BMW wheels on C5?
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I know this has been asked/answered some time ago in a C5 forum.
I just did a search in C5, using "bmw wheels" as the keywords. There are 68 pages of hits and I'm not going to read through all of them.
I did find this one in C6 that might be of interest...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...mw-wheels.html
I just did a search in C5, using "bmw wheels" as the keywords. There are 68 pages of hits and I'm not going to read through all of them.
I did find this one in C6 that might be of interest...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...mw-wheels.html
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Burning Brakes
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Most of the bmw wheels i have seen are BBS. I dont see BBS on my 18 inch 2006 330I rims (front or back of the rim). I really have not seen any factory BMW wheels would look right IMO on a vette. I tend to like a 5 spoke type wheel on a c5/c6 and most BMW wheels are multi spoke (not all).
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Actually, I was referring to aftermarket wheels coming off a BMW (not stock BMW wheels). I should have been more specific. Don't like stock BMW wheels, but there's lots of BMWs here in Vancouver...therefore lots of nice wheels coming off these cars. For example these 19" Neeper Neunzig:
But I'm guessing with a 15mm offset, these will stick out too far.
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From: Marlton. Increasing performance one speeding ticket at a time! NJ
No.
Do not even attempt it.
Stock C5 bolt pattern is 5x4.75
Stock BMW bolt pattern is 5x120mm(4.725)
The wheels would potentially fit (offset discussed later), but that doesn't mean it's safe. The cup of the lugnuts will not seat properly in the countersink and will not reliably torque down. Last thing you want to do is lose a tire at 100mph!
Just not worth it in my opinion.
As for the offsets, 15mm is worthless info without knowing the other wheel dimensions. 15mm offset on a 8in rim wouldn't stick out. 15mm on a 11in rim would definately stick out. Different BMW's use different offsets so would need more info.
With all that said, you can take that wheel to a machinist have have the holes bored slightly more for the 4.75 spacing. That's what a lot of the GTO boys do (GTO's use same spacing as BMW's).
Do not even attempt it.
Stock C5 bolt pattern is 5x4.75
Stock BMW bolt pattern is 5x120mm(4.725)
The wheels would potentially fit (offset discussed later), but that doesn't mean it's safe. The cup of the lugnuts will not seat properly in the countersink and will not reliably torque down. Last thing you want to do is lose a tire at 100mph!
Just not worth it in my opinion.
As for the offsets, 15mm is worthless info without knowing the other wheel dimensions. 15mm offset on a 8in rim wouldn't stick out. 15mm on a 11in rim would definately stick out. Different BMW's use different offsets so would need more info.
With all that said, you can take that wheel to a machinist have have the holes bored slightly more for the 4.75 spacing. That's what a lot of the GTO boys do (GTO's use same spacing as BMW's).
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All bmw stuff sucks!! I have a brother who is a master tech for bmw and has convinced my mother to own bmw's and I am always working on her 02 740 just to keep it on the road. They are a pain and nobody should have to suffer through agony of having any of these components on their corvette.
