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Finally done with all the modifications I wanted to do to the car. Getting close to 2,000 miles and loving every minute. The B&B exhaust is great (beautiful sound). Thanks to the great information on the debadging post - taking mine off was easy. And installed the M5 rims about a week back and a great difference (looks and handling) from my original choice for rims. Here are some pics (few more in my gallery). 
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Originally Posted by Delta' date='Sep 5 2005, 10:20 PM
Nice car and nice wheels! But have you considered lowering your car a bit? The gap in the wheel arches seem a bit big considering you have 19"s on.
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My Ride: '05 545i, silver gray, black leather with anthracite maple wood, sport package, premium sound, navigation, cold weather package, electric rear sunshade, folding rear seat, satellite radio prep, PIAA 4150K fogs, red rear reflectors, hardwired Valentine One
Originally Posted by Delta' date='Sep 5 2005, 07:20 PM
Nice car and nice wheels! But have you considered lowering your car a bit? The gap in the wheel arches seem a bit big considering you have 19"s on.
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Originally Posted by Delta' date='Sep 5 2005, 08:20 PM
Nice car and nice wheels! But have you considered lowering your car a bit? The gap in the wheel arches seem a bit big considering you have 19"s on.
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Originally Posted by rodneyremington' date='Sep 5 2005, 10:04 PM
I wouldn't lower it. It's not a slammed honda civic for goodness sake.
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So if it lowered, it look more like this:
and not a slammed down Honda.
But as Canada545 said, it may not be possible to lower xi' cars, since all the xi cars I have seen have a taller stance.
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My Ride: 2004 520i, mystic blue, steptronic, beige leather, pdc, bluetooth, rain sensor, BMW sport kit fitted, 18" 166 rep BMW rims , de-badged, cherished reg. chrome grill,
Nice setup, I have the same problem with 18" wheels on the rear, the space left makes them look small from certain angles, I have 275/35 tyres on the rear i think I should have used 275/40's which sit a bit taller, I am wondering if you could use the coil overs on the rear only as the front is low enough
see the pic's below of the car with M tech wheels with 275/35 and my old 123 alloys with with 245/40
see the pic's below of the car with M tech wheels with 275/35 and my old 123 alloys with with 245/40
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Originally Posted by norham' date='Sep 5 2005, 10:24 PM
Nice setup, I have the same problem with 18" wheels on the rear, the space left makes them look small from certain angles, I have 275/35 tyres on the rear i think I should have used 275/40's which sit a bit taller, I am wondering if you could use the coil overs on the rear only as the front is low enough
see the pic's below of the car with M tech wheels with 275/35 and my old 123 alloys with with 245/40
see the pic's below of the car with M tech wheels with 275/35 and my old 123 alloys with with 245/40
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Hahaha!
