Lovely Rims

[Z-acht]

anyone?

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/BMW-Z8-Winterkomplettrad-Alu-1096197-Dunlop-Reifen-/00/s/MTQ0MFgxMjAw/z/NvcAAOSw6EhUPiwZ/$_57.JPG

[macfly]

Darn, that's Fugly!!!!

[EDEZ8]

Those rims are… interesting. I saw these for sale at Peter Pan BMW, which I like for my car, also black/red, but they only come in 20 inch.

[Norcal]

And they are the right offsets etc? Looks close to the Z8 design.

[macfly]

Ohh, maybe in silver they might look good on my car, do we know the weight, make and off sets?

[boomster]

I think they may be standard Z8 wheels with a rather ugly cosmetic treatment.

[Norcal]

The "snow" rims appear to be stock, with graphics. The ones ED posted are 20s.

[Satch]

I am not convinced 20s would be an improvement, Alpina notwithstanding. If we ever wear out the Michelinos on the (bent) original eighteens, I believe I will try Type 89 wheels (these), the nineteens from the Sieben. Their looks are reminiscent of the Alpina wheels without being ultra-modern aggresso.

As for the "snow" wheels and tires... well, different strokes, and all that! I can see myself on studded Hakkapeliittas running up the frozen Mackenzie River, top down and sideways. I will need my muskrat hat with the flaps turned down.

Of course, while Party B is still alive, the only ice that car will ever see is if I spill a pina colada during a garage tour.

[Norcal]

Satch, the 20s work well with the euro suspension, but the 19s might be the best of all worlds. As for ice... One large rock in my boulevardier please!

[Satch]

You know, if your freezer goes down to -40, you can make rye ice cubes!

[Norcal]

I gotta try that some time! How cold is liquid nitrogen? Ha!

[Satch]

Yes, apparently 100-proof spirits (like, oh, I don't know, vodka) will freeze at minus forty, Fahrenheit or centigrade. The reason this trivia sticks in my mind is that -40 is the same on both scales!

Liquid nitrogen is usually somewhere between -345°F and -320°F. That should do it!