07-20-2017, 10:51 PM | #1 |
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Wheel Dilemma Help Wanted
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My situation: 3 rims bent slightly that cause a slightly "off road" feel in my driving experience. It's passed annoying and I am a week into driving it this way. Dealership recommends unbending 3 of the tires @ $150 a piece. Additionally, on my sapphire black 2014 650 xdrive the 2 back tires are preparing to not be of any safe use. Total expected spend for tires and rim repair is roughly $900 with tax etc. What I want to do instead is buy either the 433 OEM wheels with a square set up ( no reps because I don't think the reps have as much dimension to them) using the front wheel or should I instead buy aftermarket 437m wheels in 20" that are replicas from ebay. The price with tires for the 437's are roughly $1500 and I have used replicas on my last 08 650 vert and I didn't have any problems so I am not arguing real vs fake wheel discussion. Now the price on the 433 in the square set up with tires is $4700. My question is for a black gran coupe would you rather save roughly $3000 and go with the 437m which is a unique rim in 20" on a grand coupe but I think could work. Or say F it and just get the 433 because you know they would work. Even though you fear with the square set up that you will lose the concave illusion that the back wheel provides on the original M6 setup but is simply not compatible on your ride due to width issues. I have been going back and forth for days but I really appreciate my car I am turning 40 and am young at heart and want to keep some pizazz while not making my car look too altered. Thanks for any opinions. PICS OF BOTH RIMS BELOW OR On car rough idea even though its a 2 series (437m) OR (433) |
07-21-2017, 11:08 AM | #2 |
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My wife had the rep 437's on her last car (F10) and they were nice. I paid $600 for them and she banged them up on every curb possible and they stayed true, without a single crack. For under $1000, they're worth it. For $4700, I'd rather buy a nice set of forged wheels like HRE or BBS.
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07-24-2017, 11:50 AM | #4 | |
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Why will you be running a square setup with the 433's? Is it because of the M6 offsets? OE M6 wheels won't fit F12, F13, F06's (too low of an offset). Here are pics of another F10 member running the 437's because I don't have one of my wife's old car. |
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07-25-2017, 05:46 AM | #5 | |
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THANKS again! |
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07-25-2017, 07:49 AM | #6 | |
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2014 BMW 650xi Gran Coupe Msport Black Sapphire Metallic on full black merino leather. 20" M5 343M wheels for summer, 20" 373 wheels for winter with Nokian Hakkapeliitta 8 studded snow tires. M6 CP exhaust with M6 Diffuser and ///M Performance carbon fiber finisher. Mission Performance stage 1.5 and transmission tune.
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07-25-2017, 11:27 AM | #7 |
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Yep, you can definitely run staggered for a deeper concavity in the rear. Standard sizes for 20's that will give you less than a 1% OD difference are 245/35/20 front and 285/30/20 rear. You can even go a little wider if you like for fr/rr. Unless the OE 433's come in different offsets from the dealership, you won't be able to fit those on your 650, unless you go with reps. My wife had the silver 437 reps on her AW F10 and it looked nice. We chose those because she didn't want her car to look 'modded'.
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08-12-2017, 06:31 PM | #9 |
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Rep 437's for the win!!! Open to everyone's thoughts. Decided to go with balanced approach and invested in better tires and saved huge on the reps.
Apologize for the camera phone pic but you get the idea. |
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08-24-2017, 03:52 PM | #12 |
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Those look great! I am in the initial process of purchasing a new to me 2013 650xi GC with less than 30k miles on it (hope its a TU model) and have spent every free moment of my vaca overseas researching 20" wheels to put on it once bought. 1st choice leaning to those same reps.
Question shelldog...if its not too much to ask, what width and offset did you go with as well as tire size front and rear? I am assuming no rubbing. Thanks in advance! Ari |
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