I can't speak to the ride quality differences, that's a highly subjective subject and I have no experience with e9's. I just checked though, and Tire Rack lists 171 (!) choices for tires in the 205/55R16 size, so that would be a factor for a car that is driven more than a few times a year...
Sold.
I have a set of 21 spoke Alpina reps that were removed from a car we bought. The set is in excellent but not perfect shape. They are 16x7 et11.
Pictures here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131692502@N08/sets/72157651812202345/
3 of the wheels have small blemishes from some doofus...
Sorry been away for a long time and in a bad place due to business issues and the car is a major stress also. I will make a decision within a day or so, hard to spend the money now but hate to miss out.
Wow, this is truly inspiring-thank you so much for posting and all of the detailed pictures! I need to get the spark back to get my project moving again.
Beautiful car! My build will not be strictly stock either, and you will always find people who would do it differently, but if you're satisfied then that's what's important.
Edit-Although I'll also admit that my car is much less of a restoration candidate than yours. Yours being so clean and...
My Bav won't be ready in time for this year, but this is one of the list items I have for 2015. I may make it out to Chuckwalla anyways just to see all the cars.
That's not a spacer, it's the actual hub. The brake disc bolts to it and the assembly is then mounted to the axle stub. It's #1 in this drawing.
Edit, posted a minute too late. The only way to bring the wheel inward would be to machine the mounting face, and it depends on the wheel...
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