Mr Tidy wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:13 am
I couldn't agree more!
Thanks.
Yeah the E86 is a very hard car to pair wheels to. Anything too fussy doesnt work as it takes away from the lovely body creases and lines.
19's are too big, especially thick spoked wheels, it looks like a Hot Wheels toy.
Then the offset issue with risk of rubbing (less so now that I've gone back to OEM height on the front)
Style 108 really dont do it for me.
Style 107, the same.
MV2, meh.
Style 203, love them, but i've never seen a set come up over here they all seem to be over in the USA.
Style 216 from the 130i Limited Ed and 320is are lovely, but many are wrecked now, and very rare in the 1 series offsets, if not welded up.
Style 224 are really, really nice but I see too many photos of them looking too big at the rear on the non-M.
Riva DTM CSL reps were a contender (and a great price) but I didnt want to move too far from OEM, and CSLs have been done to death, for good reason, though.
I thought long and hard about wheels for months, countless WhatsApp discussions with mates exchanging wheel pictures and ideas.....
I think style 261 from the 135i Coupe has hit the spot. 1Kg lighter, too...