I had my 545i for a few months now and decided to do a few visual mods.

A Rieger rear deck lid spoiler and a BMW M5 trunk finisher was installed.
The car has 30% tint on all windows.
Finally last week I installed new wheels and tires. It was hard to decide what type and size wheels to get. I really liked the 10 spoke (R10 and others) styled wheels many of the board members have. However I wanted to be a little different and went a little more sporty.

It was hard to decide between 19" and 20" but in the end I decided on 19" for a few reasons.

• The 19" wheel/tire combo is lighter
• The 19's would provide a better ride (this is a daily driver, the weekend/sporty/load/low car is in the next to last pic)
• A few members commented that some 20's seem to rub (again daily driver)
• PA Potholes and my personal (and others) bad experiences with real low profile tires driving on horrible roads.

20's would have been sweet but I used by better judgment and went with the 19's.

The wheels I decided on are the OZ Raffaelo III. This is a 3-piece forged lightweight wheel with a full polish.
19X8.5 (f) with 245/35R19 General UHP's
19X10.5 ? with 275/30R19 General UHP's

I am thinking about springs but I am not sure if I can add springs to my car as it has the sports package with the active handling. Plus I do not want to kill the cars sweet ride. Thinking about looking into the M-Sport springs from the LCI 550.


Tell me what you all think.

Bill P

 

Congrats on your mods they look great!

In my opinion don't mess with the height it looks good to me but that just my 2ct.

Rich

 

nice mods man. looking good

out of curiousity, anything else in mind?

 

That is a sweet lip on those wheels, If it was me I wouldn't change the height but I think there are a few here that would recommend maybe a 1/2 to 1 inch. looks gooood!

 

looks good, I like it !

 

Thank you all for all the compliments.

I will want to the car to be a bit more aggressive. I am thinking about the M-Tech kit but I am not sure if I like the rear. I will probably piece a kit together from the parts that I like.
Possibly ACS front add-on or M-Tech, M5 side skirts and M5 rear apron. I will be looking at the different stuff to come up with something I like.

Adding the M5 rear apron will require a quad exhaust. As I am from the old school I can not justify thousands of dollars for a few bent pipes. I started to think of better and less expensive solutions and I came up with one that should satisfy my needs. It will take some cutting and fabrication but in the end should cost less then $500 and be very different. Like I said before this is my daily driver and I do not want it to be loud and annoying however I want the sound to match the more aggressive look. Now if it were possible to have both

BP

 

NICE , VERY WIDE WHEELS

God luck on future mods

 

Looks good. If it were me, I would probably look into some Eibach Prokit springs. That should lower it about an inch, and in my opinion, would look perfect. With those 10.5" rears though, you might have a problem with tire rubbing. You may want to do a little research on that...maybe you can find someone with 10.5" rears and lowering springs.