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Actually we have just agreed to another build....yes I know I just cant say no. Anyway he is going with similar wheels but wants the spokes painted in glass black to give this sort of look
Cheers - just thought they looked different to your 15's somehow?
They are different. The centres aren"t the same as MWS wheels and the offset is slightly different, but can't say what make they are as I bought them used on eBay.
Not a big fan of bolt-on wires myself and the 5x120 pcd ones MWS supply don't have quite the rim offset I'd be looking for. Funds permitting I'd go for a set of these at just under £1100 (including adaptors and spinners but plus tyres) -
They won't fit mate - the only wire wheels that will fit without body mods are bead lace bolt ons.
The problem with those wires you've posted is even though they're 6" width because they're well laced the offset is -10mm which means they stick 50mm further out than stock Z3 alloys before you've accounted for the extra width of the adaptors as Andy found out:
They won't fit mate - the only wire wheels that will fit without body mods are bead lace bolt ons.
The problem with those wires you've posted is even though they're 6" width because they're well laced the offset is -10mm which means they stick 50mm further out than stock Z3 alloys before you've accounted for the extra width of the adaptors as Andy found out:
If you want wires it's bolt ons or arch extensions I'm afraid.
SNG Barratt are Dayton dealers but only for jag wheels - still I've asked for a quote on a set of Jag Dayton direct bolts
Oops, thanks for this, I'm afraid my 'net connection is running slow so I didn't see your input before adding my next post.
I see that Andy was able to extend the arches to compensate at the back while the fronts didn't seem to cause an issue. They were also 7.5" wide and presumably used quite wide tyres (couldn't see a reference to tyre size). If I ever decide to go with wires (once I finally get to build the car!) I'd want to fit the 6" wide MWS AC style or stick with my home-made Dunlopalikes -
We have just commissioned some shorter splined hubs to fit with E-type 'curly hub' wheels. These will fit under the arches okay. You do have to use shallow head wheel boots though but no big deal.
I only have a photo of the first attempt which stuck out about 2", but you can imagine the revised ones just shorter. Unfortunately they are made by the best hub engineering company in the land, so do not come cheap.
They cost £595 a set of four. Most can only be safe up to 150BHP these will go to 300BHP. It seems a shame to cover them up!
Just for your interest one of our other customers has provided a tyre comparison chart. The one at the bottom is the standard BMW wheel fitted to the front and back of the car for reference.
Tgats great and looks like a cheaper option but it does reinforce my point as you can see from photo they are bead lace wheels so no dishing which the guys above think they're capable of getting. You can't have dishing.
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