14” Turbines for e12

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Posting for friend in Houston. He has 4, 5 lug, 14” Turbine wheels for sale. ET 22.

$200 for all 4. Prefers local pickup, buyer pays any shipping costs, otherwise.

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Reply to me, I’ll provide his email.
 
These will fit an E9, but are the wrong style (too new).

Later E9’s came with turbine-style wheels that had smooth spoke sides and no kink (as the spokes approach the rim).

Price seems reasonable.
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john
 
These are e12 wheels, Turbines refer to these wheels and not the 74 Alpina style fps wheels. Turbines have the ridges John highlights, a four lug version was on the 320i. I have a set for Free here in Huntington Beach.
 
Geeeze do I know the difference. I have a set of five in my garage and bfeng was nice enough to say " you're not gonna put those on your E9 are you? It will draw smirks from purists". Thus, under peer (peer=engineer who speaks his mind) pressure, I have found 5 true Alpina style wheels courtesy of Tom Whalen. I have turbines on my E3 and they do look awesome and since E3 people are super mellow, I have gotten no smirks......to my face at least.
 
bavbob said:
I have gotten no smirks......to my face at least.
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Bob, that’s funny because I put E12 turbines on my last/final E3 when I lived in Santa Monica. I also never got any smirks.

My theory is the E3 isn’t cool enough for most people to pay attention . It’s like having curbed wheels on a Panamera or a pimple on Frances McDormand’s nose … nobody cares. Who remembers the movie Blood Simple?

But for your freshly restored Taiga E9, E12 wheels would be a travesty.

John
 
This is quite funny, no one seems concerned with:
3.5 litre engine
5 speed trans
16 inch wheels
But, heaven forbid:
EV conversion, or worst still
The slightly wrong 14 inch wheels and it’s a “travesty”
It seems I still have a bit to learn when it comes to what’s acceptable and what isn’t with our E9’s
 
Cornishman said:
The slightly wrong 14 inch wheels and it’s a “travesty”
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Hahaha.... it seems “Turbines” don’t really get a lot of love, if they are on a 2002, e21, or any of them. Seems only the “Bottlecaps” are ranked lower on the travesty scale. I suppose they were BMW’s attempt to replicate the beautiful, finned Alpina wheels, but they just don’t meet the mark.

To each their own. I’m just trying to help a buddy sell some old wheels :)

Ed
 
I like these turbines a lot on early E24s.
The worst rims are actually the E24 metric ones...
 
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