Wheel Upgrade 456 M GT

Anyone out there with a great suggestion for upgrading to 19" or 20"? wheels for 456M gt and by which mfgr and what model with what tires? No spinners please. (Needed the extra seats for the kids, besides, getting old, but not too old.)
Thanks

 

Byron's (Bmyth-FDC) wheels look hot. Does anyone have a picture?

 

Been wondering about the same thing and have not seen any 456's on aftermarket wheels come to think of it. But I have seen some ads on Imola Racing that carries pictures of 550's with 19 n 20" wheels. Guess they might have the same fitment for the 456.

You can check out the Hamann site ( yes..they don't do just BMW's..) and they have 19er's for Modenas of the highly polished cross spoke variety. Maybe they can accomodate requests...

My 2 cents worth..

 

Thanks for the compliments, Armen!

Joel - I have 19" Kinesis Motorsport K19R's on my 456GT... and I love them! I highly recommend the wheels if you want to go with a high quality, 3-piece forged wheel that is customized to your spec, and from a reputable company... The folks @ Kinesis are very personable and can help you out with your decision. If you like, you can pm me and I will email you some high res pictures of my wheels - otherwise, you can go to their website and check out some pictures of my car in their gallery.

Byron
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Get some HRE love, so many models, they are beautiful, awesome quality,and totally custom made so no problems whith the fitting.

 

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I have 575 19" split-rim wheels on my 456, which I wanted, partly to get much lower profile tyres (for same rolling radius) and partly to accommodate bigger brakes. I was originally going to get the same 'Fiorano pack' Brembos as the 550 (and I believe F50) which fit onto 18" wheels, but just recently had 612 carbon-steel brakes (an option on 612) fitted which are also Brembos but even bigger diameter and with thicker disks. I don't know a model number or name for these wheels, but apparently they're an option on a 575 so main dealers can order them. Sadly, I'd guess they are a lot more than USD3000, but I don't actually know the list price.They are ZR 19 285/35 at the front and ZR 19 305/30 at the rear (from memory) and I have P zero Rossa tyres, and might switch to P zero Corsa's next tyre change....

I thoroughly recommend these wheels and tyres as they fill the wheel-arches so much nicer, and massively improve the dynamics (certainly over the 17" wheels of a 456). You can increase the offset a tad to fill the wheel arches even better, but in London I chose not to bother with that as we have many width limits.

I believe the biggest wheels you can fit on the 550/575 are the 20" OZ Racing wheels fitted to the competition 550/575s, but I dread to think what these would cost.

I never get any free time or good weather in London to get some pics and post them up to Fchat, but I hope to soon.

A DE company called something like Harmman also make many 19 and 20" wheels for Fcars, so check their website. They advertise in various F magazines, but maybe not worldwide.

You have many choices, so good luck.

 

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