I may lower the car but right now I'm looking at rear wheel spacers to push the tire out to be flush with the fender. The picture I last put up is the exact same wheel on the same car with a 5 mm spacer. That's what I'll do as well.

 

is the one you ordered custom forged or cast HRE?

I mean unless you don't have a choice (fixed width and offset), you should not have to use spacers when you are spending that much $$ on a set of wheels.

 

no they're not custom as the width and offset is fixed. Offset is 25 & 40 f/r and they are forged.

 

Oh.. i guess you don't have a choice but to use spacers.

I remember for BMW, you dont need the extended bolts for 5mm... i guess it's easy then.

 

oh cool! thanks dude!

 

Np. or you can just covert it to Studs, it fixes all your issues and you can get some fancy lug nuts too. JDM yo

https://europeanautosource.com/macht...rsion-kit.html

 

Vorsteiner VFF 103's

 

Very nice Can't wait to see them on your car.

 

Awesome Chief. Great choice. Can't wait to see them on your car.

 

Thanks guys, I can't wait either. I am so sick of these god damn run flats. You "hit" a manhole recess and it sounds like a bomb going off in the car. It's a $100K car with a truck ride, the price of the wheels/tires will be money well-spent.

 

definitely... you will not miss the runflat 1 bit.

When i had the runflat, i seriously thought there was something wrong with my suspension. But it was the tires.

 

BMW will tell you ad nauseum the car's suspension was engineered for a softer ride on run flats. BULLFUCKINGSHIT. When the slaesman told me that I looked at him and said "Randy, don't try that BS with me, you know I know better." lol

 

Yah... however, there is 1 downside about swtiching to summer tires...

your steering will become very loose in Comfort mode. I think BMW tuned their E-steering with runflat and now you just lost a lot of weight from each corner by switching to summer tires, the steering in Comfort feels a little too loose for my liking.

But still better than having runflat.

 

the guys on the 6post.com board all say otherwise oonowindoo, I hope you're wrong! Even if it does as you say, I only use Comfort+ mode on the highway and switch to Sport getting off and driving in the city/town.

 

Maybe Loose is not the correct word as it is still very precise even in Comfort. Lighter is the better description. The car's steering becomes more sensitive when you combined lighter steering + precision.

I am not sure what the 6post people have said but you will see it for yourself... let me know how you feel when you get the wheels/tires.

 

Can't wait!

 

 

Found a 5mm spacer set with extended lugs from Macht Schnell at European Autosource for $80 and pulled the trigger on it. I bought my body colored reflectors from them too-good company it seems. Oh and I guess while I'm plugging vendors, I should plug "Vibe Motorsports" for the wheel/tire set. Nate was great to work with. I got the very last set of HRE's they had in stock which won't get replenished until late August.

 

You know those businesses are doing good if they can stock HRE.... most of the companies out there do not stock wheels, let alone HRE.

 

When I tried placing the order on the package I wanted, Nate from Vibe told me they didn't have the wheels and they wouldn't be back in stock until August. I got on eBay because I saw Vibe had a set that would fit my vehicle listed there for sale. I called Nate back up and told him that and he grabbed them for me. He was the guy in charge of inventory and didn't know he had them in inventory! lol. They'll be here Thursday!

 

Just out of curiousity. Are those the "ideal" width and offset for the 6? i am not too familiar with the offset and width for the 6.

I have always thought they could be a lot more aggressive on the offset, especially on the rear. 40mm - 5mm is still 35mm.

 

Yes that is correct and I suspect the specs for that wheel that fit in HRE's line of flow forged wheels.

 

Cant wait to see the car with them on. Those are some nice looking wheels.

 

I'll have pics up later today. They're out for delivery now!

 

cant help but to say "coupay" in my head, every time I read the title to this thread.
Conrats on sexy wheels!

 

Looking forward to pics!

 

Keep saying Coupay to yourself and you will eventually go crazy.

 

Wheels are on boys!! I like it. I need a drop but from what I've read about the available kits, it changes the ride for the worse.

 

looks tits...

Did you install the wheel with the hammer?

I just noticed that you dont have the tintz......

 

no, I knocked the old wheels off the hub with it.

 

Looks
A drop would look great, but if it kills the ride, no bueno.

 

Mmmm...
HRE...
I know it's cast but that wheel brand was always upper echelon to me. Great choice.

 

 

Oops...my bad. Pretty pictures, no ready.
I was certain that was the flow formed wheel, not true forged.
Shit, even better...
I wish I had the nuts to put something forged on the Wagon.

 

car rides 100% better. I took it down the road and purposely aimed for a manhole cover in front of my friend's house that would make the car sound like you hit a 10" hole with the run flats on--nothing but a slight thump. Perfect.

 

that is not how our Chief roll...

 

What is your feedback on the steering?

 

You can definitely feel the loss of the sidewall stiffness. I haven't tracked it yet but hope to get it back on track at the Glen this next Monday after the 6 Hour IMSA race.

 

does the steering feel lighter?

 

not really