Pictures of my OEM 166 Wheels and Spacers
04-26-2009, 05:52 PM
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My Ride: 2011.5 Alpine White E90 M3 | Black Novillo Leather | Carbon Fiber Leather Trim | ZCP | ZP2 | M-DCT | Navigation | Moonroof | 6FL Mods: TMS 12.5mm spacers all around l Hawk HPS Brake Pads l OEM M3 Edition Grills l Paint Matched Side Gills l Key Hole D
lower it with coilovers not springs, if you have that option financially 
04-26-2009, 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by xm53r' post='859825' date='Apr 26 2009, 09:49 PM
Hi DrLev99, I read as much as I can on this site and it seems 12mm was the most widely recommended....... I concluded from many posts that"
1) definitely no rubbing with 12mm before lowering (exception: one member, who concluded it was his tire brand/make that had sectional width greater than most others
2) some rubbing with H&R (passengers in rear, and with dips/bumps in the road when used with 12mm spacers
3) no cases of rubbing with Eibach with 12mm spacers
Naturally any first hand experiences are welcomed, before I do the lowering. Thanks for your comments.
W
1) definitely no rubbing with 12mm before lowering (exception: one member, who concluded it was his tire brand/make that had sectional width greater than most others
2) some rubbing with H&R (passengers in rear, and with dips/bumps in the road when used with 12mm spacers
3) no cases of rubbing with Eibach with 12mm spacers
Naturally any first hand experiences are welcomed, before I do the lowering. Thanks for your comments.
W
Hopefully you won't have issues, but at least you can always drop down to 10's if you do....Good luck, and +1 on coilovers.
04-27-2009, 04:37 AM
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Mod: OEM 166 wheels, 12mm H&R Spacers
Originally Posted by DrLev99' post='860019' date='Apr 27 2009, 01:13 AM
You sure these recommendations for spacers were based on ET28 offsets? The widest that the guys on the M5Board use on their rears are 10mm, and the fenders on those cars are rolled. Some guys on here (with non-M5's) have even had rubbing on their ET17 166 M6 offsets, so I guess you'll find out.
Hopefully you won't have issues, but at least you can always drop down to 10's if you do....Good luck, and +1 on coilovers.
Hopefully you won't have issues, but at least you can always drop down to 10's if you do....Good luck, and +1 on coilovers.
04-27-2009, 06:50 AM
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Looks great 
Makes me miss my previous E60s -- love the carbon black M-Sport with M166s combo
As for the spacers, I think you've covered it with Dr Levi, but I was also under the impression that 10mm was the max... good luck!
Makes me miss my previous E60s -- love the carbon black M-Sport with M166s combo
As for the spacers, I think you've covered it with Dr Levi, but I was also under the impression that 10mm was the max... good luck!
04-27-2009, 07:32 AM
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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
those wheels are great!