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After 3 years of wheel shopping... et fin

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Re: After 3 years of wheel shopping... centre caps

Post by Sae » Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:11 am

Michelin PSS fitted over the weekend... tyres great - lots of rim protection as seen in the pic for 18s, the fronts 225 on 8s fit snugly, the 265 rears on the 9s pretty square, lots of sidewall on both which is what I was after.

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... but not sure about the wheels, they have a bit of bulbage before the concave starts, so looks a bit odd, I think 35 profile front/rear would make that visually less strange. Will need to get them on the car to see the overall profile look.

The tall profile PSS tyres look great though if you like the chunkier tyre look. So plan to get the eibachs on and will try the wheels while I get the 224s refurbed...
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Re: After 3 years of wheel shopping... 1st look on

Post by Sae » Sat Mar 29, 2014 11:55 pm

They're finally on.... still on standard springs. The front definitely needs dropped, rears look ok and centre caps to be installed, but am liking so far...


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Re: After 3 years of wheel shopping... Mich PSS fitted

Post by bluestreak56 » Sat Mar 29, 2014 11:56 pm

Great colour, suits the coupe well. :thumbsup:
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Re: After 3 years of wheel shopping... Mich PSS fitted

Post by Sae » Sun Mar 30, 2014 12:02 am

bluestreak56 wrote:Great colour, suits the coupe well. :thumbsup:
cheers, the black chrome looks titanium grey in the daylight, but gets darker in low light
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Re: After 3 years of wheel shopping... 1st look on

Post by GP06Roadster » Sun Mar 30, 2014 7:56 pm

Nice wheels, definitely needs lowering springs though to complete the look :thumbsup:
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Re: After 3 years of wheel shopping... on and lowered

Post by Sae » Tue Apr 15, 2014 4:50 pm

Eibachs on, the difference an inch (20mms between forumites) makes on the front is incredible.

Just needs centre caps and a good detail :)

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Re: After 3 years of wheel shopping... on and lowered

Post by GP06Roadster » Wed Apr 16, 2014 3:48 pm

There you go, it makes such a huge visual improvement :thumbsup:
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Re: After 3 years of wheel shopping... et fin

Post by Sae » Fri Apr 18, 2014 9:11 pm

Centre caps... all set


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Re: After 3 years of wheel shopping... et fin

Post by Sae » Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:51 pm

A great Easter weekend for the weather, a few phone shots of completed Z4MC BBS FI look in the sunny daylight:


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Re: After 3 years of wheel shopping... et fin

Post by Hadies » Tue Apr 22, 2014 3:44 pm

That looks quality mate.

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Re: After 3 years of wheel shopping... et fin

Post by bluestreak56 » Tue Apr 22, 2014 4:40 pm

As above Looking ace :thumbsup:
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Re: After 3 years of wheel shopping... et fin

Post by GJC72 » Tue Apr 22, 2014 4:46 pm

I like them a lot. Good choice :thumbsup:
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Re: After 3 years of wheel shopping... et fin

Post by inkey$ » Tue Apr 22, 2014 8:28 pm

Slinky :thumbsup:
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Re: After 3 years of wheel shopping... et fin

Post by andysat » Tue Apr 22, 2014 8:36 pm

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Re: After 3 years of wheel shopping... et fin

Post by RJS-Z4 » Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:15 pm

Looks lovely, but it's CRYING out for tyre shine :D
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