BlaSTiWi

Yeah from lookin' at least the front somethin' not right ... post up more info of what are the tires & wheels sizes are you using?

Compare your front height w/ my pic = http://forums.5serie...post__p__813861

Rostman

Did your that the gap between the wheel and the fender is to big?
Yep, when i'm looking on you car its much better in the front... Its very strange how it could be like this
I'm using 19X9 ET30 with 235/35 R19 tyres in the front and 19X10 ET33 with 265/30 R19 tyres in rear.
I'm not sure this gap in the front became smaller

BlaSTiWi

Are you using 3-series tires?
Those are rather narrow especially for your wheels that wide... recommended front size is 245/35 and rear is 275/30 ... some go w/ 285/30.
And those recommended sizes are intended for use w/ 8.5" up front & 9.5" rear wide and your wheels are wider ...

But I'm not sure narrow tire play a big role on your strange drop ... to me it seems like something stuck in between the spring or something ...

Rostman

I'm sure you can forget about tyres cause differences between 245 and 235 in overal diameter is 6 mm and 7 mm between 265 and 275.
I bought thise size of tyres to make tyre stretch on a rim.

I checked all parts in the suspensions in Russia and USA and they are the same. What type of shockabsorbers are you using? OEM?

BlaSTiWi

Yup my shocks are still on OEM stocker ...

v_therussian

I don't know what's the deal here, but those rims look downright awesome on E60

Rostman

Put 16 mm spacers in rear.

Big Boy Bronx

Hi, I am new to the forum and this is my first post. I just picked up a 2007 530 xi so you can also count me in as 1 of the few with the xi model.Great post v_therussian....

v_therussian

Welcome BX!

Rost, 16mm? Home made? Looks great! LOVE those rims on the E60!

saskabush

FYI...From my own experience, 245/35/19 front do NOT work with 275/35/19. When I got my tires, I didn't check to make sure the sizes were correct. Driving above 60kph, the traction control would kick in. I finally realized that the wrong rears were sent. The correct rears 275/30/19 are being mounted today.

I had trouble deciding between 275/30/19 vs. 285/30/19 for the rears. The way I had it explained to me, it depends on what width rims you're running. With a 9.5" rim, 275 is perfect...285 would sit taller and 265 would be stretched and sit lower than the tire size calculator would suggest. Thus, I would think that if I planned on running a 10" rim, I would go with 285/30/19 and with a 9.5" rims, I would go with 275/30/19. 265 may be too narrow.

Rostman, maybe that's why your wheel gap is a little more than others? Because your tires are stretched and probably sitting lower than tire size calculator predicts?