. :buttrock

[qidm67]

Exact same thing here, My front wheels get dirtier 2x faster than the back with brake dust for some reason.

more brake bias in the front. Bigger rotors and pads in the front as well.

[scrat//e36]

Somewhere in my glove or paperwork i have the oe brochure for bmw. the rims i have were a factory upgrade from the oes. But i guess may be considered oe bmw

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a155/scrat36/untitled33.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a155/scrat36/untitled1.jpg

[CVGTURBO86]

i love DSII's imo they are the best E36 wheel

[CLEANM3whipz]

contours rock

I hate contours:mad

LTW's and DSII's FTW:buttrock

[dieseldriver99]

I wax mine (same as yours) so to get those brake dust from corroding the paint.

I find that I like a lot of the stock BMW wheels quite a bit. Including mine :-)

I know that my 15" wheels are a thing from yesteryear, but I think they look good. Besides, I think if I spent a wad of cash on 17" or 18" wheels and they rode harsher then I wouldn't be happy with them.

Anyone else planning on keeping their original BMW wheels on their car?

[The Boston GRUN]

quite happy with mine 15 '' bbs with the centres painted black

[Daved]

quite happy with mine 15 '' bbs with the centres painted black
Pics?

[SpasticDwarf]

i seriously love DSII's. I really want a set to get some dori dori action on.

[///Montizzle]

LTW's FTW best looking stock wheel on the e36

[BL4CK-OUT]

The 16" sport pkg wheels on the 328s are pretty good, very good winter wheels might I add.

[328iSANJ]

LTW's FTW best looking stock wheel on the e36

On the coupe yes, but the sedan looks better with contours IMO.

[The Boston GRUN]

Pics?
later i just got 100 post

[328i sport]

I love my wheels but they are a pain to clean. They are BBS 17"s with wider rears. They are fitted as standard to 328i sports in the uk.

h ttp://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/seasmk1mad/bim.jpg

[TeamSlowdotOrg]

I like my 15" wheels because the tall sidewalls let me drive to work and back without bending a wheel or getting a pinch flat. Railroad tracks and heavy equipment make for a really bad combination when it comes to asphalt.

[Rocket26]

I don't like contours either, staggered or not.

My wheel of choice is a mesh wheel (only polished aluminum or black w/ polished lip), or M-parallels. :buttrock
I detest contours. LTWs and DSIIs I like... Contours bug me. I guess its from living in the northeast, where you see the contour reps on every damn european car on the road with snow tires. I've seen the reps on Mercedes, Audis, and seemingly every iteration of BMW.

[skiboard06]

I am on M contours from a '95. They look great on a black car.

[Rud]

I had these for a while and didn't want to change......

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/237557670_785c78772a_b.jpg


I have the same ones (go figure, same car) and find them reasonably good looking. I have a set of Team Dynamics 17x8 wheels for track/summer/fun use, but if I were going to stick to OEM stuff only, I'd check out a set of these. (http://www.finishlinewheels.com/BMW/3+SERIES/1998/A-59293U10/) (style 32?)

[aaronmjr]

I will probably only purchase stock BMW wheels for my cars. I have 17 inch staggered Contours on my 328i (stock for E36 M3) and 18x8 and 18x9 style 5's for my E30 M3 (stock for 8 series?).

[Mr.M]

i H ATE the stock rims for the early e36's

utterly disguisting

Yep.

[edgarski]

these are the rims/wheels installed on my ride when I bought it few months ago. It has ROH tag ( i dunno what it is). It is ugly with scratches,deep kerb chunks etc.. So I did a total make over on it ! :D
and did the caliper too:redspot

see before and after pics...happy to accept bad/good comments :D

cheers

[Jimbozu]

Im still rolling on the stocks and I absolutely hate them. Theyre the honeycom things. Ive got 2 major beefs with them. One is that theres just to much god damn going on in them. It pisses me off when wheels look like solid pieces of metal. My other problem with them is that they are IMPOSSIBLE to clean. I gotta get into every single little nook and crany to get the brake dust out of there, and it takes a good 3 hours to get all 4 cleaned off.

[bmwguy259]

I had these for a while and didn't want to change......

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/237557670_785c78772a_b.jpg

But they just wouldn't let me exploit the car's power and I was reluctant to go really fast at times, as on limit handling was scary. I now have staggered 17" contours and it feels planted to the road and handles how a Bimmer should. I personally wouldn't go bigger than 17s as the ride will suffer, plus they compliment the E36 shape perfectly.

hmmm. i've always loved contours on the e36 sedans...i look at my dinky 15" and it makes me sad when its parked next to some hondas with the same size rims... one day i'll save enough for suspension + rims :buttrock

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a98/juicyfruit259/IMG_0227Small.jpg

[HailHalford]

Im still rolling on the stocks and I absolutely hate them. Theyre the honeycom things. Ive got 2 major beefs with them. One is that theres just to much god damn going on in them. It pisses me off when wheels look like solid pieces of metal. My other problem with them is that they are IMPOSSIBLE to clean. I gotta get into every single little nook and crany to get the break dust out of there, and it takes a good 3 hours to get all 4 cleaned off.
+1. Although the honeycomb wheels (along with the seats) are the definition of sport package for the 1994 coupe.

[Jetblack95]

i would like pics of each of the wheels you guys are talking about DS1's and DSII's and LTW's and contours and all....

some of us don't know the difference.....:rolleyes

[qirex]

i have the ds1 on my 99 cab...they look great. couldnt imagine bigger than a 16" on the car...

[carjoe]

i would like pics of each of the wheels you guys are talking about DS1's and DSII's and LTW's and contours and all....

some of us don't know the difference.....:rolleyes

Take alook through the wheels for sale section. Lots of examples with pics.

I have the coupe bottlecaps and hate them but until I get all my maintenance sorted out, they'll have to do.

[bigfrank2oo4]

Like these?
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/121/306801940_47897c65c0.jpg

I gotta get some better pictures of my car. I bought these for winters because I got a great deal with snow tires already on them, but the look has really grown on me.


those are damn nice

[BaronS]

I like my sport wheels, but they are a pain to clean. All the little spokes collect brake dust so easily. I'm pretty sure they were made by bbs, or it's just engraved in the wheels.

I would upgrade to 17's if I had the money, but I would probably buy some BMW wheels, not aftermarket.

[apertura2002]

I like the old basket weave,don't know the real name,they came in a gold color anybody know the right name.

[Pilgrim]

I'm perfectly happy with the stock rims. They hold enough tire for all-around driving, and you're guaranteed not to have any speedometer, fitment or brake issues with them. I just bought some Wheel Wax, and will be trying that out to reduce dust buildup and help with cleaning them.

[dlight26]

The r ok when clean but had to upgrade...sig

[Bring The Noise]

dlight what wheels are those?
pretty sick!

[jhstealth]

Yea when i saw my car on the lot it had some very very ugly wheels, im guessing bottlecaps and i told the dealer i hated them so he gave me these 17 inch milli miglilia's which i have been pretty happy with.
Oh and countours FTW=
For The Winter
Theyre nice just not my taste

[jballou]

I like my Style 42 Composites, 17" is more than enough for me.
http://64.225.94.154/ShopSite/media/BN78.jpg

[onkD]

I'd much rather have mpars or csl reps!

However, yes I do love my stockers! (even though they get dirt a day after i clean them)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2662/98419214fw4.jpg

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/9845/89115393ze4.jpg

http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/4315/54387235eg5.jpg

lol ... i love whoring my stock pics! :buttrock

[Sublime318i]

I love my stock rims... If I got anything else, it would only be a different kind of BMW stock rims...

[cooljess76]

Style 42's = only way to go

[flyingfarhad]

I luv minehttp://photos.bimmerforums.com/data/500/medium/100_0041.jpg (http://photos.bimmerforums.com/showphoto.php?photo=127&size=big&cat=&ppuser=112190)