What's up guys!? Ok I need your collective help again. Ok so I got my X equipped with a standard suspension and the wide body kit in April 2008 with the mickey mouse 17" wheels. I couldnt take the bloated look with the tiny wheels and only 3 weeks later I mounted 20x10" Beyern Multi's all the way around wrapped in 275/40/20 Hankook Ventus STs. The 17's havent seen the light of day since.

I joined what was X5 World at the time and had been reading all the posts about how horrible the X handles in the snow. Literally at first snow, I was at the tire shop removing the Hankooks and mounting 275/40/20 Hakkeppellitta snow tires onto the Beyern Multi rims. They handled thru snow like the X was on rails and when winter was done, I went to remount the Hankooks.

In the midst of the remounting the summer tires this past spring, I noticed some of the beads on both summer and winter sets were beginning to tear due to all the stretching during mounting/dismounting.

I decided I'd shop for a dedicated set of winter rims. Found a set of rims (Big Dawgs by Dub) I liked even better than my Beyern Multi's. I purchased them with the intent of mounting my summer tires on them in the spring.

I mounted the snow tires on the Beyern Multi's literally the day we got 12" of snow. They handle great. So enough of the foreground information.

The question I ask is posed because I received a call today from the rim dealer. Because I've been running 20x10" all around pretty much since I've had the truck, that is what I ordered. But the dealer is telling me that he did all this research and I must use staggered fitment 20x9 up front and 20x10 in back and he doesnt want to ship the order and then I have to send it back.

The offset for the 20x10s he'd prepared for shipment is +38. My summer tires as I mentioned before are 275/40/20s. If I get 20x9s up front, I'm pretty sure they'll fit onto the rim but the tires will be a little bit squeezed onto the rim.

My question is (and maybe I should make a poll) should I just keep the order as 20x10s all around that have posed no adverse effects over the 20 months I've had the X or should I get the narrower 20x9s?

As I said before, I have the wide body kit and the 20x10s up front fill out the wheel well nicely.

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2001 X5 3.0 manual with factory widebody kit