Handy dandy chart, from Search:
http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...omparison.html

E53 wheels are slightly smaller in bore size vs E70; a couple of posters reported that they were successful in having E53 wheel bore machined larger.

Others can help on your add'l questions.
GL, mD

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