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Old 05-06-2019, 08:19 AM
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Looking to get my stock replaced on my S5 soon. The brands/styles that are catching my eye are Vorsteiner, Vossen, BBS, etc. Prices are averaging out to around $2500 for a set before tax/shipping.

Are there wheel brands out there that offer similar styles/trends, but aren't $600 a pop? Any links?

And here is a tire noob question. I see a lot of people doing the spacer thing for the aggressive poke, which looks great. But are there tire options out there that accomplish the same thing without spacers?

Just trying to do everything right the first time

thanks in advance
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Originally Posted by Kaeden
And here is a tire noob question. I see a lot of people doing the spacer thing for the aggressive poke, which looks great. But are there tire options out there that accomplish the same thing without spacers?
Spacer are not only needed for the aggressive poke. They are also needed to if you simply want the wheel flush with the fender. And you can accomplish the same thing by selecting a wheel with the appropriate offset. A spacer simply change the wheel offset.

So instead of using a 10 mm spacer with a ET33 (33 mm offset) wheel, you could use a wheel with an offset of 23 mm instead (ET23).
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Originally Posted by Kaeden
Looking to get my stock replaced on my S5 soon. The brands/styles that are catching my eye are Vorsteiner, Vossen, BBS, etc. Prices are averaging out to around $2500 for a set before tax/shipping.

Are there wheel brands out there that offer similar styles/trends, but aren't $600 a pop? Any links?

And here is a tire noob question. I see a lot of people doing the spacer thing for the aggressive poke, which looks great. But are there tire options out there that accomplish the same thing without spacers?

Just trying to do everything right the first time

thanks in advance
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Spacers are a really nice way of flicking stones up onto BMW's behind you
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Spacers are a really nice way of flicking stones up onto BMW's behind you
Haha and your own fenders/rockers, depending on how aggressive the spacers make the gross offset.
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