Do 107 Wheels look good on a Coupe?

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BeeEmm

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I recently tried to sell a refurbished set of 107's with good tyres on the Forum. No offers, so I decided to put them on my Coupe and I am glad that I did. To my surprise I like them and I think that they suit the car. Opinion of course, will be split, (no pun intended for the 108's) but it would be interesting to hear what others think about whether 107's look good on a Coupe. A funny thing happened when I changed the wheels, the 'Whippy' changed to a 'stubby'. How odd!
 
I think the 107s look best on a pre-facelift personally, lots of circles and goes with the theme.
They look fine on the Coupe, but not as good as 108s or CSL style
Edit: on yours the silver makes them pop, they look better than the grey 108s :thumbsup:
 
I've always preferred the 107s to the 108s and they do seem to work on your coupe, stick with them! :thumbsup:
 
It's a coupe... looks awesome no matter what :lol:

Based on those photos, the 107s win for me too :thumbsup:

I think the colour of the 108s and the car don't quite work.
 
I like the 107s on your Coupe OP. :thumbsup:

If I hadn't already bought some 224s I might have bought a set for mine.
 
Doesn't do it for me, sorry! Prefer the 108's out of the two.
But to throw a curve ball in there, what about 224's? :fuelfire:
 
BeeEmm said:
I recently tried to sell a refurbished set of 107's with good tyres on the Forum. No offers, so I decided to put them on my Coupe and I am glad that I did. To my surprise I like them and I think that they suit the car. Opinion of course, will be split, (no pun intended for the 108's) but it would be interesting to hear what others think about whether 107's look good on a Coupe. A funny thing happened when I changed the wheels, the 'Whippy' changed to a 'stubby'. How odd!
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the 107s look good.
if you go csl route, everyone has them :|
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philbo909 said:
kis said:
Doesn't do it for me, sorry! Prefer the 108's out of the two.
But to throw a curve ball in there, what about 224's? :fuelfire:
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And look like an M replica :poke:
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M badge for the sake of it? Yeah. Replica all day long.
Genuine M accessory? Nope. It's an M sport accessory. It's not there for fun, it's there cos frankly it's better in some shape or form. ZHP, M sport wheel or 224's all physically add value to the car.
 
philbo909 said:
I'm not sure I agree with you there, modifications really don't add to the value
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tasteful mods may make your car appealing to a potential purchaser, but are unlikely to add value.
the wrong mods will very likely put most off.
 
srhutch said:
No, 135's suit a coupe better. IMO of course.
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I bought a set of 135's to replace the 107's and the 108's. I now like the 107's and will probably sell the 135's and 108's, or will I sell the 107's and the 108's? If I don't sell two sets, I will have 12 wheels for one car. It doesn't take long to have a 'collection'.
 
BeeEmm said:
srhutch said:
No, 135's suit a coupe better. IMO of course.
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I bought a set of 135's to replace the 107's and the 108's. I now like the 107's and will probably sell the 135's and 108's, or will I sell the 107's and the 108's? If I don't sell two sets, I will have 12 wheels for one car. It doesn't take long to have a 'collection'.
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I went down this route with some mv2s as well and in the end I decided the 107s are the best looking factory wheel so i'm sticking with them. Now I've just got to get around to selling the two other sets of wheels I've acquired to reach this decision!
 
Phoenixboy said:
philbo909 said:
I'm not sure I agree with you there, modifications really don't add to the value
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tasteful mods may make your car appealing to a potential purchaser, but are unlikely to add value.
the wrong mods will very likely put most off.
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Wasn’t really referring to monetary value. I’m referring to value in the sense of driving pleasure and performance of the car.

For example shifting with a normal gear knob, then a ZHP. Different experience. Feels so much better, smooth and precise. Perhaps value isn’t the right word. But it certainly adds something to the overall driving experience :)
 
BeeEmm said:
srhutch said:
No, 135's suit a coupe better. IMO of course.
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I bought a set of 135's to replace the 107's and the 108's. I now like the 107's and will probably sell the 135's and 108's, or will I sell the 107's and the 108's? If I don't sell two sets, I will have 12 wheels for one car. It doesn't take long to have a 'collection'.
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I can relate to that - my E86 is on 108s that are in decent condition just now, but I know how they all end up and I was planning to get onto non-RFTs and sell the 108s.

So last year I bought a set of 32s with winters on them and then a set of 224s for summer tyres, but the 224s need a refurb which I haven't got around to yet so it's still on the 108s. :roll:

Then earlier this year I sold my E46 and the buyer didn't want the winters so I've got a set of those.

I replaced the E46 with an E91 that had winters fitted, so I bought a set of summers for that - wheels just seem to accumulate! :lol:
 
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