I love my e46 323it so much, that I decided to add an 03 525it sport today. It comes with the sport wheels 17" style 81s, which I will probably roll on for a little while. Looking to get suggestions on a great set of wheels that fit the body lines of the car properly and wont break the bank. Any suggestions or photos would be majorly helpful! Thanks.
PS, do sedan rear seats fit the touring?
-M3J0N
Sedan seats do not fit. Thinking of an M5 conversion?
99 540iT, Jet Black on Black. Dinan mods ( CAI, MAF, TB, Brace, Stage 4 engine and tranny software ). 00 750iL, Jet Black on Black. MPars, Sport Steering wheel, alpina replica lip. 05 Mini S, Dinan CAI, Strut brace, UUC exhaust.
03 540i/6 M-Sport (#166 out of 1,265)
01 540i/6
01 525iAT
01 530i
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I've got a set of 17" style 66s that seem like a great blend of looks and practicality... I might switch away from them since they're way wider than a stock i6 would ever need, but the look is hard to beat. Aggressive, but not out of character with the car.
1987 Porsche 944 Turbo, 1999 e39 touring
can't go wrong with some Mpars, or style 5s or 32s. also LMs are a classic set, authentic will cost, but you can get reps from Varrstoen that look good.
yea,... i WAS..... . Do the front and rear door panels fit?
thanks!
grey on black sport.
i think the car needs a 18"+ wheel to "look right", but I would definitely consider the style 66s. They are kind of like a smaller, cheaper M parallel.
yeah, I really havent seen any with normal colored LMs/reps. most seem to be black, or gunmetal, or some weird color. I would probably want teh standard silver.
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There is a guy in SC that did a full M5 conversion on a 03 540I wagon. Only one in the country according to him. I met him and saw it recently at the car show at the BMW plant. Needlessly to say, the car was awesome. Dark blue (carbon black?) on black leather.
Couldnt you just get the M5 leather and just recover the seats? Maybe its only the leather pattern thats different and not the actual seats underneath.
Door panels are the same. The only difference is the window area.
99 540iT, Jet Black on Black. Dinan mods ( CAI, MAF, TB, Brace, Stage 4 engine and tranny software ). 00 750iL, Jet Black on Black. MPars, Sport Steering wheel, alpina replica lip. 05 Mini S, Dinan CAI, Strut brace, UUC exhaust.
..obviously oem wheels are always nice. I think when people manage to use a 19 oem wheel from another bmw E' whatever, it looks great. Sometimes you can find them cheap too. Attached a photo of another members 528 as an example. Im sure you've seen the versions with the ACS type2 19's. I've seen color matched white,black,silver, all very nice imo. I chose to go with a staggered 19 MPAR rep I got from another member here. About 1400.00us through Dennis Cooper. There are also 18 MPAR reps pretty easily available if your on a tight budget. I saw a set of oem 18" MPARS for 800 in sf recently, dont know if they were legit? The old "Unofficial Touring Thread" is great. It has all the examples you could ask for. I should have a set of 18x9 breytons coming up. Anyways hope this helps. happy hunting.
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2007 545i SMG *Sold*
2012 X6 *Sold*
2013 X5.0 ///M Pkg *Sold*
2000 540iT *Sold*
1995 540i/6 ///M Sport
1995 840i ***the sleeper
2007 Alpina B7
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Those LMs. My gawd.
Can somebody post up with a pic of a touring with 19" M pars?
Other cars that don't matter, and then..
'01 530i Sport/Premium/Cold Weather(My 1st love)
'02 540i Sport/Premium/Cold Weather (German bitch)
'06 330i Sport/Comfort (Sweetness!)
'08 535i/6 Sport/Premium/Comfort/Nav ()
'99 528i Sport Touring (Repaired the Previous owners garbage and let her go)
'02 525iT Premium/Nav/Cold Weather/Alpine/Supercherry
'90 325i e30 sedan schwarz (1st e30 project!)
'90 325is e30
'06 X5 4.4
'04 325i Sport
'04 330ci
'89 325IX 31k Original Miles!
'04 330i e46 coupe
'08 550i Sport
'13 535i Sport
'13 328i Luxury
'88 e30 Stroker
IIRC, these are 19's
I actually don't like the 19" Mpars.
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