View Single Post
  #16  
Old 10-29-2011, 09:33 AM
koolkat1973 koolkat1973 is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: South Riding, VA
Posts: 84
koolkat1973 is on a distinguished road
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarge View Post
Here are some pics of my new (to me) '07 X5 4.8i sport.

I installed the mud flaps, which I initially thought were a bit wide and clunky looking, but necessary in WY to keep rocks off my boat and others' windshields.

With the mudflaps in place, and the 20" OEM fender flares, it was immediately apparent that spacers would be needed. I installed 30mm spacers in the rear, and will be installing 20mm spacers in the front once I get the new lug bolts (backordered). Bringing the wheels out with the spacers really helped make the mudflaps look less hokey.

(If I lived in other parts of the country, I would not use the mudflaps, but here they are a necessity).

The wheels (style 232) were take-offs from an X6, and strangely I had to grind down the wheel bores on the front two to make them fit the hubs. I only had to take off a little 'edge' at the start of the hub, about 3mm wide, grinding them down about 1-2mm. Very strange though that they don't just fit to begin with.

In any event, here's some photos from the other evening, starting around dusk and continuing into the evening as the full moon came out...













(plates from former owner, still waiting on the title to get WY plates)
Did you have to use any spacers on the rear ones since the offset for the rear style 232 wheels is ET18 and the offset for the X5 wheel is ET48? Thanks.

Kiet
Reply With Quote

Sponsored Links