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Rim quality (archive)
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Posted by Henkka 750i on May 27, 2001 at 12:46:57:

In Reply to: 17" or 16" rims posted by Brian on May 26, 2001 at 21:40:59:

I'm running 17" M5 evoII rims, the kind often called "throwing star" rims. Got 255/40 rear and 225/40 front.

No shimmy whatsoever on these at any speed (haven't tried over 150mph/240kmh).

Haven't had 16" rims so I don't know about those.

The winter setup is 15" original dish alloys which don't shimmy either.

I got to thinking, there are a whole lot of rim manufacturers and some of the cheapest rims can be of poor quality. The e32 is a heavy car. Perhaps the big cheap rims get slightly bent and cause shimmy?

Just a thought. I'd like to know if anyone has had shimmy with BMW manufactured rims?

Henkka
750i (yeah, that european short wheelbase model)

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