My new look....
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Well its not a M5 poser...if you actually look at the car properly before critising i hav'nt got an M5 front bumper, neither a M5 rear bumper, neither a quad exhaust setup or the M5 mirrors. How is that an M5 poser??? By the way so what if i did have all those things...it my choice and my style!! :thumbsdown:
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My Ride: Jan 2006 E63 650i Sport
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Options:
Sport version (includes: sport-seats, sport-suspension, M-Sport steering wheel, Anthracite headliner, Shaddow Line), Saphire Black, Black Dakota Leather, Anthracite Maple Wood trim, Steptronic Auto, Xenons, NAV-Professional with Voice Control, TV, CD-Changer, Bluetooth, Logic7, Head-up Display, Comfort Access, Seat Heating front, Auto Dimming & Folding Mirrors, Extended Auto Air Conditioning, PDC.
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Mods:
Spacers 5mm front & 15mm rear
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Wheels:
20" Alpina Softline (Classic) with Dunlop Sport Maxx non-RFT (255/35/20 & 285/30/20)
Well its not a M5 poser...if you actually look at the car properly before critising i hav'nt got an M5 front bumper, neither a M5 rear bumper, neither a quad exhaust setup or the M5 mirrors. How is that an M5 poser??? By the way so what if i did have all those things...it my choice and my style!! :thumbsdown:
Coming back to your point earlier about spacers and being worried about rubbing, what size wheel/tyre combination are you running at the rear (incl. offset ET value)?
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Front: 8.5X20 ET20 + 245/35/20
Rear: 9.5X20 ET18 + 275/30/20
thanks dude
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Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 4,186
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From: UK
My Ride: Jan 2006 E63 650i Sport
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Options:
Sport version (includes: sport-seats, sport-suspension, M-Sport steering wheel, Anthracite headliner, Shaddow Line), Saphire Black, Black Dakota Leather, Anthracite Maple Wood trim, Steptronic Auto, Xenons, NAV-Professional with Voice Control, TV, CD-Changer, Bluetooth, Logic7, Head-up Display, Comfort Access, Seat Heating front, Auto Dimming & Folding Mirrors, Extended Auto Air Conditioning, PDC.
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Mods:
Spacers 5mm front & 15mm rear
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Wheels:
20" Alpina Softline (Classic) with Dunlop Sport Maxx non-RFT (255/35/20 & 285/30/20)
I did some checks using Rims & Tires wheel size calculator, which is the best online tool I have found so far: http://www.rimsntires.com/rt_specs.jsp
Basically I concluded your offsets and wheel/tyre sizes are ideal! It must be the picture, but you said you thought it needed spacers at the rear
I compared your set-up to both my summer Alpina 20" set up (with 10mm spacers) and my winter OEM 19" set-up (with 15mm spacers) -- see attached print-outs.
rt_specs_Alpina20s.pdf
rt_specs_OEM19s_with 15mm spacers.pdf
At a push you could squeeze 3-5mm, but thats going to come with a risk of rubbing. I think if I put any more on my wheels I would have issues when fully loaded or going over dips in the road at speed, i.e. any scenario where your suspension is going to be compressed a lot. I like the look as it is and just don't want to worry about my tyres rubbing in those kind of scenarios. If you don't care about those scenarios, then go for it!
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I did some checks using Rims & Tires wheel size calculator, which is the best online tool I have found so far: http://www.rimsntires.com/rt_specs.jsp
Basically I concluded your offsets and wheel/tyre sizes are ideal! It must be the picture, but you said you thought it needed spacers at the rear
I compared your set-up to both my summer Alpina 20" set up (with 10mm spacers) and my winter OEM 19" set-up (with 15mm spacers) -- see attached print-outs.
Attachment 112814
Attachment 112815
At a push you could squeeze 3-5mm, but thats going to come with a risk of rubbing. I think if I put any more on my wheels I would have issues when fully loaded or going over dips in the road at speed, i.e. any scenario where your suspension is going to be compressed a lot. I like the look as it is and just don't want to worry about my tyres rubbing in those kind of scenarios. If you don't care about those scenarios, then go for it!
Basically I concluded your offsets and wheel/tyre sizes are ideal! It must be the picture, but you said you thought it needed spacers at the rear
I compared your set-up to both my summer Alpina 20" set up (with 10mm spacers) and my winter OEM 19" set-up (with 15mm spacers) -- see attached print-outs.
Attachment 112814
Attachment 112815
At a push you could squeeze 3-5mm, but thats going to come with a risk of rubbing. I think if I put any more on my wheels I would have issues when fully loaded or going over dips in the road at speed, i.e. any scenario where your suspension is going to be compressed a lot. I like the look as it is and just don't want to worry about my tyres rubbing in those kind of scenarios. If you don't care about those scenarios, then go for it!
Thanks for that info buddy, real big help
