Project: BMW E21.

[Eddie.]

I'm not going for a 'BBS car' btw.

I'm looking at Compmotives, Zenders, Autostradas, Porsche wheels and even TVR wheels.

I'll buy what looks right on the car.

 

[welshname]

If you buy the right wheels, yup. Not that many people on this forum understand that.



I'd had the car a long time before I ever clapped eyes on the wheels. When I got them, it was right place, right time. That's besides the point really.
I only found out how rotten it was because I stripped it all to pieces (much like this project), however the rust was too far gone for it to be worth saving a car that there's easily 1000s of throughout the world and are ten to a penny (unlike this project), and then the wheels were ripe for the next car, or I could have sold them on and got my money back and more.

I'm hardly making it out as "Crime of the Century", I just don't see much point buying a genuine BBS bodykit and not having the matching wheels if that's the look he's after.

Because the look is the same.

If he stuck a set of lenso's on with BBS centre caps and never told you, you wouldn't know any different until you were up close.

Chris can you please clean up the thread for Ed. He's not a r****d, he knows the pro's and con's to fake wheels and he's made a sensible decision. He doesn't need to be read the 10 commandments of the scene bible.

Always someone has to come and ruin a thread when non genuine wheels are mentioned.

 

[Waitey]

I still lol at the Passat in Edition 38's show and shine competition on fake BBS CH's which no one noticed until he told them.

Putting my dog in a £2000 suit doesn't make my dog any better or more enjoyable, especially when it'd look the same if it was in an £80 suit. It just means my dog owes me £1920 more so people on the internet like me. Although if I lie (so people on the internet like me) and tell them the £80 suit is a £2000 suit, most people won't get close enough to the dog to tell and I get to be £1920 better off, win/win?

If your dog to suit value ratio is all to cock you are doing something wrong.

 

[welshname]

I still lol at the Passat in Edition 38's show and shine competition on fake BBS CH's which no one noticed until he told them.

Putting my dog in a £2000 suit doesn't make my dog any better or more enjoyable, especially when it'd look the same if it was in an £80 suit. It just means my dog owes me £1920 more so people on the internet like me. Although if I lie (so people on the internet like me) and tell them the £80 suit is a £2000 suit, most people won't get close enough to the dog to tell and I get to be £1920 better off, win/win?

If your dog to suit value ratio is all to cock you are doing something wrong.

Marry me?

 

[Rob]

LOL @ all this.

I'd definitely be putting reps on, look the same, cost less money, why not.

 

[Eddie.]

I still lol at the Passat in Edition 38's show and shine competition on fake BBS CH's which no one noticed until he told them.

Putting my dog in a £2000 suit doesn't make my dog any better or more enjoyable, especially when it'd look the same if it was in an £80 suit. It just means my dog owes me £1920 more so people on the internet like me. Although if I lie (so people on the internet like me) and tell them the £80 suit is a £2000 suit, most people won't get close enough to the dog to tell and I get to be £1920 better off, win/win?

If your dog to suit value ratio is all to cock you are doing something wrong.

The dog in a suit analogy is wonderful.

Who can argue with a dog, in a suit?

 

[MarkCup]

Suitdog wins.

 

[Christopher]

So yeah. The car.

 

[Ash']

What about some classic enkei 92's?

http://www.enkei.com/enkei92.shtml

Brand new 15x8 are $760 so say £500 plus shipping. IMO would look amazing in gold against the OEM colour.

 

[Eddie.]

Yeah, they're really nice Ash.

I would prefer splits, for no other reason other than customisation purposes, but it's by no means my first priority with wheels.

Still trying to source a decent priced welder on eBay!

 

[Gaz.]

Are you on Retrorides? Might be a good place to source a welder & wheels.

 

[Eddie.]

Nope, I'll head over there though, thanks

 

[Eddie.]

Just been onto Retro Rides.

Totally off the point, but I saw these for sale:

Trans Am Turbo Alloys.

Reportedly the only set in the UK. Pretty nice tbh, and not tooooo expensive at £500 asking price.

I doubt I'll bother though, as I've got ages until wheels are important.

 

[Gaz.]

Those are cool. Very Zender-esque.

 

[Eddie.]

Aye, there are a few wheels on there I like actually.

Decent forum, cheers for the head up

 

[Gaz.]

Never actually been on it, I'd just heard it mentioned a few times!

I imagine they'll not be disgusted at you slamming it unlike the BMW Owner's Club!

 

[Hixle]

Retro Rides is a bloody awesome site.

 

[Eddie.]

Yeah, when I signed up to the BMW GB car club, the guy was saying things like, yeah we love restoration and we love original examples.

He even said he had turned people away because he felt they weren't right for the club.

Snobbery at its worst!

Worth it for the discounts though, hopefully.

 

[aucky]

Bloody hell those are wide! 9inch?

 

[Gaz.]

They're a weird bunch. A lad I know, his father has a Sierra Cosworth and Escort Cosworth. Won loads of concourse events with them.

He joins the BMW lot when he buys an M3, they get wind of this and ban him from entering any concourse events of their own, they do however allow him to judge for them. Strange bunch.

 

[Eddie.]

Bloody hell those are wide! 9inch?

15 x 8 ET0

 

[Christopher]

Just been onto Retro Rides.

Totally off the point, but I saw these for sale:

Trans Am Turbo Alloys.

Reportedly the only set in the UK. Pretty nice tbh, and not tooooo expensive at £500 asking price.

I doubt I'll bother though, as I've got ages until wheels are important.

Love them!

 

[Eddie.]

ET0!!!

They would have so much poke!

 

[Jason_E]

Everyone on here is f**king retarded.

Buy Lenso's, and its f**king clear they are lensos. They look like they are made from plastic and will be demolished by most pot holes. No I'm not overeacting, ive had reps and I know they are made of cheese.

Also, expensive wheels are more an investment. You will NOT lose money on decent wheels. EG, those Speedlines I had on my Bora? I made £100 on them. Not bad considering I ran them for a year and most of the paint flaked off. They werent even splits!

I'm not saying you'll always make money, but you'd have to be a muppet to lose money on a set of proper nice wheels.

Either way, get the car sorted first, then wait for something decent. Keep an eye out.

 

[Eddie.]

Either way, get the car sorted first, then wait for something decent. Keep an eye out.

Out of all the tripe you've spouted in here, this is the only thing worth listening to.

I'll be doing exactly this, sorting the car and if wheels come up that I want, then I'll get them.

 

[Jason_E]

It's just a simple case of you get what you pay for. I used to think the same as you "f**k it, it looks the same". But I'm speaking from experience now, its worth holding out for something decent.

 

[Gaz.]

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[Eddie.]

I can't be arsed with the fakes vs genuine debate in here.

If you want to discuss it, you know where General Chat is.

Cheers.

 

[Gaz.]

TBH, the post of . was nothing to do with wheels.

 

[Eddie.]

Yeah that's fair enough, it wasn't aimed directly at you, we've talked about which is best and all that, now I want to move on and carry on with the car.

 

[Gaz.]

So...

Welding, any further up the road on that? Doing a proper stripdown and learning yourself now I take it?

 

[Eddie.]

Need a welder, I'm scouring eBay at the moment, but yeah the plan is to strip it down completely.

If I can find chassis rotisserie, I'll buy it, use it and sell it. Problem is, most of them go for a grand, and are not designed to fit the E21 chassis, also that's a lot to stump up for a tool, irrespective of if I get it back or not.

Failing a decent priced rotisserie, I'll get some high lift axle stands and work under the car.

I've also looked at chassis rollers, and even the Mini technique, of rolling it onto a bunch of mattresses and one mattress against a wall! FLOL

 

[Gaz.]

I've seen people use 2 rotating engine stands before now.

 

[Jon.G]

ET0 but 5 lug, so you'll need adapters, which will make them -ET lol

 

[Jon.G]

Mini technique, of rolling it onto a bunch of mattresses and one mattress against a wall! FLOL

Nooo! Don't do that. Something WILL go wrong.

 

[Gaz.]

ET0 but 5 lug, so you'll need adapters, which will make them -ET lol

Not if you get the hubs re-drilled. Which is ultimately a better way of doing it than adaptors really, less stress on bearings etc.

 

[Eddie.]

I've seen people use 2 rotating engine stands before now.

SRS? That sounds a bit, pikey?

Nooo! Don't do that. Something WILL go wrong.

Don't worry, I wasn't actually going to do that!

ET0 but 5 lug, so you'll need adapters, which will make them -ET lol

Not if you get the hubs re-drilled. Which is ultimately a better way of doing it than adaptors really, less stress on bearings etc.

This, I would only get adapters if I needed spacers. If the ET is correct, I'll get them redrilled.

 

[Jon.G]

Not if you get the hubs re-drilled. Which is ultimately a better way of doing it than adaptors really, less stress on bearings etc.

Yeah true. Thought you meant the wheels at first.

 

[Gaz.]

SRS? That sounds a bit, pikey?

Yup. No more pikey than rolling it onto tyres I suppose!

If you're learning to weld, you could make one?

 

[Eddie.]

Haha! I was never going to roll it over, don't worry!

f**k making one, I wouldn't trust my welds to be strong enough to hold a chassis!

The only saving grace is the chassis won't be heavy at all.