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I was quoted £155 by eiretyres.com so thats not bad.....

It's the fact that i can't pop into my local tyre fitter and pick one up. Waiting 3 days for a tyre when i need one doesn't appeal to me.

Thanks for the info though.

 

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Originally posted by 1989 520i 1989 520i wrote:

Plumber by trade maybe???

Not quite, simply had a deep cut on my hand after changing one at home and needed to come up with a user name, so.....
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Fair enough.

I had a complete brain freeze when I had to think one up hence....
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If it is in fact an '89 520 you have then the metric alloys (made by BBS) would have been (stupidly) retrofitted by a previous owner. AFAIK they only appeared on the late '94-early '96 facelifted E34's....
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Originally posted by 1989 520i 1989 520i wrote:

Fair enough.

I had a complete brain freeze when I had to think one up hence....

Was not trying to offend...just found it an interesting choice of words...

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More stupid me. The first owner still had the wheels in his shed. I could've taken them with the car. Steelies with hubcaps though so i left them...
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I've see the Style 33 16" alloys (from the '96 on 5 Series) on a few E34's and they look pretty OK if not a little anonymous. Breakers yards would be a good place to start (spigot rings would be required for a perfect fit)...
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Do you know any decent breakers in Galway?
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I had the Alpinas on the E34 as said and i loved them, kicking myself i didnt keep them when i sold the car, thought i wouldnt have another E34 and i now have two e34 sports and thats only 9 months ago!!

I have a set of the original BBS 15" wheels off my sport if you were interested, also a set of TSW's which are horrible! 15inchers.. good for a door stop maybe..

But im off in search of more 17" Alpinas for the good sport anyway!

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Originally posted by 1989 520i 1989 520i wrote:

I'm thinking that the previous owner has changed the wheels at some stage because these are definitely the wheels currently fitted and I already have the 50 - 70 mph wobble.

They are unfortunately metric though having 165TR390 stamped on the wheel itself, and tyres being 225 / 55 R390.

There's still something that doesn't quite fit.  The wheel style you showed is neither a metric nor a fit for the e34 to my knowledge.  The link below is to a somewhat similar style of wheel that was a metric and was generally fitted to the e28 5 series and I don't think it was fitted to the e34. 

One of the guys put up a link to a TD style metric for the e34 (available in the last 2-3 years of e34 production) but the one I'm thinking of was earlier and plainer, not a cross spoke, and would have been standard equipment on an early e34 525i or 530i in Ireland or a non-SE in the UK.

If the wheels you have are style 13's with metric tyres and fitted to an e34 then it doesn't surprise me too much if they are causing you trouble!

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I'll post pics of the wheels in a little bit.
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I vote for staggered Throwing Stars........'cos that's what I have

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I vote for M-Para's as was at the top of his list, but then I'm a little bit biased

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Originally posted by Dergside Dergside wrote:

but the one I'm thinking of was earlier and plainer, not a cross spoke, and would have been standard equipment on an early e34 525i or 530i in Ireland or a non-SE in the UK.

Found a picture of the ones I had in mind.  To my knowledge these and the TD's mentioned earlier were the only metric wheels on the e34.

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car& carID=745162
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Diarmuid, im not sure those wheels on the 93 525 are metrics, i had them on my 525TD originally before i fitted 15inch BBS's and ultimately the Alpinas, they were on it from new i believe and my 90' 520i SE had them fitted too and they were 205/55/15, unless there was the exact same rim design available in metric too??

 

 
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You are correct Ben. The only metric rims that BMW did for the E34 were as per shown earlier on my car. (The 635csi also came with metrics).

The rims in the carzone add that Diarmuid had I think were originally fitted to the ultra rare 525ix (4wd)....
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I vote for staggered Throwing Stars........'cos that's what I have

Any chance you could post a few pics or your Touring with the Throwing Stars on. I know a guy who has jut bought an e34 touring and needs new rims.

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Originally posted by flyingalexf68 flyingalexf68 wrote:

Originally posted by Cmar-ireland Cmar-ireland wrote:

I vote for staggered Throwing Stars........'cos that's what I have

Any chance you could post a few pics or your Touring with the Throwing Stars on. I know a guy who has jut bought an e34 touring and needs new rims.

 

They are being refurbished at the moment, but as soon as they are back, I'll post up pics!
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Pics of the wheels as promised. A few of the car too...
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