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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 10:16 AM
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I have the sports package and did not lower my car. But with 19" rims, my ground clearance is about 6.25" in the front and my middle body clearance barely clears a can of Coke standing upright at 5" (inches). Most people though I lowered the car.

What's your ground clearance? Who's the lowest of the low and highest of the high with regards to ground clearance?
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 10:25 AM
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Non sport with 17" wheels at about 6.75"
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 03:16 PM
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Having nothing better to do, I just went down and took some measurements on my lowered 530xi with H&R sport springs. I currently have my OEM 17's on.

With the OEM front bumper:
- Forward of the Front wheels, 6"
- Behind the Front wheels, 5.875"
- At mid-line, between the doors, 6.25"
- Forward of Rear Wheels, 6.5"
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 03:26 PM
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I have 6.5in behind the front tires and 7in in front of the rear wheel, I have 19" rims with low profiles tires
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by rudeja' post='513800' date='Jan 4 2008, 06:26 PM
I have 6.5in behind the front tires and 7in in front of the rear wheel, I have 19" rims with low profiles tires
I have 245/35/19 in front and 275/30/19 in the back and it lower than yours. That's strange. Maybe the gravity in Houston is stronger than other places? My side skirts is about 5.5 inches from the ground, so the bottom of the are is probably .5 lower.
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 04:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Bimmer32' post='513883' date='Jan 4 2008, 11:08 PM
I have 245/35/19 in front and 275/30/19 in the back and it lower than yours. That's strange. Maybe the gravity in Houston is stronger than other places? My side skirts is about 5.5 inches from the ground, so the bottom of the are is probably .5 lower.

I dont think i want my car any lower, my driveway is a little slope, dont want to scratch my muffler, pluse with all the dead animals in the road, dont want any to get suck under my car
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 07:08 AM
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2007 550 Sport Suspension/ Factory Mtech.

forward of front tires - 5.75"
forward of rear tire - 6.5"

style 124 / Dunlop RFT's.
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Bimmer32' post='513690' date='Jan 4 2008, 02:16 PM
I have the sports package and did not lower my car. But with 19" rims, my ground clearance is about 6.25" in the front and my middle body clearance barely clears a can of Coke standing upright at 5" (inches). Most people though I lowered the car.

What's your ground clearance? Who's the lowest of the low and highest of the high with regards to ground clearance?
It's too cold in the garage to go measure... but I have noticed my 545i sport sits lower than most other cars. I am thinking of a front spolier but am concerned it will get banged up in the winter because of the low ground clearance. My E60 is lower than my old E39 non sport 525i but not as low as my E46 M3 with Dinan stage 2 was.
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