My First xi Mods
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Here's a few pic's of my xi with the upper shadowline done and my new Breyton GTS wheels. They are 18's with 225/45's and a ET35 Offset and 6.06 inch backspacing. They are hub centric with no spacers needed. To my surprise they are made in Germany unlike many suggest it's on the inside of one of the spokes. I also weighed the OEM wheels with bald tires at 48.5lbs and Breytons came in at 42.5 with the new tires mounted. The fit worked great to exaggerate the dish in the wheel and stay within the fenders. I want to use the car year round so I stayed with a 225 tire. I think the 245 would have been and issue where I live for snow covered roads in the winter. When you are looking at the car in person unless you read the side of the tire it's hard at least for me to tell what the width of the tire is you know they aren't 275's 
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I see you kept the bottom trims as chrome. Why?
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My Ride: 2006 530XI | Black leather interior | Cold weather Package | Premium Package
Exterior - M-tech kit / ACS roof spoiler / ACS trunk spoiler / Tinted Tail Lights / 20% Window tint / Matte black grills / Black roundels / Shadowline trim / 8000k headlights / 8000k foglights / LED License plate bulbs
Suspension- H&R Sport Springs
Looks great and yes a drop would look very nice!
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I'm having a hard time deciding which way to go with the trim so I ended up in the middle right now lol. What kills me with the trim is my last car had black trim and I always wanted the chrome now I have this car and I'm taking it off.
The ride height is a bummer for now. I think the pic's make it look taller then in person. I plan to make that change I'm just trying to confirm for fact that OEM sport springs won't work to bring it down a little and retain some ride quality. I'm sure before I know it I'll be ripping it apart to put H&R's on.
The ride height is a bummer for now. I think the pic's make it look taller then in person. I plan to make that change I'm just trying to confirm for fact that OEM sport springs won't work to bring it down a little and retain some ride quality. I'm sure before I know it I'll be ripping it apart to put H&R's on.
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My Ride: 2006 530i Alpine White on Black interior, Sport and Premium Package, Steptronic, Navigation, Xenon Adaptive Headlights, Mtec V2.1 angel eyes,Hoen Fog Lights, Full M-Tech kit, ACS pedals, LED plate lights, CF Steering Wheel badge, CF Titanium trim, OE
looks good!! now time to lower it 
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From: Milky Way, Earth, N. America, CA, San Jose, 95136, Latitude N 37� 16.837, Longitude W 121� 50.461
My Ride: 2004 530i | Sapphire Black | Sport | Premium | NAV | Logic 7 | DPE R07 Variant S Gloss Black with Polished Lip 20x8.5 front 20x10 rear | Falken FK452 tires 245/30/20 front 275/30/20 rear | H&R Coilovers | Smoked Tail Lights | M5 trunk spoiler | AC Schnitzer style roof spoiler | HID 8000K headlights & foglights | 35% tint all around | Sprint Booster | Speed Innovation ECU tuning | M5 trunk finisher | M-Tech body kit | Remus Quad Exhaust | AC Schnitzer style pedals | Euro Stickers | RPi Ram Air Induction | Smoked LED Side Lenses | AC Schnitzer style e-brake handle | AC Schnitzer style shifter | AC Schnitzer style iDrive knob | AC Schnitzer style carbon fiber diffuser | carbon fiber hood/trunk/steering emblems | carbon fiber grilles | carbon fiber door pillars | MTEC v2 Angel Eyes | Hamann style carbon fiber splitter
congrats on the mods! looks good!