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Feb 06, 3537 by Raymond J | Posted in BMW

will 19inch wheels will be a problem on my bmw 323i 2000. The look would be great. Someone told me not a good idea because of thin tires and i would use more gas. I believe the a 5x120 bp and 38 offset is correct, is this sure?

Use more gas with bigger wheels? Now I've heard everything! Just go to this site and you should be able to look it up.

www.tirerack.com

DialM4Speed | Feb 06, 3904

BMW Developing Lightweight Springs, Brakes for Next-Gen Cars

12.04.11

Called the “Slim Rim,” BMW’s new brake rotor design doesn’t look particularly lightweight, especially sitting next to a traditional steel rotor. While the Slim Rim rotor’s steel ring is larger in diameter, which gives the brake caliper better leverage, the friction surface is shorter top to bottom, saving weight. Combined with a new, slimmed down two-piston caliper, BMW says the whole package will reduce the total weight of the car by at least 17. Add an aluminum rotor hat that’s been turned into Swiss Cheese to remove all non-essential material and you’ve got over 10 pounds of weight savings at every wheel. Unsprung weight, a longtime enemy of ride quality engineers, is BMW’s next target in the battle of the bulge. The steel friction surface, the ring the brake calipers actually clamp on to, is far and away the heaviest piece of the puzzle. The result is that the same amount of work is done by the brake pads, but the rotor weighs less. The Slim Rim rotor weighs in at just 28. The...

Source: MotorTrend Magazine

How to Replace BMW Wheel Badges

If the wheel is still on the car then the cap needs to be prised off by inserting a small flat implement or a screwdriver between the edge of the cap and the wheel surface. Screwdrivers are often used for this task but levering against the wheel surface may cause small areas of damage to the wheel surface. Depending upon the wheels that are fitted, the badges most often are stuck to a plastic centre cap which is pushed into the centre of the wheel. If the wheel is off the car, this can be done by pushing the cap out from the back of the wheel. The badges in the centre of BMW wheels have a hard life being so close to the road surface. This cap needs to be removed in order to make it easier to detach the badge from the cap. The clear surface lacquer may start to lift and the badges will need replacing from time to time. If possible, use something plastic such as the edge of a credit card or similar....