very ltd. and very expensive... trying to do the wheel shopping now, this way for spring/summer its all ready to go. but working out as planned.

im not sure i like the last wheel, but posting more so for opinion on that style... (5 star, five spoke whatever the kids are calling it these days idk). i welcome honest opinion, if its ugly say it, i dont mind... rather now then when on the car and wallets empty. lol.

 

Member frits got/had those on his m5 for summerwheels.but his are german style,18" but wide as hell. i thought 10 in front and 12 in the back.check his gallery.

maybe a suggestion....
what do you think off these??? those are WORK REZAX II rims, one day those puppys will be mine :hihi::hihi:.maybe not in 3d chrome, but i like them.

 

if you want a five spoke -- check Fikse... the profil 5 and profil 5s

local m5er (whatheheck) has a LMB M5 with shiny silver Fikse Profil 5s and it looks great!

5 spoke wheels need BBK to look good -- stock POS calipers look pretty crappy and a 5 spoke makes that all the much more apparent... IMHO

 

that is a nice wheel, i will look into it... i completely forgot about fikse... i have always been partial to the fm10... very nice mesh wheel. friend had it on his gt3, looked great.

fm5:

fm10:

 

correct it is the rxII (rx513 iirc is the part number for 5x120 19x8.5). i like the wheel, but it reminds me of the 5 series sport wheel a lot. if it had the step lip instead of a soft lip i think it would be a very nice wheel indeed.

 

Turners M5 looks good!

 

That is the blue 525 i was talking about.

i think it would work if you had imola and red center caps, otherwise leave it to the m3's.

 

I like those Fikse 5s too but they cost a fortune for such a simple looking wheel...

 

i think the BBS on the first post look or would look good with LMB. the edited photos look more like chrome gold not the matte gold on the wheels.
Bronze would look very good imho, also i don't like the gold with chrome lip

 

alright, i think my minds made up... im going to order the bbs LM but in the regular silver finish. if i wind up keeping the car through summer... ill have them refinished in gold and see what happens.

thanks for the input, and the insight... i appreciate the help...

one last thing, since theres so many of you on this thread... i'll ask here instead of creating a new one... what is the best fitment for this body???
i would like to do 19x11 and 19x10, however i think the ideal area to be in would be 19x10.5, 19x9.5... please let me know, along with offsets. thanks.

 

I think they are these.....

Radenergie R16 Silver w/Polished Lip​

http://www.wheelsdirectonline.com/radenergie/r16.htm

Correction, these are very similar, but the Dynatech above looks right.

DAL

 

i was also thinking about doing CCW wheel 'Classic' i had it on my previous car and loved it... maybe do it again... does anyone here have any photos of this wheel on an e39???

http://i11.tinypic.com/8fv846c.jpg

yeah big pass on the bronze:

'odelay vato' (maybe some hydraulics too...)

*worst photo edits ever!

 

^^ that is the worst ever, it looks like pink gold, blahhh!!

 

Those WORK REZAX II are beautiful!!! Looks like they run about $900 apiece, so they won't be gracing my beast anytime soon haha.

 

how bout these bad boys

Or maybe...

 

they would look good on a VIP-STYLE car...imo. not sure how theyd look on an e39...

 

LOL@ VIP- I hear ya on that. I feel like the 19x10 has a stretched tire look that is fitting for that. Next time I'm gonna try a 285 tire since I cant change my rear to 19x9.5....

 

from what i understand theres only certain coilovers that will work with wider fitments or meatier tires??? ground control COs are the best if you plan to be 'slammed'???


some more options & photos:

http://www.studie.jp/owner.html

 

BTW what is a soft lip?

 

smooth, long lip. if you look closely at this lip:

http://www.zeforged.com/images/wheels/ze/mesh_bg.gif

then com pare it to this:

http://www.mk-felgen.de/resources/_wsb_450x309_Kerscher+poliert.jpg

good example would be HRE 540 vs. HRE 540R:

540r:

vs 540:

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Got it, thanks! I usually hear it referred to as something else but can't remember right now...maybe staged lip or stepped lip? I think that is mainly with 3 piece wheels, I don't care for that look either.

 

i prefer step lip over soft lip any day... but its just a personal preferance.

 

okay, so its official... big pass on the gold / bronze... leave that for the dedicated track cars...

 

they would match if you had a caramel interior

 

lol, maybe some leather wrapped joints:

HOLY~!

 

 

i have no idea wtf is going on here but i like the wheels: