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Oct 11, 2006 | 01:17 AM

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Bambi

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Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='343678' date='Oct 11 2006, 04:28 AM

Very nice and clean car.

But the 19" wheels and rims on the side photo looks very small.

Yes, the rim looks smaller because it's a 3 pieces wheel. The outer rim need to be 1 inch all around to accomadate the screws, which make the strokes shorter and that make the overall wheel looks small.

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Oct 11, 2006 | 01:30 AM

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Really nice pics!!

Oct 11, 2006 | 01:46 AM

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very nice congrats to you mate

it does not look bad, I also like your indiction draw on rimz

Oct 11, 2006 | 06:17 AM

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Very nice! Kewl mirrors

too!

Are the wheels the same size front & rear? What offset are they? The rubbing on the front w/ the fender lip or something in the inside?

Oct 11, 2006 | 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by BlaSTiWi' post='343762' date='Oct 11 2006, 10:17 AM

Very nice! Kewl mirrors

too!

Are the wheels the same size front & rear? What offset are they? The rubbing on the front w/ the fender lip or something in the inside?

Yes, the wheels are 19"x8.5" with ET 40 all around and tires are all the same size too. I can only use same size all around on the xi model. I wanted to add spacers at the back but apparently that is not possible for the xi model too.

The rubbing is on the front tires with the inside fender liner.

Oct 11, 2006 | 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Bambi' post='343641' date='Oct 11 2006, 01:07 AM

I finally have some time to wash my car and take some pictures of my car. It's a 530xi with 19" Iforged Classic and 245/35/19 PS2. Several members have asked me to show them the pics and want to see whether lowering is necessary with the xi model with 19" rims. With 245/35/19 tires there will be some rubbing in the front when I turn the steering ALL THE WAY to one side. So rubbing will be even worse if the car is lowered. And to me lowering is not necessay since I think the gap is not that bad. Hope you guys like my ride.

Your car looks very classic and clean. No need to lower it IMHO. Your preference though. BTW, your home and general neighborhood looks equally upscale and fine also. ENJOY & BEST REGARDS!

Oct 11, 2006 | 09:06 AM

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Ahhh, do you know if the staggered & spacer is not possible due to the AWD limitation thing w/ xi model (that may effect xDrive ability)? I found the Style 124 info and they are in diff. size but rather confuse tryin' to map the offset to bigger size.

Do you think if they are ET 38 (not sure about the width) like your Breyton it won't rub to the inside up front and a bit better on the back?

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Originally Posted by Bambi' post='343827' date='Oct 11 2006, 11:46 AM

The rubbing is on the front tires with the inside fender liner.

Oct 11, 2006 | 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by BlaSTiWi' post='343835' date='Oct 11 2006, 01:06 PM

I've seen that before too but I've heard a lot of people inside and outside of this forum saying not to go staggered on xi otherwise the AWD system will be mess up. I'm not 100% sure but I think the front and rear wheels will need to be on a straight line and therefore different offset nor spacers on only one end is not possible. You can put equal size spacers on all four wheels if you want to but then the front wheels will be sticking out.

I'm sure ET38 will be fine too becasue I've tried to put on a wheel with that offset and it's fine.