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I originally wasn't going to do them so soon, and then I figured if I was paying what I was paying for a race shop to do an AX alignment and corner balance, I really should get the arms on their first. Plus I was simultaneously chasing down a suspension clunk that had developed, and I think the stock arms were to blame. I still need to do the rear arms. I don't really feel like I need them at this point, to be honest. Car feels really buttoned down as is. But for the sake of completeness I will probably eventually do them. And maybe some rear toe arms. And when the Whiteline inserts wear, I'll probably replace with full bushes. But none of those things seem urgent at this point, which is good.
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Thanks! I'm really happy with the way everything turned out as well. It's been a month-long adventure dealing with vendors, a few DIY sessions, and a couple of trips to the shop. It started out with just needing new tires, and then snowballed from there.
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Definitely a good idea. They're certainly nice, but it makes so much more sense to group things together when you can, weather you're doing the work yourself or paying for labor. Plus only needing the one alignment, of course.
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Fair enough. I liked those wheels, too, but they were a PITA to keep clean! More than that, they were quite heavy at around 26 lbs, and more than that even I wanted to get away from a staggered set up (all the above mainly for AX).
I originally was not looking at black wheels, I wanted more of an anthracite or gun metal color. But it's pretty tough to get track wheels this late in the season! There are only a couple of manufacturers of proper light weight race wheels for the 1er, and they are both mostly out of stock of wheels in the size I was looking at (17x8.5). I originally had anthracite D-Forces on order, but after several weeks of waiting for a container to arrive from overseas, and then clear Customs, I gave up. They actually would have arrived on my doorstep today, apparently. Next I got in touch with Apex, found out their wheels would fit, and that they could have them on at my house in 2 days! A little more expensive, about a pound heavier per wheel, but a more attractive mesh design (better suited to the 1er IMO). Only catch was they only had satin black in stock, with no more wheel arriving until next year. I will say that I think the wheels look much better in person. Black wheels never photograph well, because many cameras don't have the dynamic range to properly expose both the wheels and the rest of the scene - so they err on the side of caution, properly exposing the bulk of the photograph but underexposing the wheels. The "satin black" finish is really quite perfect, and is a nice compromise between a flat and a gloss black. As a bonus, I think it will hide brake dust quite well between washes. Finally, from an aesthetic standpoint, track-type wheels are not usually the best-looking option out there objectively, but they're functional, and you start to appreciate that look on it's own merits. These wheels are less bling, but to my eye, the car looks more poised, focused, athletic, etc. But to each his own!
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I've seen way too many cars with black/dark wheels and it's not very unique to me anymore... Ironically, by staying with the stock wheels (Style 370), it makes the look of my car unique...
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Aren't your stockers 262s?
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Nope, the Sport Package came with 370s.
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Oh right, I forgot about those. I really like the E34 throwing star throwback.
Looks like they were only offered for one year?
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Nice. Definitely not a common wheel. Incidentally, I actually haven't seen any 128i's with the LCI bumper in person, at least not up close.
My last wheels were not actually stock wheels, but I put them on the car at 130 miles, so I always forget I had other wheels first. They're BMW Style 216's, and I still actually quite like them, but they're just not what I want right now in terms of size, offset, and weight.
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I think so... BMW seems to have changed the wheels offered in the various packages (Sport, M-Sport) from year to year.
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Finally got my car back with from the panel shop with these installed
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The best part is, if you modded the mids you can easily swap to any 135i axleback. eventually i'll get a louder exhaust again, probably the berk street, or something else with a muffler. muffler delete's are deafening loud with horrible drone.
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Finally got around to putting these in (M3 on top). M3 control arms, rear toes, alignment pins and alignment this coming Friday.
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Thought I'd do this, too, while I was hanging in the garage this morning.
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I've been eying those up for a bit. I have the grocery bag holders ready as well, but I am waiting for the Alpine upgrade to arrive before I install them.
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Funny, I ordered the bag holder about 10 minutes after installing the hooks. What's an Alpine upgrade? Amp?
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