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[Azzai80]

What’s up folks!? Yeah so I’ve been asking my wife her opinion but she hates my car due to how the dealership handled a bad water pump/thermostat when I bought it. Was a headache to get them to fix. Sooo anyway. I need some advice. I’m having a hard time picking between v710 gunmetal or something else. Kind of looking to do 18” Any thoughts?

I’m including a pic of my car with my current stock 17” rims and my car with photoshop VMR v710 18” gunmetals added. Color won’t match due to different lighting but I think looks good. Thoughts? Now to learn more about figments…

My car is a Titanium Silver e93
I took the photo below about 20-30 minutes after sunrise.

[vester86]

what the **** has your wife’s opinion has to do with your choice of rims? if she has so: listen to your wife. if she hasn’t: do whatever you like…

apart from that: your bottom picture looks like your car is lowered while your top picture isn’t… so not an apples to apples comparison

[Azzai80]

Nah yeah NM about the wife. Regarding your comment about the 2nd pic being lowered how low does that look? Since it was a photoshop I don’t know how big those rims even are. Coilovers are in the mix but my car is on stock suspension right now.

Know of anyone who bought 18”s, but wish they’d got 19”s?

[vester86]

opinions will vary a lot, i have 18’s in winter and 19’s in summer, it’s not so big of a difference performance wise.

[whyzee125]

I think V701's or Advan RS or Apex SM10 look fantastic on coupes/verts

[AWD Addict]

In so cal, why not go 19?

[mattanderson]

Originally Posted by AWD Addict

In so cal, why not go 19?

The weather is nice, but I have a sneaking suspicion that not many of my tax dollars are going to the roads.

[oVeRdOsE.]

Originally Posted by vester86

what the **** has your wife’s opinion has to do with your choice of rims? if she has so: listen to your wife. if she hasn’t: do whatever you like…

apart from that: your bottom picture looks like your car is lowered while your top picture isn’t… so not an apples to apples comparison

wait what, you dont use this trick to convince yourself that you need new car parts ? !?!!!

lame

[mattanderson]

When my girlfriend says "it's fine, don't mess with it," that's when I mess with it.

[vester86]

Originally Posted by oVeRdOsE.

wait what, you dont use this trick to convince yourself that you need new car parts ? !?!!!

lame

my wife don't care a single **** what i spend on my car, she doesn't see the difference, she doesn't feel the difference. my money, my party

[lowrydr310]

Originally Posted by AWD Addict

In so cal, why not go 19?

The roads are horrible in SoCal that's one reason not to go with 19" on the E90 chassis. I blew two tires from sidewall damage and bent two other rims because of pot holes. Even with no pot holes most roads are harsh for 19s. 18s are a little better depending on the tire.

[AWD Addict]

Well. I'm in Boston, and progressives are siphoning our road money into worthless items as well.

I only run 18s in the winter. Otherwise, f it, i'm on 19s!

[Azzai80]

I have an update! Ended up finally getting my wheels! Have a look. What y’all think?

Avant Garde m520-r 19/8.5 & 19/9.5
Falken Azenis fk510 p235/35r19 & p265/30r19

We have some tire gap on my stock suspension but I’m very happy with these wheels and the look. The shop also cleaned up my rusty breaks and painted as well.

[oVeRdOsE.]

Originally Posted by vester86

my wife don't care a single **** what i spend on my car, she doesn't see the difference, she doesn't feel the difference. my money, my party

haha same, got 3 cars, she was starting to questioning my choices, then got a 4th one, so we have 5 cars in the drive way. She mention that it's starting to be out of control, but didnt complain. All are modded, and I have fun.
However, this is our money, but still , she dont cares, I love her for that.



OP, for your wheels , yes it fits the car, a modern aggressive look. Color fits is well too.

[wrevilo]

They look pretty sharp. Nice one!

[Wolf 335]

Slightly too aggressive for E9X styling and body lines but still looks nice, and defintely better than before.

For reference (this is subjective of course) for me these wheels are the ones that best compliment E9X styling:

VMR V703
Avant Garde M359, M610
Apex ARC-8, ARC-8RT

Thye all follow the same mesh style design which is a timelss classic.

[Azzai80]

Originally Posted by Wolf 335

Slightly too aggressive for E9X styling and body lines but still looks nice, and defintely better than before.

For reference (this is subjective of course) for me these wheels are the ones that best compliment E9X styling:

VMR V703
Avant Garde M359, M610
Apex ARC-8, ARC-8RT

Thye all follow the same mesh style design which is a timelss classic.

I have moments where I think they may be a bit aggressive, but most of the time they make me smile!

It was very difficult to make a choice. I feel like the v703 isn’t aggressive enough and kind of looks like a cheap design to me…. Ionno why

I actually was looking at V802 before getting these among other options. Ended up getting the Avant Garde wheels similar for same price at a local shop.

[lordnikon]

Throw the wife away

[Azzai80]

Originally Posted by Wolf 335

Slightly too aggressive for E9X styling and body lines but still looks nice, and defintely better than before.

For reference (this is subjective of course) for me these wheels are the ones that best compliment E9X styling:

VMR V703
Avant Garde M359, M610
Apex ARC-8, ARC-8RT

Thye all follow the same mesh style design which is a timelss classic.

Hey so I was thinking. Why do you think they are too aggressive? I have my car blacked out with carbon wing and fins on bumper. I’m truly curious and can take criticism when constructive and coming from a good place. I really want to replace my front bumper which is bleh…. I have a guy who painted my m3 style side skirts for $200 so maybe I will drop the cash for m3 style front bumper and have my dude take care of me. So yeah.. why the e9x not good with these wheels for you?

[Azzai80]

Originally Posted by lordnikon

Throw the wife away

No way! She has my back man. For 20 years

[snaimpally]

Not sure how new rims will get your wife to change her opinion of the car. But if you want to get her "invested" in your car, then show her the different options for rims, get her opinion (and by all means have a discussion on what rims you like and why etc.). If you buy and install the rims that she helps choose, then she will see that you value her opinion and she may like the car more now that it sports the rims she helped select.

[Wolf 335]

Originally Posted by Azzai80

Hey so I was thinking. Why do you think they are too aggressive? I have my car blacked out with carbon wing and fins on bumper. I’m truly curious and can take criticism when constructive and coming from a good place. I really want to replace my front bumper which is bleh…. I have a guy who painted my m3 style side skirts for $200 so maybe I will drop the cash for m3 style front bumper and have my dude take care of me. So yeah.. why the e9x not good with these wheels for you?

Let me start off by saying that the rims looks great, there is no question about that. AG has a good design team overall, that's for sure.

If you look at the design features of this particular wheel it has more edges with sharper lines vs smoother curves/edges. I'll say it again, this is subjective so not everyone may see it that way. It is that edgy design that speaks more agressive.

Enjoy the car, it looks great. You should most defintely do a LCI M Sport front bumper next. That will transform you car completely, and will compliment the wheels.