The BMW UUC Digest Volume 3 : Issue 633 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: Real wheel question FS: 99 540iA <misc> German Motorcars, Inc (Tampa) <E36> rear bearings Re: <E36> rear bearings Re: Real wheel question
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 12:24:01 -0500 From: Rob Levinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: Re: Real wheel question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The weight goes up much more with the larger sizes. Besides, comparing to OE E36 wheels is not doing yourself any favors... cast E36/E46 wheels are already surprisingly heavy. Good aftermarket 17" wheels are around 17lbs./7.71kg. That's 5lbs. Less than OE. - Rob -----Original Message----- From: "Bill Proud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Real wheel question Unto which I respond in kindly manner ........if you compare 'apples to apples ' in terms of like sized wheels on the German wheel-page here http://felgenkatalog.auto-treff.com/ then my original thesis stands as proven . Look up Styling 57 from the E53 SAV X5 ....in 17 x 7 1/2 size , with ET 40mm they nominally weigh 10.13 KG Now look up Styling 23 , which is the M-contour wheel from the E36M3 ......in 17x 7 1/2 ET 41 mm they weigh ...10.13 KG !!!!! The Styling 22 from the early E36M3 weighs 9.68 KG .....so it's about ONE pound lighter ... Which , as we used to say in Maths class , is somewhat QED , (Quod Erat Demonstrandum ) So, an X5 17" wheel will work on an E36 ...... Beepee ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 13:40:22 -0500 From: "Steve & Barb Conner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: FS: 99 540iA Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Selling the 540 I have had for the past 4+ years. Please buy it or tell someone else to buy it. Thanks. See if this link works. http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp?paId=252507338&recnum=0&leadExists= true&numResultsPerPage=50&pageNumber=0&certifiedOnly=false&recNumber=&sortor der=descending&searchType=22&rowCount=&criteria=K-|E-ALL|M-_5_|H-|D-_38_|N-N |R-30|I-1|P-PRICE%20descending|Q-descending|X-popular|Z-46901&tracktype=used cc&sortfield=PRICE%20descending&largeNumResultsPerPage=0&cid=&dlid=&dgid=&am id=&cname=&ppFilterOn=&aff=national Steve Conner 765-883-7365 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 15:43:43 -0600 (CST) From: "Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: <misc> German Motorcars, Inc (Tampa) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Anybody with any experience with German Motorcars, Inc in Tampa (corner of Linebaugh and Dale Mabry), good or bad, I'd be grateful if you could share. Looking for somebody to replace rear wheel bearings... - Kevin Jay '96 328is, red/tan, 104K, usual H&R/Bilstein setup, a few M3 parts too '02 X5 3.0, white/tan, 67K, bone stock ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 16:00:19 -0600 (CST) From: "Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: <E36> rear bearings Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> One might infer from my earlier post that I have a bad wheel bearing (LR). Grinds pretty badly. Somebody please tell me I can drive on this for awhile (I believe I've been hearing this for the last few weeks, got her up in the air this afternoon to examine, it's the bearing, and it's pretty shot). How risky is it to keep driving on this? - Kevin Jay '96 328is, red/tan, 104K, usual H&R/Bilstein setup, a few M3 parts too '02 X5 3.0, white/tan, 67K, bone stock ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:08:53 -0500 From: johngrills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: Re: <E36> rear bearings Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kevin, Once you hear it, it dissolves pretty fast. You don't want to anneal it on the spindle...is it getting hot? It prolly will... Me, I'd replace it asap. Vibrations are bad. cheers! John Grills NCC-BMWCCA Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous) wrote: > One might infer from my earlier post that I have a bad wheel bearing (LR). > Grinds pretty badly. Somebody please tell me I can drive on this for awhile > (I believe I've been hearing this for the last few weeks, got her up in the > air this afternoon to examine, it's the bearing, and it's pretty shot). How > risky is it to keep driving on this? > > - Kevin Jay > '96 328is, red/tan, 104K, usual H&R/Bilstein setup, a few M3 parts too > '02 X5 3.0, white/tan, 67K, bone stock > Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com > > > __________________________________________________________________________ > In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. > > UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate > Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! > 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com > > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 12:22:55 -0500 (GMT-05:00) From: Maverick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: Re: Real wheel question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Just want to say I am in the market for some 17" rims for my 96 318ti and would like as light as my budget allows, but must be strong and durable with all the potholes and such around here. David in Richmond, VA -----Original Message----- >From: Rob Levinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Dec 8, 2007 12:24 PM >To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com >Subject: Re: [UUC] Real wheel question > >The weight goes up much more with the larger sizes. > >Besides, comparing to OE E36 wheels is not doing yourself any favors... cast >E36/E46 wheels are already surprisingly heavy. Good aftermarket 17" wheels >are around 17lbs./7.71kg. That's 5lbs. Less than OE. > >- Rob > >-----Original Message----- >From: "Bill Proud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Real wheel question > >Unto which I respond in kindly manner ........if you compare 'apples to apples >' in terms of like sized wheels on the German wheel-page here >http://felgenkatalog.auto-treff.com/ then my original thesis stands as >proven . >Look up Styling 57 from the E53 SAV X5 ....in 17 x 7 1/2 size , with ET 40mm >they nominally weigh 10.13 KG > >Now look up Styling 23 , which is the M-contour wheel from the E36M3 ......in >17x 7 1/2 ET 41 mm they weigh ...10.13 KG !!!!! > >The Styling 22 from the early E36M3 weighs 9.68 KG .....so it's about ONE >pound lighter ... > >Which , as we used to say in Maths class , is somewhat QED , (Quod Erat >Demonstrandum ) > >So, an X5 17" wheel will work on an E36 ...... > >Beepee > >Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com > > >__________________________________________________________________________ >In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. > >UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate >Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! >908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(6 messages) **********
