Hi Xoutpost,

This is my first post. I'm new to the X5, but not to car forums or customization. I own and built (even did my own ECU tuning) a highly modified subaru sti so I'm no stranger to wrenching.

I hate to litter this forum with newb questions, but I assure you I searched and read the stickies. (not too many stickies I see).

The X5 35d is for my wife and she made me take a blood oath to "you're not going to mess up my car like you did yours" - but I have gotten the greenlight to do a couple cosmetic mods.


question about: Staggered wheels / rotate wheels etc...
I skipped the 6500 21 inch wheel option. The stockers are (Style 210) 18 x 8.5 light alloy wheels, and 255/55 and as far as I can tell, are *not* staggered.

I want to get some 20's but I don't want staggered wheels. I'm thinking of 20x9's with uni-directional all seasons. All my research says that would be fine. Anybody else run like that? Pictures?

Has anybody hooked up a boost gauge yet to know what she runs?

And lastly, does anybody have any other X5 forum recommendations for me? I really enjoy the engineering/ecu/tech type of forums.

Thx!




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