[b|ake]

Hello. My lease will be up in February and I am starting to look at my options. Probably will be ordering again since I want manual, and most likely the dealer won't have what I want. Considering another 328xi sedan. Sorry, "328i xDrive" sedan. Using the BMWUSA configurator I can get style 284 or 286 wheels with the sport package. What I'm wondering is what is the best/easiest/cheapest way to get the sport package but with 285 wheels, which are apparently standard on non-sport models. I'm sure I can just order the car and then buy them outright, but is it possible to just make that special request on my order from the factory? Or will the dealer be able to do any swapping in-house to make the "sale?" I know I should probably just ask the dealer, but I thought it would be easier to come on here first and see if anybody has feedback from similar situations. Thanks in advance.

[bavarianboar]

Originally Posted by b|ake

Hello. My lease will be up in February and I am starting to look at my options. Probably will be ordering again since I want manual, and most likely the dealer won't have what I want. Considering another 328xi sedan. Sorry, "328i xDrive" sedan. Using the BMWUSA configurator I can get style 284 or 286 wheels with the sport package. What I'm wondering is what is the best/easiest/cheapest way to get the sport package but with 285 wheels, which are apparently standard on non-sport models. I'm sure I can just order the car and then buy them outright, but is it possible to just make that special request on my order from the factory? Or will the dealer be able to do any swapping in-house to make the "sale?" I know I should probably just ask the dealer, but I thought it would be easier to come on here first and see if anybody has feedback from similar situations. Thanks in advance.

afaik, you can't order special request wheels unless BMW offers them to all customers with that particular package.

Heard of a story of some guy trying to get custom config with different wheels than available through sports (or was it non-sports), car production getting delayed and finally BMW saying they can't fulfill that request.

Dealer will not buy back the wheels that you don't need. You will have to buy the 285 wheels separately if u want them. Also check the size etc. maybe there is some additional work needed in suspensions to install 285 wheels.