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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 07:49 AM
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I know you guys seen the gs with m6 wheels


But what do you Guys think of the m5 wheels?? I think it looks really good!!



What do you guys think he did to get those installed ? I think 25mm spacer adapter is just to big. And does anyone know the specs on those rims???

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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 08:31 AM
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Won't fit without serious mod.
Front 19x8.5 with 12mm offset
Rear 19x9.5 with 28mm offset
They are 5x120 bolt pattern and 72.56 mm bore.
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 09:04 AM
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They look fine I just don't see why you would still have the BMW badge on the wheels themselves...That ***** has to go.......
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 09:19 AM
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they probably use adapters. makes it nice and flush. theres a guy doing it over on VSC
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 09:55 AM
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they probably use adapters. makes it nice and flush. theres a guy doing it over on VSC
You can do a redrill....just be sure you trust the shop...Miro confirmed they can do it when I was inquiring when they did make the M6 reps...
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Alexis-LS
Won't fit without serious mod.
Front 19x8.5 with 12mm offset
Rear 19x9.5 with 28mm offset
They are 5x120 bolt pattern and 72.56 mm bore.
Thats WEAK, i think they will fit Perfect!
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 12:02 PM
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m5 wheels look good, the m6 5 spoke just looks better
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 01:48 PM
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M6 FTW...
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 01:56 PM
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that m6 wheel is HOT!!!!! so we have to get spacers to fit those wheels on the gs..
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 02:10 PM
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i'd rather take the "simpler" m6 wheels but then again...a set of work wheels would be my cup of tea
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 02:15 PM
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Is this the same ride in a different color, and different wheels?..Nevermind fogs are the only difference in the kit that is on it
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 10:44 PM
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I don't know I wouldn't do that...would bmw onwer put lexus wheels on?
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by gzhottt
I don't know I wouldn't do that...would bmw onwer put lexus wheels on?
who cares?
there is a guy with an SC with 20" BMW wheels but IIRC, he uses replicas.
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 10:52 PM
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to make them fit you need a bolt on adaptor which bolts to your 5x114.3 hub and has studs coming out as 5x120. You need to have 25mm because this is what will completely 'enclose' your stock studs so they dont stick out of the spacer itself and hit the M wheels. 25mm bolt on spacers are a good solid safe size to run so i wouldnt worry about the size i would more wory if they will fit then...

the offsets therefore will change..based on what was posted above the effective offset after spacers
19x8.5 +12 will become 19x8.5 -13
19x9.5 +28 will become 19x9.5 +3

this is likely why they camber them in quite aggressively and do guard work. The top one (red demo car) looks like it is fully shaved and maybe slightly pulled, whereas the white one (i think this is a customer car?) is clearly pulled a fair amount to tuck those wheels. Other alternative is to radius guards and let them poke with some stretch...

And i still dont understand why people get worked up about leaving the BMW badges on there. Theyre pretty clearly BMW wheels so why take them off? a lot of VIP styling is driven from European cars so i am sure they do not mind showing they have BMW wheels. A set of those bought in Japan via Germany or whatever would no doubt cost a lot more than a set of Japanese wheels so therefore they are probably showing that the wheels are genuine and thus pretty 'baller' to them!
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Originally Posted by alexis-ls
won't fit without serious mod.
Front 19x8.5 with 12mm offset
rear 19x9.5 with 28mm offset
they are 5x120 bolt pattern and 72.56 mm bore.
fml!!!!..........
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