I finally have a car that is fun to drive like my previous 911C4, 944 Turbo S, E30 M3, and E36 M3, to mention a few of the memorable cars I have owned.

I don't do photos, but imagine a M Sport with M5 Mirrors and wheels. Interior too is pretty close to the M5 with the fineline aluminium trim. Too bad no M5 seats.

Can you put 9.5Jx19 in the back of your touring? I thought I read somewhere that you have to stick to maximum 8.5" width in the rear. If you use the 8.5J in the rear, you might want to watch the offset. The 166M has +12mm, which is 10mm further out than the 22mm of your 135M wheels. Plus, the 166M is 0.5 inches or 12.5mm wider than your 135M. Your rear wheel arches might need rolling.

 

I finally have a car that is fun to drive like my previous 911C4, 944 Turbo S, E30 M3, and E36 M3, to mention a few of the memorable cars I have owned.

I don't do photos, but imagine a M Sport with M5 Mirrors and wheels. Interior too is pretty close to the M5 with the fineline aluminium trim. Too bad no M5 seats.

Can you put 9.5Jx19 in the back of your touring? I thought I read somewhere that you have to stick to maximum 8.5" width in the rear. If you use the 8.5J in the rear, you might want to watch the offset. The 166M has +12mm, which is 10mm further out than the 22mm of your 135M wheels. Plus, the 166M is 0.5 inches or 12.5mm wider than your 135M. Your rear wheel arches might need rolling.
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Ok, right teory but i dont understand while with the 172M (same size, only diff offset) is possible to mount on E61. I see yesterday with my eyes on Official BMW dealer in italy.
BMW italy put the problem on anterior whells but not for posterior whells.
Other example on this forum.

 

Il me semble que vous etes belge. Il est 2h40 maintenant a Singapour, et je suis trop fatigue pour chercher la solution a votre question. Bonne chance!

 

I finally have a car that is fun to drive like my previous 911C4, 944 Turbo S, E30 M3, and E36 M3, to mention a few of the memorable cars I have owned.

I don't do photos, but imagine a M Sport with M5 Mirrors and wheels. Interior too is pretty close to the M5 with the fineline aluminium trim. Too bad no M5 seats.

Can you put 9.5Jx19 in the back of your touring? I thought I read somewhere that you have to stick to maximum 8.5" width in the rear. If you use the 8.5J in the rear, you might want to watch the offset. The 166M has +12mm, which is 10mm further out than the 22mm of your 135M wheels. Plus, the 166M is 0.5 inches or 12.5mm wider than your 135M. Your rear wheel arches might need rolling.
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Ok, right teory but i dont understand while with the 172M (same size, only diff offset) is possible to mount on E61. I see yesterday with my eyes on Official BMW dealer in italy.
BMW italy put the problem on anterior whells but not for posterior whells.
Other example on this forum.
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Damn, I love those clear headlight lens.

The touring model looks really good too. Nice choice alecs!

 

How much u pay for your M5 wheels? I don't want to buy the replica. Are yours directly bought from the BMW dealers?
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yes, these are OEM not replicas. Purchased direct from the dealer 3,200 for complete set up wheels and tires.
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Man we get ripped off in South Africa. The price here for Style 172M rims is the equivalent of US$ 2755 and US$ 2255 for tyres

 

We get ripped pretty good up front and on a ongoing basis by our exclusive BMW stealer here in Singapore.
I paid US$2,000 for the 166M wheels because I got a 25% discount off list during our stealer's annual wheels & accessories sale. I bought my Mich PS2 tires from Tirerack, who managed to FedEx the whole thing out in 3 days for only US$1,450 of which US$195 was FedEx fees. My local Michelin stealers quoted me 20% more and a 3 month wait, because the market is too small to stock 19" sizes.

 

Right.
I always get my tires from Tirerack too. None of the local tire shops can compete.

 

Too bad Tirerack can't arrange to FedEx me INO Dbl-Dbls Animal Styles!

 

Too bad Tirerack can't arrange to FedEx me INO Dbl-Dbls Animal Styles!
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Hahaha!
That would be nice.

 

I'll have to defer oral gratification til next Feb/Mar when I'll be going to spend a couple of weeks at the 4 Seasons Aviara with my wife and by then 6mth old daughter. Wonder is she can handle liquidized Animal Style burgers? Good thing is that the avenida Encinas INO is less than a par 8 away from my usual villa. Gotta love SoCal!
INO rulez!