hard decision steve but bigger wheels can transform the look off the car..i always felt bmws are cruisers..tho the power is ther when required..personel opinion really but id go for the bigger wheels:thumbsup

 

I upgraded to bigger 18" alloys in the summer and appearances wise it's a huge improvement on the 15" stock alloys. However the ride isn't as comfy, especially with low profile, wide rears (255/35/18's), and the thinner the tyre in the winter the better, so ideally I'd have bigger 18s or 19s for spring/summer/autumn use and go back to stock 15s or 16s over the winter. Wish I'd kept my old 15s now!

 

I thought the wider the tyre the better in winter. You know for more grip. No?

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i'd say go for it mate! get yourself some nice 18"s, maybe even 19"s! :thumbsup

will totally transform the appearance of the car!

 

Thats exactly the reason why im not too sure mate. i love the look of bigger wheels because they fill the arches. I may have to buy the bigger wheels and keep my original ones for the winter months! thats a pretty good idea lol. Plus in the summer i try not too have too much fun in the car cause dry tarmac and rubber doesnt seem to work very well, very expensive haha:hihi

 

smaller wheels and winter is more expensive steve:eek..especially rear wheel fun in ice..not a good combo mate...icey road...tight corner...big tree:jaw-dropping...but again,,,wotever makes yu happy mate..ive never had the option of smallr wheels so no the best too comment.:thumbsup

 

IMO, going for a wheel upgrade is not bad thing and playing with sizes within reason is OK.

IMO, on an E36, 17" is plenty. Any bigger and you just make the car look like daft wide boy car.

Our demo 328i has 18"s - looks too big and make it look daft and doesn't handle as sweetly as my personal 328i which is on 17".

IMO go for 17" alloys, you will get the looks and won't b@stardise the ride. (drives OK on 18"'s but if yo're picky like me then 17" are nicer).

 

DSK
you dont think its the wheels you picked anyway 17 with 45 tyres do give a better ride:thumbsup but i would say 18's give better handling, imo i would have the 17's :thumbsup

 

id go for 17s for a compromise of looks and handling

 

na 19`s all the way all year round aint got time for those smaller wheels no more
thats my opinion

 

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Can someone tell me why you cannot have fun on large wheels please???


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Big is beautiful and with 286 ponies under the bonnet you know those rear tyres get lit up:rofl

 

i have loads of fun with big round things

Raffa, please don't bring your blow up sheep into this discussion mate:rofl

 

sheep fooked mate:frown onto a blow up chicken it makes more noise cluck cluck:lol:lol

 

never seen a blow up chicken big enough! each to their own i suppose! :rofl

 

Big wheels with cheap Tyres!! I've got 17 wheels with 225/45 wanli Tyres that came on the wheels and it's still loads of fun the Tyres are useless!! :thumbsup

 

I would run the big wheels during summer and stocks during winter. 1 this way you don't have to pay for expensive tyres for the bigger wheels so regularly and secondly I have found that grit on the roads munches into the bigger/prettier wheels whereas the stocks seem to be less averse to this and tbh I am not too bothered if the stocks have a few marks on them. End of the day choice is yours though ...... I am currently wondering whether to go for 18" parallels all year round or 19's for the summer .... leaning towards 19's for the summer. Also remember to tell your insurers about your wheels as they are classed as a modification :thumbsup

 

well i know bigger wheels are prone to tramlining but i love my wheels lol so id suffer the pro's and the con's!