MixMasterMIke

Edit: Made a mixup with the wheel numbers. I do not have 128's.

I have a 06 530xi and i just noticed that i have the spider spoke 138 wheels on the front and a similar style 17" wheels mounted on the rear with part number 6767538. Is this normal and is there any problem with this? I was also thinking of moving the 138 wheels to the rear since they look to have less offset and it might look better that way. Do the 138's have different offsets for rwd and awd?

NYC530XI

I think this is completely wrong, both looks wise, and for the car's X-Drive/Suspension. I don't even know why you would want to do this, as two different wheels will look very awkward on our cars. Just go with the 128's all around as summer wheels, and 138's as winter wheels and call it a day

jgt

Is this by choice or did you buy the car this way?

pjinca

Hmm why not go all the way? Why half ass it? Get 1 style 166 and 1 style 101 and add them into the mix. 138 - left front, 166 - right front, 128 - left rear, 101 - right rear. Perfect

theXman

No matter how you put them, it's not normal. The 128s are 19" rims and the 138s are 17". Even though they both are 5 spokes, but they look completely different IMO.

MixMasterMIke

It came with the car this way. I only have 2 of each. They're all 17's with the same style and same tire size. Just the offset looks different.

theXman

Do you know for sure they 128s and 138s? Lets see a picture of your car with those rims on?

NYC530XI

If they are all 17s, then they are not 128s. My signature shows 128s, which are 19s.

You probably have style 122 and 138s mixed 2 of each, which are almost identical 17 inch 5 stars. These likely have the same offset and diameter, just are slightly different 5 star styling.

Pictures of your car would be most helpful to figure out whats going on.

MixMasterMIke

I just looked and i found that i messed up the wheel number. They are not 128's. Now i understand why i'm getting all this hate. I have a 138 and another pair that are the same size and style but with more offset.

jgt

I noticed you're in Buffalo so I'd recommend getting the matching set for each wheel type and running winter tires on the 138's and summer tires on the 128's.

Just make sure you get the correct 138's with Xi offsets and I think you'll need the 128's for the X3 since they runner higher offsets.

Or sell one pair of the wheels if you can and buy the matching set for the ones you keep.

Or sell them all and get a wheel you like. Again just make sure you get the correct offset.