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Old 06-28-2012, 03:45 PM
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Does anyone have any pics of aftermarket 19's on sport suspension? I'd like to see the gap to determine if I need to upgrade to springs/coils.

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Ill try to post pics later but I have a 1 finger gap up front and a 2 finger gap in the rear of that helps. I may be swapping my sport springs out with aftermarket ones so I can close the rear gap a little more.
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Originally Posted by SDiE60
Ill try to post pics later but I have a 1 finger gap up front and a 2 finger gap in the rear of that helps. I may be swapping my sport springs out with aftermarket ones so I can close the rear gap a little more.

Here you go. I will most likely upgrade to 20" at some point though....
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Thanks for the replies! It does not look bad at all. I think I may be ok with the sport suspension.
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Originally Posted by SDiE60' timestamp='[url="tel:1340939597"
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Here you go. I will most likely upgrade to 20" at some point though....
You got a bigger rear gap on yours. Tire size you running?
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245-35 front and 275-30 rear
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Is the M5 sport suspension different than the 535i sport suspension? That may be why.
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Originally Posted by SD5Series
You got a bigger rear gap on yours. Tire size you running?
What tire size are you running? Your gap looks good.
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What about 19's on a stock, non-sport suspension? After seeing some pics on other sites that gap looks pretty huge even with fat tires (35%-40%).


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