Style 167 wheels on your E60
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I have 20mm spacers on my #166 19" setup.
I have a little trouble with the comments made about the huge strain on the suspension. 20 mm is approximately 5/6ths of an inch.
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I am not sure that pushing the wheels out this much will hurt the vehicle. I am also not sure that the extended bolts will snap.
I have a little trouble with the comments made about the huge strain on the suspension. 20 mm is approximately 5/6ths of an inch.
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I am not sure that pushing the wheels out this much will hurt the vehicle. I am also not sure that the extended bolts will snap.
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Instead, I think his car is a well converted M5 look
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Originally Posted by 530i_msport' post='540606' date='Mar 6 2008, 10:46 AM
His car is an m5.
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Originally Posted by BlaSTiWi' post='540615' date='Mar 6 2008, 07:03 PM
Instead, I think his car is a well converted M5 look ![Think](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/think.gif)
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I just noticed the brakes that are not oem and the comfort seat headrest
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Maybe he could solve the mystery once for all
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We shall wait for his reply
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Originally Posted by andy545' post='540147' date='Mar 5 2008, 02:41 PM
If you get the M6 167's with the rear offset at ET17, you won't need any spacers !
167's rock !
167's rock !
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Originally Posted by 530i_msport' post='540606' date='Mar 6 2008, 05:46 PM
His car is an m5.
Thats the reason why he put 20mm spacers and has no rubbing issues.Now try doing that on a non m e60 with the stock tire sizes for m5 you will rub no matter of the offset(either 28 or 17).
If you use 167s with ET17 you cant go bigger than 275/30 and thats it.Regarding ride height the sport suspension is the lowest you can go.
Now, with ET28 you can go 275/30 and even lower than the sport suspension.You can ideally use an 8mm spacer if i remember correctly and have the same setup as nicke60gr.
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Thats the reason why he put 20mm spacers and has no rubbing issues.Now try doing that on a non m e60 with the stock tire sizes for m5 you will rub no matter of the offset(either 28 or 17).
If you use 167s with ET17 you cant go bigger than 275/30 and thats it.Regarding ride height the sport suspension is the lowest you can go.
Now, with ET28 you can go 275/30 and even lower than the sport suspension.You can ideally use an 8mm spacer if i remember correctly and have the same setup as nicke60gr.
I hope this helps a bit.If anyone thinks i m wrong somewhere please correct me
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Originally Posted by 530i_msport' post='540678' date='Mar 6 2008, 03:33 PM
You might be right.
I just noticed the brakes that are not oem and the comfort seat headrest
Maybe he could solve the mystery once for all
We shall wait for his reply![Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/rolleyes.gif)
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I just noticed the brakes that are not oem and the comfort seat headrest
![Tongue](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/tongue.gif)
Maybe he could solve the mystery once for all
![Tongue](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/tongue.gif)
We shall wait for his reply
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Anyway, I'd be cautious using this vehicle as a comparison to a standard sport package vehicle as the rear suspension looks modified which might be contributing to his ability to use the spacers.
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Thanks for all of the info. My quest is ongoing as to my goal for the best looking, best handling 535i with stock sport suspension. Based on my observations I notice that M5's don't rally sit lower than my car (actual distance off of the ground is probably greater) but they look better because of tires with +1.5" diameter, the cars look (for lack of a better term) huskier. When you really look at any E60 535i, 528i or 550i sport I think the tire diameter looks out of scale, too small with sort of a skate board look if you push the wheels out too far with spacers. This size works if you lower the car to where the top of tire is = to bottom of wheel well.
My proposed correction is that you install slightly taller tires ie 245/40/19 front and 275/35/19 rears to literally fill the wheel wells. This would give appox .8 to 1" taller tire height compared to stock. It would eliminate appox 1/2 of the gap tire to wheel well, down side is it would raise the car about 1/2" off of the ground which would be good for speed bumps and curbs but not good for handling (still better than non sport suspension car though). I saw a car with this setup and it looked different in a good way. I think the question here is to find out what offset you can get away with at this tire diameter.
Bob
My proposed correction is that you install slightly taller tires ie 245/40/19 front and 275/35/19 rears to literally fill the wheel wells. This would give appox .8 to 1" taller tire height compared to stock. It would eliminate appox 1/2 of the gap tire to wheel well, down side is it would raise the car about 1/2" off of the ground which would be good for speed bumps and curbs but not good for handling (still better than non sport suspension car though). I saw a car with this setup and it looked different in a good way. I think the question here is to find out what offset you can get away with at this tire diameter.
Bob
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I'm in the same boat with you bobster. I'm not quite sure what to do regarding wheels for my '08 535i with Sport Package. I've been debating whether or not I should get the M5 wheels (166M) over the M6 wheels. What are your thoughts, pro/con's on the M5 vs M6 wheels?
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Originally Posted by owwo' post='540821' date='Mar 6 2008, 04:26 PM
I'm in the same boat with you bobster. I'm not quite sure what to do regarding wheels for my '08 535i with Sport Package. I've been debating whether or not I should get the M5 wheels (166M) over the M6 wheels. What are your thoughts, pro/con's on the M5 vs M6 wheels?
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Originally Posted by pointerman' post='540594' date='Mar 6 2008, 11:08 AM
That is a picture of a non-sport package car wtih lower than sport package ride height, so I imagine some suspension work has been done. I wouldn't gamble that a stock sport package vehicle would have the same results with stock suspension. I'd try it without spacers first.
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I show the picture of the car when cornering to show that even the car 20mm spacer on .... at the full compress (when cornering) didn't rub.