These will fit the xi's

You should easily be able to sell these to an xi owner wanting 128's.

Did you buy these new?

 

Wrong

 

nice Dave. I was just thinking the same that the 7ers use 21" wheels. I had the 19s and they were ET18 in front and ET32 in the rear, and they should be 19x8.5 and 19x9.5

 

Pauken4,

You mean E60 xi?

I bought them used but they look brand new original condition, miner scratch on one of them, that's why I was dying to get them.

 

yes, he meant e60 xi...as he has those same wheels on his e60 AFAIK

 

edit: never mind.

 

I had a set of snow tires on 17" wheels and my BBS LM's left over from E46 M3. I could sell them and take a huge hit or run spacers with longer bolts on my 545i. I consulted tire rack and got the spacers and bolts from Turner motorsport and BBS and both sets of wheels work fine. As a matter of fact both sets ride, corner, turn in much better than the POS OEM wheels with run flat tires. For the snows I use 20MM spacers for the BBS LM's 15MM in the front and 10MM in the rear. I think BBS knows what they are doing.

Have you used spacers? Do you know they have hub centering lips on both sides so the spacer centers properly on the wheel and the wheel on the spacer. It?s not just a hunk of metal to fill the gap.

 

+1

 

I had and installed my own 5mm spacers and I know exactly what goes into it. Obviously any decent company is offering hubcentric spacers and this does not mean that there is no problem. Anytime a third piece is introduced between the other two, that brings in another element of movement and something to go wrong. Not to metion an additional piece is not NEARLY as strong as a wheel that is all one piece with the proper hub. You are putting HUGE strain on the spacers that are simply bolted on pieces rather than part of the entire wheel/hub itself. A few screws are not meant to handle all that additional strain when it cannot be transferred and balanced between the rest of the hub

 

Guys, thanks again for your help, if it wasn't for you I would've been in a limbo until now. Special thanks to the Doc (DrLev99).

I've posted an ad in the classified for the wheels, they are beautiful and in good condition, too bad they don't fit my car. I was looking forward for this summer, now I have to stick to my 124s. If I want to use H&R 15 mm spacers in the back with the 124s, will that cause any problems (such as rubbing or vibration) especially when I use my snow tires next winter which are on 225/50 R17?