{"id":2460,"date":"2019-10-13T14:58:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-13T12:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/?p=2460"},"modified":"2021-04-18T11:34:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T09:34:39","slug":"bmw-e39-oem-wheels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wittwer.nl\/?p=2460","title":{"rendered":"BMW E39 OEM wheels"},"content":{"rendered":"

The E39 is a bit special in regard to wheels, as it has a hub diameter of 74.1mm where most BMWs have a hub diameter of 72.6mm. This means that there is less choice than with other BMW types. Nevertheless, BMW has sold quite a number of different wheel styles. This is an attempt to list some of them, based on old German price lists<\/a> I have found on the internet. There are at least two sources of images and information on the internet, BMW wheel styles<\/a>, and BMW Treff Felgenkatalog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Looking at these wheels, it might be surprising to see (considering current trends) that most E39s were equipped with 15″ wheels. 16″ were standard only on the biggest six-cylinder engines, and you had to buy the 540i to get 17″ wheels (yes, a 530i has 16″ wheels, a 330i 17″ wheels, even though both have the same brake disc diameter). This means that most BMW wheels are of 15″ and 16″ size.<\/p>\n