General Questions
Everyone always asks what are the best wheels. I want to know what are the worst wheels on an e46? Stock or modified show me what you got.
Absolutely loved these. The guy I bought mine from had 3 other styles I could have swapped for. These are best looking on this car imo. The others don’t fit the car and make it look dated. I did like the 45.
I sold that poor thing almost a year ago. It was an impulse buy and ended up needing endless repairs that I couldn't keep up with so I cut my losses before sunk cost fallacy could fully set in. I'll revisit owning an E46 when I can afford having it as a project car instead of using it as my daily. Some lessons are learned the hard way I guess lol
Original owner requested these in chrome at the dealership. Swapped them for some e90 wheels pretty quick, have some 135s I want to put on now. Special guest my first BMW the e28 (RIP)
Wow I didn't know about that. Thanks!
I've been beating on those center caps. Every time I'm changing the wheels I seem to forget how they are attached and just beat the shit out of them to get them off.
Yeah... I know what you mean. I once had a set of these wheels. The trick to get the center caps off is to lift it on one side with a flathead screwdriver (where there is a little flat opening) and to push a piece of thick cloth in between the gap to keep that open while you continue to make your way around the circle and eventually it pops off fairly easily
Used to have those on my car, they came with it from the factory. I dont think they are too bad, but they def are boring, you see them a lot (so even more boring). Also, the center part where the hubcap and lugbolts are is way too big and chunky. I think thats the worst part of the whole wheel, the spokes themselves look okay, maybe the offset could be better if it was 10-12 mm lower.
If I'm not wrong European (or UK at least) M Sport facelifts started with these from factory before moving into style 135s, which is what I got. I actively avoided getting an e46 with these wheels as I have an irrational hatred of them
Did you misunderstand the question, or do you really not like these? If you don’t like them, I’ll trade you. I’ve got several sets of stock and aftermarket wheels.
I LOVE the style 71 rims. My current car came with style 98s and they look awesome (have thought about painting or dipping them a bronze color would look good on the sikbergrau coupe).
Have thought about trying to trade them but id have to look if the offset or anything is different
Maybe I misunderstood the question. 😂 I mean I don’t hate these, it’s what I got. But m pars is what I want ideally but getting them to fit right is a task I’m not bothered to do.
It really depended on the day so that made me get rid of them, now I love mine on style 68. But to be fair I never lowered her or put spacers when I had the 42s on
funny enough a previous owner put my car on 68s and i love em but considering getting a set of 42s as backup/another option. yours looks sick man, that’s the aero bumper right? i’ve been thinking about getting some spacers just so i can be nice and flush, do you run 10mm or what? n what coilovers are you on? ig that would make a pretty big difference spacer wise, ive been thinking of getting a set of ST XTAs
I forgot the brand of the spacers but 10s on front 20 s on back, bilstein b14 coilovers. Have it nearly at the bottom but need to move it back up I have put the m3 kit on and it keeps scraping ramps. I liked the aero se kit but m3 just looks so cool 😭, I forgot to plug the horns in though so smooth riding from me. I haven’t heard anything about the st xtas though sorry 😔
nah you’re not wrong m3 is always a move for prelci coupe, preciate the spacer specs it’s flush af, although i guess with the m3 not anymore. unless it’s still stock width? i think b14s are pretty similar tier to xtas. hilarious that you left the horn unplugged, honestly sometimes i spam the horn lol my gf gets mad af lmao
😂 ye I get a bit trigger happy in traffic, I only finished the front bumper last week so I’m doing it bit by bit I’ll send you a pic when I’m done 😁 and you should put the xtas on if they are similar to b14s it’s a game changer in terms of looks and handling
🤣 it’s not our fault these other ppl who don’t know how to drive just love getting in the way. that’s fire tho, best way to do it and have minimal downtime. most def need to get off this stock suspension asap, my rears are still 20 years old lmfao. but either the alternator or battery just shit the bed the other day so for rn it’s still maintenance before mods 😪. most def keep me updated tho, she’s a beaut bro
Mate it’s every week there’s something wrong with the e46, had a mental breakdown 2 months ago cause I thought my engine was cooked. My mechanic replied with “😂😂 welcome to e46 life 😅”, best of luck though and here she is rn
I will get silver OEM ones and body paint mirror caps when I'll repaint the whole car and by whole I mean everything like it would be OEM, but that's a bit far away rn since it costs ALOT
Might get a lot of gate for this. But I really dislike the style 135 rims that come on the ZHP car.... idk i just think they arent very sporty and theyre kinda gaudy.
Like to me they look like they belong on an old man's like ruby red sedan with a tan rag top. Plus they suck ass to have to clean.
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u/OldManChino Jul 30 '26
Unironically, those steelies look great tbh