Would M5 rims be compatible with a normal e39?

[BorisRS]

Hi Les, i'm not on staggered. 19"x8.5J all round. Slight correction on tyre size, I'm running on 245x35x19 instead of 235 mentioned by Wil. OT - have you been in touch with Tony of late?

OT - Yes I have. We are the godparents to Natasha so have done our duty and popped in to visit from time to time. Just saw them on Sunday. End of OT....

 

[Tanzy]

Saw an M5 ***9192* at PML this morning.
Genuine?

 

[T6]

Saw an M5 ***9192* at PML this morning.
Genuine?

U never go stare at the road tax disc? If manual transmission, another possible indication.

 

[BorisRS]

Saw an M5 ***9192* at PML this morning.
Genuine?

It wasnt me! 8)

 

[T6]

Boris,

I went to see the used "M5" rims juz now. Sibeh sui condition. Since u got M5, can advise me on how to tell whether they are replica or not? One tip given was that if replica, rims won't be staggered liao. Pls advise leh. :thinking:

 

[BorisRS]

Boris,

I went to see the used "M5" rims juz now. Sibeh sui condition. Since u got M5, can advise me on how to tell whether they are replica or not? One tip given was that if replica, rims won't be staggered liao. Pls advise leh. :thinking:

Wah! I cannot honestly tell you cos I have only had the M5 for a week. And the car has only been with me for about 2 days. Rest of time, car has been with various shops getting things like stereo, servicing, angel eyes etc done.

Perhaps the rest of the brothers here can help. I cannot tell the replica from the real deal....anyways, as piggy said, mine is a yam what! :laughlik:

 

[T6]

Thankie. What is "yam"? :thinking:

 

[BorisRS]

A pun on M. Some of the PML service staff refer to cosmetic carbon copies of M cars as Yam cars. eg. M3 replica is a Yam 3 and M5 replica is a Yam 5.

 

[Shaun]

monster porsche for husband, monster bmw for wife.. life is good huh?

 

[BorisRS]

Am not complaining....But seriously, if not for our OMV rules, these 2 cars could stay in the garage for a long time. Unfortunately, the tax rules are such that I will have to think very hard at year 5 and year 10 for the bmw and porsche respectively

 

[Shaun]

yah that's the way to go if in a country that does not have car-life limiting laws. Solid lifetime cars that are continuously developed year after year.. they'd be such magnificent classics by year 20 or so and a huge attachment to them would almost inevitably develop. i consider that true "getting to know and love a car"

end of my OTing on this thread