08-25-2011, 03:43 AM | #1 |
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Black rims?
Last sunday, I went to Bavaria City Racing. It's a (free) demo-event in Rotterdam (Netherlands) with driftseries, Formula 1, classic cars and more and there were more than 600,000 visitors.
Anyway, they used a BMW 1 M as safety car. The car came from BMW Netherlands and had black rims. I saw the black rims before on the MotoGP Safety Car, but never on a street car. Something new? Can they be ordered of did the Dutch importer paint them black only for this car? |
08-25-2011, 05:48 AM | #2 |
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The wheels are available from BMW in black and where standard the GTS and on some special editions (frozen black/grey)
http://www.bimmertoday.de/2011/05/21...ft-bmw-m3-gts/ you also can get them here: http://www.individual-cars.com/xshop...2-schwarz.html |
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08-25-2011, 06:44 AM | #3 |
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Of course I saw the black GTS-rims before, but I didn't know they could also be ordered on a 1 M.
Second question is: do I like it? I don't know. Standard rims look a bit 'fresher', the black rims look mean. But isn't the 1 M mean enough already? |
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08-25-2011, 06:53 AM | #4 | |
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What I know they cannot be ordered as an option on the 1M, but can be bought as an (additional) accessory. Maybe a dealership can swap them for free on a new car when it arrives, not sure |
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08-25-2011, 01:40 PM | #7 |
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Mine are powder coated gloss black, they cost £300 to powder coat and i them.
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08-25-2011, 02:31 PM | #9 |
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To each his own. Those black rims look tough in a good way.
Although, if I were to put on black, it would be gloss black. Black matte and satin finishes always seem like dirty rims to me.
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