T Star price from BMW (1996)

[wingman]

Hi guys,
I'm still fantasizing about finding some genuine T Stars at a garage sale for $50 somewhere but no luck as yet. Anyway I've got a full colour/full line BMW accessory brochure from 1995/96 and I thought I might share some info.

'Standard' T star ('M' System II)
wheel 8x17 $699.20/ option 9x17 for rear $788.25
cover $194.30
centre cap $49.25
TOTAL AU$942.75 (per wheel sans tyre)
Polished Rim T Star
wheel 8x17 $795.15/option 9x17 for rear $860.05
cover (unpainted-choose your own colour) $194.30
centre cap $49.25
TOTAL AU$1038.70 (per wheel sans tyre)

Bottle Caps AU$492
Cross SpokesAU$583

So in essence if you wanted the 'standard' T star as an option it would cost you about AU$4500/US$3381/BGP1827 including tyres for 4! That was some serious money in 1996. For some kind of example I was working at the Sydney Opera House at that time as the Assistant Manager of the Theatre Bars section having 80 staff under me and taking home less than AU$500/US$375/GBP287 per week.

[Yiorgos]

I think it's still just as expensive -- but it could have been a bug in the website I'm referring to.

At BM Tech (http://www.bmtech.com.au/design/products/display.asp?Product_Cat=alloy+wheels&Product=alloy+wheel&Chassis=) in Melbourne, Australia they are selling t stars for $1068 per unit -- what isn't clear is if 1 unit is 1 rim, or if it's a set of four. Proceeding to put the product into their shopping card puts a unit count of 4 by default -- over $4K for a set of rims that have been around for 10 years!?

[wingman]

I think it's still just as expensive -- but it could have been a bug in the website I'm referring to.

At BM Tech (http://www.bmtech.com.au/design/products/display.asp?Product_Cat=alloy+wheels&Product=alloy+wheel&Chassis=) in Melbourne, Australia they are selling t stars for $1068 per unit -- what isn't clear is if 1 unit is 1 rim, or if it's a set of four. Proceeding to put the product into their shopping card puts a unit count of 4 by default -- over $4K for a set of rims that have been around for 10 years!?

2nd hand I take it?

[pundit]

Paid $1500.00* for my set of s/h genuine 'T' Stars inc. a set of Toyo tyres with about 80% tread left.
If I valued the tyres at say $500.00 (I've done 35,000kms on them since) then I really paid $1k for the set of 'T' Stars.
So at $250.00 per wheel I can't complain! :)

*BTW - That's Aussie dollars! About $1,150.00 USD.

[Yiorgos]

2nd hand I take it?

Have no idea, at prices like that I didn't even bother to ring up and enquire.

[Paul in NZ]

when i first got my 535 I wanted a set of style 10s,they would have cost 750 plus gst each,plus tyres for a 17x8
http://www.bimmer.info/bmw/kiwi535/star%20spoke%20wheels.jpg

[fkong777]

I have a set for sale $1500 with tires.. too bad Im in the US.

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=544227

[DABIMR]

I have a set for sale $1500 with tires.. too bad Im in the US.

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=544227
Too bad I don't have the cash..:(