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Help Picking Wheels

Old Mar 15, 2004 | 08:10 PM
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A friend suggested these. The BMW logo is optional...but they make them in 4 X 100 and I could just have the center section powder coated...



Whatchu think?
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Old Mar 15, 2004 | 08:24 PM
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Oh hell yes, I think I found what I want...my only question is, what will this offset look like?



Scroll down to the FLIK - Wasp wheels...
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Old Mar 15, 2004 | 08:28 PM
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those flik wheels look awesome..... too bad they come so narrow
Old Mar 15, 2004 | 08:29 PM
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I probably wouldn't be able to fit anything any wider without some body modifications anyway...
Old Mar 15, 2004 | 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Dysfnctnl85' date='Mar 15 2004, 10:10 PM
A friend suggested these. The BMW logo is optional...but they make them in 4 X 100 and I could just have the center section powder coated...



Whatchu think?
those look like stock vert wheels for the fc.
Old Mar 15, 2004 | 10:01 PM
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I liked the BMW wheels, can you give me the link or more info on them? Thanks, Carl
Old Mar 15, 2004 | 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Dysfnctnl85' date='Mar 15 2004, 09:10 PM
A friend suggested these. The BMW logo is optional...but they make them in 4 X 100 and I could just have the center section powder coated...



Whatchu think?
Click on "these" and it should take you to their page.
Old Mar 16, 2004 | 02:04 PM
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Those Flik Wasps are nice, too bad they don't come in 15 or 16 inch....
Old Mar 18, 2004 | 12:06 AM
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Your problem still remains of having a 4x110mm bolt pattern. Unless you want to do a little modification to some universal wheel patterns, there are only 2 wheels that are direct bolt-on 4x110mm bolt patterns that I know of. Both are 15s with correct offset and The Tire Rack has both of them. I have the 5 spoke style on my car, or there is a "tuner" style. The only way around this is CP Racings adapters, that someone already mentioned, or enlarging one the bolt holes on a universal pattern, which, in my opinion, weakens the structural integrity of the wheel. I use my car mainly for drag racing, so I wanted no loss of wheel strength. I could be wrong about the "only 2 wheels out there" thing, but I haven't looked in a while since I am satisfied with my 5 spokes.
Old Mar 18, 2004 | 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by blown 83' date='Mar 18 2004, 01:06 AM
Your problem still remains of having a 4x110mm bolt pattern. Unless you want to do a little modification to some universal wheel patterns, there are only 2 wheels that are direct bolt-on 4x110mm bolt patterns that I know of. Both are 15s with correct offset and The Tire Rack has both of them. I have the 5 spoke style on my car, or there is a "tuner" style. The only way around this is CP Racings adapters, that someone already mentioned, or enlarging one the bolt holes on a universal pattern, which, in my opinion, weakens the structural integrity of the wheel. I use my car mainly for drag racing, so I wanted no loss of wheel strength. I could be wrong about the "only 2 wheels out there" thing, but I haven't looked in a while since I am satisfied with my 5 spokes.
Yeah for some reason I was thinking I have 4x100 wheels.



I'll probably end up doing the conversion, we'll see...

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