Wheel and Tire options for a '84 633csi

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GripGreg wrote:Song:
Don't make it difficult. Go to 'cars and parts for sale'.
Scroll down till you find the author 'TCD' under Author & you will find a picture of the wheels!
In fact, I think a picture of the whole car is part of his very first post at the top!
The car is black with rust and good looking wheels w/fresh tires!
Why the heck do you go to 'search?? Stop that. :roll:
Ha, ha! I run a software engineering team. We always do things the hard way! In all seriousness, when shifting through mounds of data, my first inclination is to rely on a proper keyword search.

There I go making it hard again. Ok, heading over to the forum. ;)
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Now I know why it was hard to find; not your fault.

The title of the post is 'Parting out L6 #2 Schwartz/Natural'.
In that post is a picture of the whole car with a synopsis of his situation.
It is TCD though. Scroll down past his first four posts & you'll find the title I just gave you.
To text him #414)265-6004
This forum puts the latest postings at the top of what we read & the earlier ones further down.

And, the first price stated is always negotiable! Like a garage sale. :wink:
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GripGreg wrote:And, the first price stated is always negotiable! Like a garage sale. :wink:
If he won't negotiate, walk away :lol:
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Pod wrote:
GripGreg wrote:And, the first price stated is always negotiable! Like a garage sale. :wink:
If he won't negotiate, walk away :lol:
Well POD, there are tons of choices here in Silicon valley where I live. I don't know what it is, but it seem all BMW owners change their wheels and put the stock ones up for sale! LOL!

Just do a Craigslist search for "BMW Wheels" in the SF Bay area. Literally thousands of hits. (Not all wheels, but enough). My problem is figuring out what will actually fit.
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songzunhuang wrote:My problem is figuring out what will actually fit.
Well, do a little reading around this forum and find out which make/style wheels other people have fitted and what sizes, offset etc.

Once you know those numbers, with the link I posted for you the other day you will be able to measure other styles/makes to see if they will fit. Remember you can add spacers, but beware you don't foul the arches!

As I said the other day, those Chromadoras will fit!
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So not long after I posted this, I scored 5 wheels off of a 5-series wagon! I got exactly the wheels I was looking for.

One thing that's odd is that the tires are 225. I think that's a bit big. I'm going to run them for a while until I get some replacements.

Thanks for everyone's help.
I happy in wheel land.
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The new 16" wheels are on the car and I even got a spare wheel to go in the trunk!
The new 16" wheels are on the car and I even got a spare wheel to go in the trunk!
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