Rehabguy

First off, Happy Father's Day to all!

Have been sitting on these since November . Threw the summer shoes on and didn't want to do this at the same time just to make sure the upgraded (in size) wheel/tire combo was not rubbing or making weird noises (this way it'd be easier to isolate the source of any possible noise). Anyhow.

Some simple iPhone pics (I apologize for the giant pics. I'll try to remember to choose "medium": next time):






So far, I am pretty happy with how they look. This is my first Euro car and I had never dealt with wheel bolts before. My brother used to drive an M3 and I used to see him sorta struggle changing his wheels; So, the first aftermarket accessory I bought for this car was this set of studs. Now, having dealt with the bolts and spacers and NOW these studs with the same spacers... I think that it was somewhat easier to mount the wheels without the studs, even when dealing with spacers (which in my case they are just 3mm). On a slightly different note; I did notice, the first time I pulled the OEM wheels off, that some of the wheel bolts were pretty loose and some were pretty tight. I will chalk that one up to the "oh so great" mechanics at the dealership I picked up the car from. I personally torqued the summer wheels down to 100 lb/ft with OE wheel bolts about a month ago. Today, when taking them off, they didn't seem THAT tight (but at least they all felt to be at the same tightness). Are wheel bolts more prone to loosening up? I don't recall ever experiencing this sorta thing before.

Bonus info (lol): Wheel woolies don't fit between the front rotor and the wheel (19")... so, don't waste your $.

Jimminez

Nice. I've been contemplating those too. Which length did you go with?

CerBErusM113

Glad to hear a positive review on these. Have been debating on getting them myself. They look sharp, can we see a picture of the wheel on the car btw?

T_Cob

They look pretty good. How do you like the BC Forged rims. What size did you go with? I just got a quote on some but have been waiting to pull the trigger.

Jimminez

Quality and finish are great on the BC Forged. I run them on my Q7 and may get a set of 19" for my wagon. Hard to be price for custom wheels made and delivered within 5 weeks.

Rehabguy

These I believe are the 75mm. The shorter ones. I think they are good for up o 10mm spacers.

One thing I neglected to mention was... while mounting the driver's side wheel back on... the damn thing kinda got jammed a lil' (the wheel went in a bit slanted) and the thread on one of the studs got slightly damaged. Material came off. I carefully threaded the nut on and took it off. Made sure there was no metal filings and did final torquing. So... these aren't very tough. As for additional shots... I will have to see what else I have on my phone. Will update later tonight.

Thanks. I like them so far. These are 19x9.5 and 19x10.5.

AMG Rick

One thing you may want to do is to use high strength thread locker. Do one stud at a time let them set for good while and then drive 5o mi. and re torque. Even if you don't use thread locker re torque anyway. They sure are pretty.

SuckaGDog

Rehabguy

Only one I took. Hope this helps. Btw...my car is not at that ride height. That's right after I dropped it back down and hadn't started the car yet... but it gives me evil thoughts... lol!

Rehabguy

Thanks. I used blue loctite. Will re-torque in a week or so

Rehabguy

Thank you for bringing this up. I had never heard of this before. I am aware, however, that some metals don't work well together. I will see what it all looks like when it comes time to throw the winters back on.

SuckaGDog

Figured I'd paste this link since this thread over at Bimmerpost as it is only a couple days old. Post #4 is the most important.

http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1510538

Rehabguy

Thanks again for your input. This is pretty much the same info and evidence I was able to find after your previous post. I will also point out what was posted after post #4... not much other info is offered with regards to the failure story. I get all the technical info and I take it for what it's worth (I mean, what am I gonna say? I am not a scientist who studies the properties of metals), but, for all we know, this guy could have thrown on those wheels and zipped them on with an impact gun and might have done many wheel swaps the same way fatiguing the hardware (which you are not supposed to do with Al or Ti hardware)... just saying. Anyhow, FWIW, I barely drive this car and when I do it's not driven hard (I certainly have never even attempted launch mode). Should these fail on me (and should I survive), I will be sure to launch my own anti Ti wheel hardware campaign here on MBWorld