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Some glass cleaner and a rag did a decent job of removing the grease. There’s is still a bit of scoring sadly so I will try the polish next. wiseguy, is that 700 per side? did you get a parts breakdown for that? Was hoping it could be something I try to tackle myself but at that price I may...

Forgot to add there’s definitely scoring although some might just be grease - I can feel the grooves.

Hi all. Currently having a couple of window issues on my coupe… There is (sometimes) a terrible squeaking noise when operating the windows. There’s clearly some rubbing going on between the window and the mechanism/seal. It’s much worse on a hot day like today where things are expanded a bit...

Yep, sounds like I’ll see you there!

So they ended up being the right size BUT sadly they’ve had some welds. Not quite right for me, so , I’m still looking!

I did truncate the list somewhat for the relevance of my question There are a few “staggered” sets that are 18” but all the others are 8x18 at the front, 9x19 at the back All assuming this list is 100% accurate of course

Thanks - not a huge issue I suppose as long as no cracks or welds. Waiting to hear back from the guy now, cheers for the pointer

Thanks for letting me know! They don’t look too bad, and the price is nice. As you say he mentions they came off an e91 but as far as I can see style 32s never came in the 18” size for that car http://www.bmwstylewheels.com/bmw/32 So perhaps he just means the e91 was the last car they were...

Looks great! Thinking about potentially coming along - anyone heading there from east of england ish?

Oh blimey, 2 years! I spent 6 months looking for my coupe, that was bad enough. I do wonder how picky I should be about the condition of the wheels - per my understanding of alloy wheels (which is not very much), as long as there’s no major structural damage then generally they can be...

Cheers Mr Tidy, that helps! I had heard they were quite light, I wonder if that’s a good or bad thing with the state of the roads currently😖

Have set my heart on finding a set of style 32s for my e86. Understand that lots of different variations of these were made - looking for a direct fit so I THINK the ones I need are the staggered 8j/8.5j ones. Flexible on condition but there can’t be any cracks or welds. Happy to buy them off...

Welcome and best of luck with the search. When looking for mine, I used this forum and also saved searches on autotrader, carandclassic, eBay and gumtree. Across all those there were normally 3 or 4 new ones popping up per week so you may need to be quite patient. As you are open to most colours...

Welcome to the forum, from a fellow Cambs member looking for a z4. I have nothing to contribute to the thread discussion, but good luck with the search - hope you find one you love!

Best of luck with the search. I’ve also been on the lookout for an E86. Have you checked out eBay? There a few on there now which seem to meet your specs