need help choosing which wheel
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need help choosing which wheel
i come up with 3 different wheels i like but cant decide
these will be going on my 2 tone metalic blue and silver iroc

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of course i would replace the center caps all of these would be in 17x8's
these will be going on my 2 tone metalic blue and silver iroc
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of course i would replace the center caps all of these would be in 17x8's
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Re: need help choosing which wheel
My choice of the three would be the last one.
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Re: need help choosing which wheel
i like the las 2 best i just have a hard time thinking of which would look nicer with the silver and blue 2 tone paint job the car is going to be getting
the silver wheel would bring the blue and silver together nicely since the silver is going on the top half of the car along with silver emblems
but on the other hand i think black would look nice as well if i did black emblems and the iroc on the doors in black
im also tossing around the idea of 17x8 in the front and 18x10 in the rear the 17x8 are 189$ each iirc and in 18x10 i think they were just over 210 each
the silver wheel would bring the blue and silver together nicely since the silver is going on the top half of the car along with silver emblems
but on the other hand i think black would look nice as well if i did black emblems and the iroc on the doors in black
im also tossing around the idea of 17x8 in the front and 18x10 in the rear the 17x8 are 189$ each iirc and in 18x10 i think they were just over 210 each
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Re: need help choosing which wheel
Couple of things.
First of all, what do you plan to do about the hub snout that will prevent you from running flat center caps?
Second, what do you plan to do about the wrong bolt pattern?
First of all, what do you plan to do about the hub snout that will prevent you from running flat center caps?
Second, what do you plan to do about the wrong bolt pattern?
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Re: need help choosing which wheel
if needed i can machine the center of the rims myself , and they do have them in the correct bolt pattern those are just stock photos of the rims
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Re: need help choosing which wheel
You missed my point on the hubs. The hub snout will be longer than the thickness of the wheel, so flat center caps will not work. I was wondering what you are planning to do to fix that issue?
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Re: need help choosing which wheel
Unless I am incredibly mistaken, those are Beyern wheels, which only come in 5x120mm. Our cars are 5x4.75".
You missed my point on the hubs. The hub snout will be longer than the thickness of the wheel, so flat center caps will not work. I was wondering what you are planning to do to fix that issue?
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You missed my point on the hubs. The hub snout will be longer than the thickness of the wheel, so flat center caps will not work. I was wondering what you are planning to do to fix that issue?
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as far as the fronts i dont see why i couldnt just bore out the center of the front rims for it to fit threw. unless u know something i dont. i would have just paint the snout to match the rim so it dont stick out like a sore thumb
depending on the amount it actually sticks threw i could machine some spacers to suck it back in a lil bit but of course i would need to get different offsets on the fronts to make up for the spacer thickness
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Re: need help choosing which wheel
nice wheel btw
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Re: need help choosing which wheel
5x120 works out to 5x4.73 if i am correct that is more then close enough lots of guys have used the bmw wheels without issues.
as far as the fronts i dont see why i couldnt just bore out the center of the front rims for it to fit threw. unless u know something i dont. i would have just paint the snout to match the rim so it dont stick out like a sore thumb
depending on the amount it actually sticks threw i could machine some spacers to suck it back in a lil bit but of course i would need to get different offsets on the fronts to make up for the spacer thickness
as far as the fronts i dont see why i couldnt just bore out the center of the front rims for it to fit threw. unless u know something i dont. i would have just paint the snout to match the rim so it dont stick out like a sore thumb
depending on the amount it actually sticks threw i could machine some spacers to suck it back in a lil bit but of course i would need to get different offsets on the fronts to make up for the spacer thickness
The offset is going to be off almost certainly to fit properly - so you will need spacers to make them work. Funny thing is how GM changed to the BMW bolt pattern, hub size, and BS on their latest cars - these wheels will fit my 2011 LaCrosse perfectly with no spacers and thin hub centric ring.
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Re: need help choosing which wheel
quess i should have them measure and tellme how thick the flange is so i can tell just how far it will stick threw
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