Aftermarket Wheels and suspensions for Xi
04-19-2011, 01:52 PM
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My Ride: 2008 535xi Touring - KW Var 3 Coilovers, VMR V710 20x9" wheels, Falken 452 245/35/19" Tires, OEM M5 Front Bumper, OEM M5 Front Fenders, OEM M5 Mirrors, Hamman Style CF Front Lip, Matte Black Kidney Grills, 20% Tint, B&W BMW Roundels.
04-19-2011, 02:01 PM
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04-19-2011, 03:23 PM
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My Ride: 2008 535xi Touring - KW Var 3 Coilovers, VMR V710 20x9" wheels, Falken 452 245/35/19" Tires, OEM M5 Front Bumper, OEM M5 Front Fenders, OEM M5 Mirrors, Hamman Style CF Front Lip, Matte Black Kidney Grills, 20% Tint, B&W BMW Roundels.
^ Thanks guys.
I just realized I measured my wheels wrong ... I thought I had a different wheel on the car then I do stock ... my stocks are only 7.5" wide ET 43 and I thought I had 8" stockers ET 43 ... that gives me 6mm less on the fender size to play with
Time to recalculate everything.
I just realized I measured my wheels wrong ... I thought I had a different wheel on the car then I do stock ... my stocks are only 7.5" wide ET 43 and I thought I had 8" stockers ET 43 ... that gives me 6mm less on the fender size to play with
Time to recalculate everything.
04-19-2011, 03:35 PM
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My Ride: 14 550i
Did you first measure outside to outside instead of inside to inside?
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^ Thanks guys.
I just realized I measured my wheels wrong ... I thought I had a different wheel on the car then I do stock ... my stocks are only 7.5" wide ET 43 and I thought I had 8" stockers ET 43 ... that gives me 6mm less on the fender size to play with
Time to recalculate everything.
I just realized I measured my wheels wrong ... I thought I had a different wheel on the car then I do stock ... my stocks are only 7.5" wide ET 43 and I thought I had 8" stockers ET 43 ... that gives me 6mm less on the fender size to play with
Time to recalculate everything.
04-19-2011, 05:13 PM
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My Ride: BMW 535xi wagon. Monaco Blue/Dakota Brown interior, M Package
There is a thread with people complaining about failure of it. I do not think it will level itself lower to match the front, that would make no sense at all for the design of the car because it is supposed to keep cargo from sagging the rear, thus a set point is read by the computers.
My Land Rover LR3 has little sensor arms with rods that people shorten to trick the computers to think it needs to go higher (creating a "lift" of sorts). So, it may be that the bmw could be modified to think lower is ok and not raise itself higher.
With cars like the VW Touareg or Cayenne, people have been able to simply have the computer programmed to sit lower but all of those are much more sofisticated suspension systems because they raise and lower via user controls too.
My Land Rover LR3 has little sensor arms with rods that people shorten to trick the computers to think it needs to go higher (creating a "lift" of sorts). So, it may be that the bmw could be modified to think lower is ok and not raise itself higher.
With cars like the VW Touareg or Cayenne, people have been able to simply have the computer programmed to sit lower but all of those are much more sofisticated suspension systems because they raise and lower via user controls too.
check out this topic... you can order the lowering link from "Norwegian" https://5series.net/forums/topic/989...-e61-lowering/
04-19-2011, 05:20 PM
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^ Thanks guys.
I just realized I measured my wheels wrong ... I thought I had a different wheel on the car then I do stock ... my stocks are only 7.5" wide ET 43 and I thought I had 8" stockers ET 43 ... that gives me 6mm less on the fender size to play with
Time to recalculate everything.
I just realized I measured my wheels wrong ... I thought I had a different wheel on the car then I do stock ... my stocks are only 7.5" wide ET 43 and I thought I had 8" stockers ET 43 ... that gives me 6mm less on the fender size to play with
Time to recalculate everything.
04-24-2011, 09:01 AM
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Yeah somethin' isn't right ... try to get a higher/bigger pic resolution so we can see better ... from some of the last pics the front seems not right.
BTW what's your tire sizes?
BTW what's your tire sizes?
