New rims, tires, cleaned up and painted calipers

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Jan 24, 2009 | 06:14 PM

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jusdoit

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My Ride: 2008 535xi / Platinum Gray / Premium Package / Cold Weather Package / Dakota Black Leather / Options: Navigation, SAT Radio, Bluetooth, IPOD adapter Sprint Booster VMR Rims V710 19x9.5 ET45 Hyper Silver (rear) VMR Rims V710 19x8.5 ET35 Hyper Silver (front) Tires: General Exclaim 275/30/19 (rear) Tires: General Exclaim 245/35/19 (front) BMW Tire Pressure Monitor Sensors BMW M-tech Complete Body Kit w/LCI & no PDC Hamann Splitter Vorsteiner Decklid Spoiler BMW M5 E60 BMW Black Grills E60 BMW Shadow Trim BMW Carbon Fiber Roundells - E60 Angel Eyes (GP Thunder Bulb H8 8500K)

Looks great! I feel ya on the lower/don't lower decision. Somebody above mentioned coil-overs where you can lower or raise depending on the season... I wouldn't mind learning a little more about them.

Jan 24, 2009 | 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by rogerj' post='776494' date='Jan 24 2009, 06:44 PM

Looks good

Hard to tell from the pic but did you paint the hub also? Planning on painting my calipers tomorrow and have been debating amongst myself whether to paint the hub also. I am planning on painting BLACK by the way.

I did not paint the hub ... it is mostly hidden by the wheel. Be sure to do a good wire-brushing and degrease before you paint. And while you have your wheels removed, clean up the flange where the wheel centers and give it a coating of anti-seize or wheel bearing grease to prevent the wheels from binding.

Jan 24, 2009 | 07:18 PM

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Looks nice! Love those wheels!

Jan 24, 2009 | 07:19 PM

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Jan 24, 2009 | 07:48 PM

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Holy 4x4 batman!

Nice choice of wheels, classic styling.

Jan 24, 2009 | 08:06 PM

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Good job Luigi.

Jan 24, 2009 | 09:14 PM

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Looks real good, I miss having AWD from my Audi days. Good idea to paint the calipers black, the rust look is a little appalling - especially since my other car has Brembo's.