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      02-21-2020, 12:16 PM   #1
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Hello fellow 6 members... I'm looking for some m-sport 19 inch wheels. Tires not needed. TPMS is desired. Center caps a must. I currently have 20's on my 6 coupe and hate the low profile tire. PM me if you have anything.
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      02-21-2020, 12:22 PM   #2
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Are your 20" RFT? I hated mine until i replaced the tires with regular non-RFTs.
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      02-21-2020, 12:52 PM   #3
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I would not let missing center caps stop you from buying wheels. You can get used center caps easily or even new ones are not that much. If I found wheels I wanted, center caps would not be a tipping point.
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      02-21-2020, 01:05 PM   #4
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Are your 20" RFT? I hated mine until i replaced the tires with regular non-RFTs.
Yes, still want 19's though.
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I would not let missing center caps stop you from buying wheels. You can get used center caps easily or even new ones are not that much. If I found wheels I wanted, center caps would not be a tipping point.
True, but still need someone with some 19 m sports to let me know what they have.
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      02-21-2020, 07:39 PM   #6
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      02-21-2020, 08:20 PM   #7
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While I like the look of larger wheels, I'm of the mind that we need to get back to more reasonable sizes. Even race cars have more sidewall on them, and they're dealing with much better asphalt.

For cars like the 6, which are essentially grand touring cars, they could really use quite a bit more rubber. I have the 19" M-Sport. With the RFTs it was completely unbearable. With non-RFTs (I went with Michelin A/S 3+ for all-season duty), it's night and day better. But had this been a few generations earlier, it would have had 16", 17" or at max 18", and I bet it would have been amazing riding.

Take an e38 7-series as reference, and 16" or 17" was normal, with M-Sport giving you 18" wheels. It looked just fine - fantastic, in fact. But we kept creeping bigger and bigger, and now smaller wheels look "odd" to our eyes, now trained on larger wheels. But we've given up quite a lot in terms of comfort and ride quality in the process. Meanwhile, here in the US at least, our roads in major metro areas are only getting worse, so this trend makes even LESS sense.
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      02-22-2020, 05:15 AM   #8
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I thought earlier that I was the only one thinking like this but not - nice !!!!
My winter 245/45/18" tire/alloy combination was hard like Rf and heavy (almost 60 pounds each), I went to a bit narrow and more soft tire and semi light alloy (combination dropped to under 50 pounds) and what a difference it made !!!!!
What is critical with big everything is the weight, even the car is big the unsprung weight is always bad !!!!



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While I like the look of larger wheels, I'm of the mind that we need to get back to more reasonable sizes. Even race cars have more sidewall on them, and they're dealing with much better asphalt.



Take an e38 7-series as reference, and 16" or 17" was normal, with M-Sport giving you 18" wheels. It looked just fine - fantastic, in fact. But we kept creeping bigger and bigger, and now smaller wheels look "odd" to our eyes, now trained on larger wheels. But we've given up quite a lot in terms of comfort and ride quality in the process.
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      02-22-2020, 08:46 AM   #9
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You guys should go with 16’s and post some pics, lol. Be the trend setters!!!
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      02-22-2020, 10:31 AM   #10
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Hello fellow 6 members... I'm looking for some m-sport 19 inch wheels. Tires not needed. TPMS is desired. Center caps a must. I currently have 20's on my 6 coupe and hate the low profile tire. PM me if you have anything.
Are you being specific when you say the "m-sport 19 inch wheel"? I ask because most people probably identify the wheels by their wheel style number.

I had to go to the database to see which one of the multiple 19" wheels for the f06/f12/f13 actually came with the "M" sticker (it was wheel style 351). Again, there are other 19" wheels that were offered and some of them were offered on other models (like the 5 series)...so you could also surf their classifieds for possible sales.

If looking for 19" wheels...I would recommend to find the specific wheel style number...then shop using that style number. More owners use the wheel style number nomenclature vs just selling them by wheel size. If you only want the 19" Style 351...if you type "BMW wheel style 351" into a google search box...you should get lots of hits. You can do the same using the classified forums for the 5 & 6 series.

My personal favorite 19" wheels in order of preference are:
  1. Style 367
  2. Style 366
  3. Style 331
  4. Style 351
  5. Style 281 (this wheel was offered in 18"/19"/20" diameters...I think the pic below is in the 20" size)
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Hello fellow 6 members... I'm looking for some m-sport 19 inch wheels. Tires not needed. TPMS is desired. Center caps a must. I currently have 20's on my 6 coupe and hate the low profile tire. PM me if you have anything.
Oddly enough, I am currently looking at changing wheels and have 19" Msports wheels on my 2016. They are style 351. Please let me know if you are interested.
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      02-23-2020, 10:05 AM   #12
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...I'm looking for some m-sport 19 inch wheels. Tires not needed. TPMS is desired. Center caps a must. I currently have 20's on my 6 coupe and hate the low profile tire. PM me if you have anything.
Just another FYI...all of the BMW 19" wheels for the f06/f12/f13 (pictured above)...use the same center caps. So if you find a set that don't have them...you can use the same center caps from your 20s. The only reason for new ones would be if the ones you have aren't in good condition...and as someone mentioned above...center caps are easy to find/procure especially since the majority of BMW wheels use the same center caps. There are far fewer BMW wheels that use a different size center cap.
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      02-23-2020, 01:55 PM   #13
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Hello fellow 6 members... I'm looking for some m-sport 19 inch wheels. Tires not needed. TPMS is desired. Center caps a must. I currently have 20's on my 6 coupe and hate the low profile tire. PM me if you have anything.
I have found a set of 351 m sport 19 inch wheels. Thanks for all who replied.
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      02-24-2020, 03:04 AM   #14
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You guys should go with 16’s and post some pics, lol. Be the trend setters!!!
You can look those old E31 pictures when the trend was set .....
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      02-24-2020, 10:56 AM   #15
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Would a 16" wheel even fit over the front brakes? My 18" Style 37 MPars just barely fits over the front brakes...I use them as my winter set-up.
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      02-25-2020, 12:56 AM   #16
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Would a 16" wheel even fit over the front brakes?
You're right, nowadays brakes are more big ( mostly because of risen weight) so minimum size fitting is maybe 17" or 18".

Also bigger brake caliber is more weighty, that increases that unsprung weight too.
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BTW, I love the way the 18" winter wheel/tires feel (staggered Style 37 MPars with 245/45/18 in front & 255/45/18 in rear)...but love the way the 20" summer wheel/tires look (Style 356 with non run/flat 245/35/20 in front & 275/30/20 in rear).

The higher tire sidewalls do make uneven pavement less jarring.
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