Wheels - 2002 4x100

[Periwinkle]

Set of BMW 2002 4x100 wheels, 5  x 13; tires 165/80/13.  $325 obo...would also be willing to trade for a set of 13 inch steelies that accept factory 2002 hubcaps.  I'm located in south Seattle near Sea-Tac airport.  Thank you.

Edited October 21, 2018 by Periwinkle
accuracy

['76mintgrün'02]

On 10/15/2018 at 9:05 PM, Periwinkle said:

Set of stock BMW 2002 4x100 wheels, 5 1/2 x 13

 

If these are indeed 5 1/2" wide, they are actually e21 wheels.

 

The stock late-style 2002 wheels are only 5" wide.

 

The offset of the 2002 wheels will be ET 29 and e21 are ET 18.

 

They look nice.

 

GLWS

Tom

[roadhog0]

I believe Tii wheels were also 5 1/2 wide. They had their own special steelies I believe. 

['76mintgrün'02]

Hmm, I thought they were special because they were five inches wide, as opposed to the 4 1/2" early steelies.  Typing before searching though  

[Periwinkle]

I'll stand corrected for now.  These tires came as an extra set with my current car. Thanks!

['76mintgrün'02]

I'll stand corrected too.  A brief search suggested that Nathan was right and tii steelies were indeed 5 1/2" wide.

 

The thread I read was talking about the early style wheels/hub caps.

 

Now I am curious, did the 74 tii have the later style wheels in 5 1/2"?

 

We need Steve's insight here.   

 

Tom

Edited October 20, 2018 by '76mintgrün'02

['76mintgrün'02]

Oh-kay.  I sent a message to Steve (Conserv) and he got me squared away. 

 

Tom,

 

The only '02 model to ever come from the factory with 5 1/2" steel wheels was the turbo: 5 1/2 x 13, ET18 (which is identical to e21 rims).

 

'02's through the end of the round taillight era came with 4 1/2" rims, except for the 2002ti, the 2000tii touring, and the 2002tii, all of which received 5" rims.  In the square taillight era, all sub-models came with 5" rims, except for the turbo. The difference between 2002 and tii rims, thus, disappeared in the square taillight era.

 

All factory rims were dated, which makes it pretty easy to confirm whether a set of rims is possibly original to a given car. Show me a set of 5 1/2" styled steel rims dated before April 1975 (when the Euro-spec e21 was introduced), and you're looking at bona fide turbo steelies. These are ultra rare and I've never seen any for sale separate from turbo.

 

Below, from the 1974 U.S. model 2002 brochure: 

 

"Rims: 5 J x 13 H 2" for both 2002 and 2002tii.

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

 

 

fwiw, this old post from 2011 is the one that threw me off.  

  

 

[Periwinkle]

Very interesting read...thanks for the research!!

[Periwinkle]

Well there is more to the story...my brilliant son cracked out the magnifying glass and found that I have one rogue wheel (the 5 1/2) and the set of four (one still in my trunk)  is the regular 5s.  So my post has been updated for accuracy and I'm just selling the 5 x 13s.  And there we are!