ALPINA WHEELS...help

[blitzed310]

Was wondering if anyone here is good enough with Photoshop so they can change the wheels on my e21 to these bad boys: ALPINA Kopi's: Dont want to make the same mistake twice. I tried to go with the whole "Chrome Theme" on my e21, but am really disliking my wheels at this point, and am soon going to be dipping into my savings to remedy this. Any help appreciated. Also what you guys think about 17" ALPINA's on my ride.

[TheNeek]

Well... you need to find photos that are a little closer in size and angle to each other. I'm no photoshop wiz, but I did do ///ME21's signature picture.

[jbob]

also it's a lot easier to pshop a pic taken from farther away (like a side profile of the car)......otherwise it takes longer to match everying in detail using a close up shot.

but yeah i love those alpina kopi's too! i'm trying to decide between those or 15" panasports (i'm kinda leaning towards the panasports now, but who know's what'll happen)

[blitzed310]

Well... I just wanted to see if anyone could do it, wasn't expecting you guys to work with that pic, but if you can i will give you better material to work with.

[BoostedE21]

I kinda wished I had gotten different rims myself, At the time I didnt really like lips on rims but now I want them. I personal think 17's are to big for these cars, I say go with 16's and lower it more. Plus you might be a bit qiucker of the line too.

[TheNeek]

The concensus on most of the forums is that a 15x7 is plenty for performance and looks. I run the MiM's that are 15x7 and with my car dumped as it is right now they look rather large. Ask Jbob or FastE21, they saw the car last weekend. The rims have seen better days but sooner or later I'll have them done over. 16's are cool, but I just can't see myself going that big. If I make a cruiser maybe, but for auto-x you just cant really find light 16 inch wheels that are inexspencive.

My .02

[AMS]

I'd would love to seem them on an E21....

I bet you the Kopis are lighter than the chromies.

They only weigh 21.6lbs.

-Michael Abrahams

[blitzed310]

Those Alessio's are only 10KG I think that is about 22lbs. But as far as sizes 17 by far IMO look the best and fill out the well. I have gone through 3 sets of wheels, first being 16's, I still wanted bigger. I dont really care about use for the track since there is none around here. Although I would get those Kopi AlPINA's in the 16 but he doesn't offer them in 16's. My car is a cruiser, but still can eat alot of wannabe racers lunch! Also with 17's and a 40 series tire they are the same size as stock so the speedo is not changed

[MattE21]

Originally posted by blitzed310
[B Also with 17's and a 40 series tire they are the same size as stock so the speedo is not changed [/B]

i was just wondering about that seeing as im running 205/50/16's!

[Yonkers320is]

Matt you should go to 45 or 40, i got 15 and have 205-50-15