Picking Winter Wheels M3P

[Clover]

I've got a M3P coming soon and am trying to pick some wheels. As I'm sure you are all aware, it is a bit more challenging than other cars but I'm feeling the rush to get them ordered before my car gets here in around a week. I been reading a lot of the existing threads, but so much info, so little time. Figured I would share what I am looking at and get peoples takes to make sure I'm not missing something before I buy.

I was thinking of 19's for a lot more winter tire options. Open to 18 but know there is a much smaller market of 18s the fit on the Performance. Probably a 235 or 245 tire as I don't need to go super wide for a winter setup.

Car is blue, thinking of either a matte bronze, gunmetal or darker gray, or black. Below are the current front runners which think would all fit.

Option 1:
I kind of drawn to the old rally style of the OZ Rally Racing Wheel but it probably just look like the standard Aero wheels when moving and and I'm not sure the whole rally thing works with the 3.

Option 2:
Completely different style but I also like the Konig Heliograms

Option 3:
or the Konig Freeform

Option 4:
Part of me thinks I should just go light with the FlowOne F3. Not are showy but really light and pretty affordable.

Option 5:
MSW Type 73 is even cheaper and a few pounds probably is not the end of the world on a winter setup. Looks are okay for me but not a huge draw.

Option 6:
On the other end, I like these Martain Wheels but they are kind of along the top of what I would be willing to spend and I'm not sure I need to go this nice for winters. Maybe for a set of summer/track wheels.

Option 7: Other?

Anything else I should check out? Any advice? Thanks

 

[pdx_m3s]

I love the simple, clean design of the F3.

 

[804son]

probably depends on where you live, I'm in Colorado and my Winter set-up gets abused with Sand, Mag Chloride, etc.... So I would go with an inexpensive wheel, as you might want to expose a good set of wheels to that kind of treatment. Based on that I would choose Option 5.

 

[Clover]

You make a good point about the having a hard life. The roads here are not in good shape and we do get salt, mag chloride, and sand in the winter. Hm...

 

[Clover]

I keep coming across more wheels and wanting to grow my list instead of shrink it. One other option I like, I'm not sure I can do since I already used them. I had these Forgestar CF5Vs made in a custom size for a car I have been building and am really happy with them. I could do.set for the M3P but I'm pretty sure I can't do the super deep concave profile I was able to do with my build. They make them in semi-concave, deep concave, and super deep concave depending on size. My below ones are super deep concave and that is a lot of the draw of them for me. I'm not sure I would l be as into them in the deep concave they come in at 19x9.5 with a 29 offset which I'm not sure would fit anyways. They also come in a 9 inch wide option with a 35 offset, but that is just semi-concave. Plus, buying the same wheels for two different cars is kind of boring. Really, I'd like a darker matte bronze like what I have below and am kind of leaning away from the Konig options above which much be a little lighter shade than I'd prefer.

I could do Apex EC-7 which are similar and I also like

I also like Gram lights and did not know they fit until tonight. I've like that style of Volks going back a long time, but I'm too cheap to by real Volks.

 

[pdx_m3s]

Those are solid choices, but not exactly what I would consider “winter wheels.”

9.5 +29 will fit, but a 265 tire isn’t exactly ideal for winter.

 

[nstig8]

I'm conditioned that blue goes with gold wheels after ~18 years with my blue Subaru STi. Option 2 (or 3) for the win.

 

[Clover]

Those are solid choices, but not exactly what I would consider “winter wheels.”

9.5 +29 will fit, but a 265 tire isn’t exactly ideal for winter.

You are of course correct and I have no defense. There is what I should do, and what tempts me. I should just get something small and affordable and probably not too showy. But... I keep seeing things and thinking unpure thoughts.

Giving myself the weekend to make.a pick. My delivery date is the 18th and while I don't need them for deliver day, it would be nice.

P.s. I may have a bit of a problem. At one point I had 8 sets piled up and ran out of space in my garage and shed. When I say it like that, I relalize just how patient my wife is. BTW, she votes for the for option 4, which seem to have sold out. Says if I go gold, I'm going to need to take up vaping.

 

[Clover]

I'm conditioned that blue goes with gold wheels after ~18 years with my blue Subaru STi. Option 2 (or 3) for the win.

Yeah, that is of course where I got used to it as well. I remember when I first saw it, I was not a fan. But time changed and it has grown on me a lot. Some other's copying it as well now.

 

[Clover]

A lot of people on the forums have had good experiences with Jova wheels. You're buying direct from the manufacturer, and able to get fully forged, custom manufactured wheels for less than the cost of a lot of cast wheels.

I've got five on their way from China. Forged, custom wheels for $300 each, with an 800kg load rating at 22lbs ea

Thanks, I was not really familiar with them and figured they were more expensive. What offset did you order? Did. you try to push them out to be more flush or did you keep the stock offset?