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Sep 26, 2006 | 01:34 PM

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blinkme_210

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My Ride: '06 530xi

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Originally Posted by monacobmw' post='338698' date='Sep 26 2006, 06:03 AM

You should know that a lot of the M5 replicas (like my own) come 19 x 8 front 19 x 9 rear.
They also come 74.1mm outside hub diameter, which is perfect for the "xi" (no so perfect for other 5-series models, which need hubcentric rings to increase the 72.56 outside diameter).

There's only 1 manufacturer of M5 replicas that have a high enough offset so it can be used on the XI's. The ET20 of most M5 replicas won't be a good fit on the XI offset of ET43.

The M5 replicas I am thinking of going with only comes in 19x8.5 or 19x9. I can't go with a 9" width, because the rear wheel hubs are placed further out, hence they are going to rub on the outside rear; and there is no way of fixing that at all.

I wish the XI models were as easy to swap on wheels like the non-XI models.