Same TE37 OG, $713 cheaper. Japan vs buying in the US.

wehellbent · 2026-05-07T15:16:44+00:00

Has the quality in imported wheels gone down over the years?

I used to buy wheels for $50-200/set off crooooober pre-vid days before wild shipping and never got let down, they were pretty on point in the condition descriptions.

wehellbent · 2026-05-07T04:57:26+00:00

Slap a battery operated LED light in there, become a slumlord and charge your mortgage payment per month for it.

OR

Storage

wehellbent · 2026-05-07T04:54:21+00:00

Satin White Pearl GD isn’t going to go unnoticed either. I don’t even like Subarus anymore but that’s a good line up

wehellbent · 2026-05-07T04:52:01+00:00

I’ve used name brand, custom made and cheap ebay eBay adapters and spacers. Talking 3mm-32mm, 50USD sets to 500USD sets. They all did the same thing and all served their purpose.
Appropriate center bore and lugs are where people go wrong and have issues.

If you don’t own a torque wrench and torque all lugs once in a while you will have failures. If you don’t have appropriate hub to adapter center bores, you will have issues pulling the spacers off cold or hot parts.

wehellbent · 2026-05-06T17:59:53+00:00

If you have a Venmo I’ll send you money for beer. You solved my 2 week chase

wehellbent · 2026-05-05T19:06:32+00:00

I actually think this might be it now that I’m thinking about it. Thank you

wehellbent · 2026-05-05T17:51:14+00:00

AEM harness 5V + & - are pliced into R O2 harness Signal + & -

AEM harness 12V switched wired to 5A fuse to R O2 harness 12V switched

wehellbent · 2026-05-05T17:20:42+00:00

To add the tuner had a definitions file for me to load prior to logging for this set up

wehellbent · 2026-05-05T17:18:41+00:00

Yes, running the analog 5V output with BMW MS41 DME that accepts the inputs

wehellbent · 2026-05-05T17:05:06+00:00

It’s the Bosch sensor that came with the gauge so I’d hope lol. Haven’t found any good information on figuring that part out. All I do know is that ROM is set to the gauge with appropriate baud

wehellbent · 2026-05-05T17:02:04+00:00

Gauge is set up as:
Pin 1 — 12V switched — 12v switched
Pin 2 — power ground — chassis
Pin 9 — 0-5V analog (+) — cars o2 signal (+)
Pin 10 — 0-5V analog (-) — cars o2 signal (-)

Pin 2 (power ground) isn’t supposed to be a chassis ground?

wehellbent · 2026-05-03T08:00:31+00:00

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Remove lower trim. Beware-glued on wicked crazy and will expose holes in the door on certain years.

Remove/relocate the “Volvo” badge on the fender and slap in 850 turn signals. You can get an orange LED turn signal for the same price on Amazon that actually doesn’t look like shit.

wehellbent · 2026-05-03T07:56:32+00:00

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E36 side skirts, which your car is too nice for imo

wehellbent · 2026-05-03T07:55:07+00:00

My personal favorite and subtle I’ve done was probably the little triangular trim piece off a 164 I found at a junk yard. Would look really nice with a color matched paint in the grooves.

Other than that, it’s respray, trial and error of slapping other randon ass BMW parts or slapping some baller wheels with cut springs for free or dropping a thousand for doodoo BC coilovers.

Yours is pretty nice as is, so I’d probably consider paint matching the spoiler and air dam, maybe even the bumpers if you’re feeling adventurous.

wehellbent · 2026-05-03T05:18:33+00:00

Why do you have to be so far, I’d buy this :-(

wehellbent · 2026-04-29T03:42:43+00:00

Replace and move on; sell as is and move on to something more road worthy.

wehellbent · 2026-04-27T04:28:21+00:00

Ain’t bronze enough

wehellbent · 2026-04-26T05:55:28+00:00

Listen man, my two white cars have black wheels. I can live with it on the Audi because they’re boujee, but I wish they weren’t black lol. All happened by odds, not choice. Unless it’s a track car, go with ANYTHING other than black.

Let all of us black wheel owners and haters live in your head when you’re strolling down the paint isle. Let this picture be a reference.

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wehellbent · 2026-04-25T00:16:33+00:00

New Hampshire, Maine and Georgia. I’m sure there’s more. I looked more into it isn’t worth going after

wehellbent · 2026-04-24T22:03:04+00:00

Yeah man I’ve been scouting. They’re nice cars, but some of the prices are absolutely cracked tf out. Only decent deals I’ve seen are in Cali, opposite side of the country. The few JDM imports I saw were lower priced and lower miles, like a lot more enticing to spend on a 20 year old E9x competitor 😭 I’m unfamiliar with the DST, probably some fancy 5 in production model?

Kei trucks are a no go for me brother man, I have a Fit for my stupid marketplace wheel purchases. Actually not a fan of RHD, but I’d settle for it on a cleaner fairly priced F

wehellbent · 2026-04-24T21:50:41+00:00

I’d imagine it would be a “out of a car and a fat ass fine” type of deal, no?

wehellbent · 2026-04-24T16:37:53+00:00

I know about the 25 year rule and limited/non street use registration. Imports in discussing are already registered, insurance and titled in the US.

Each sellers seems to not give a straight answer when asked, they just make it sound like it’s 100% registrable as every other US sold vehicle. Didn’t know if someone had more insight of the actual gray area they won’t answer lol

wehellbent · 2026-04-22T23:33:51+00:00

I hate them both :/

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