Doesn't E60 look great?
08-19-2010, 04:15 AM
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My Ride: Jan 2006 E63 650i Sport
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Spacers 5mm front & 15mm rear
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20" Alpina Softline (Classic) with Dunlop Sport Maxx non-RFT (255/35/20 & 285/30/20)
Those are 8.5x19 fronts and 9.5x19 rear, 128 style. I bought the car with them already. At first, I also thought that they came off 7, but on a warranty/instructions BMW book I got with a car there was a picture of 5 series with 128's so obviously at some point they were offered with our cars as well.
My 20s need 5mm spacers up front, which I will be using with the 128s for my winter set-up, together with 15mm at the rear. That should achieve the same look / stance front and rear, which is something you could also consider
Here is a picture of mine with M-Sport suspension (15mm lower), 128s and 15mm rear spacers:
(Please ignore all the nasty dead bugs on the front -- it took another wash or two to get rid of those
)IMHO it fills out the arch just nicely at the rear and gets it to that perfect ET17 offset fitment you get with the M6 M167 rims (i.e. the 128's ET32 offset - 15mm spacers to give ET17).
08-19-2010, 04:46 AM
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08-19-2010, 09:12 AM
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08-19-2010, 03:51 PM
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Before upgrading to 20s, I was running the 128s with 15mm (H&R) spacers in the rear, with no rubbing issues what so ever. In fact that set-up was also on my previous E61 and was formally tested and approved by TUV in Germany. So plenty of space back there for 15mm spacers.
My 20s need 5mm spacers up front, which I will be using with the 128s for my winter set-up, together with 15mm at the rear. That should achieve the same look / stance front and rear, which is something you could also consider
Here is a picture of mine with M-Sport suspension (15mm lower), 128s and 15mm rear spacers:
(Please ignore all the nasty dead bugs on the front -- it took another wash or two to get rid of those )
IMHO it fills out the arch just nicely at the rear and gets it to that perfect ET17 offset fitment you get with the M6 M167 rims (i.e. the 128's ET32 offset - 15mm spacers to give ET17).
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My 20s need 5mm spacers up front, which I will be using with the 128s for my winter set-up, together with 15mm at the rear. That should achieve the same look / stance front and rear, which is something you could also consider
Here is a picture of mine with M-Sport suspension (15mm lower), 128s and 15mm rear spacers:
(Please ignore all the nasty dead bugs on the front -- it took another wash or two to get rid of those
)IMHO it fills out the arch just nicely at the rear and gets it to that perfect ET17 offset fitment you get with the M6 M167 rims (i.e. the 128's ET32 offset - 15mm spacers to give ET17).
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And thanks all of you guys for all nice comments! E60 rules!
