Wheel spacers
 

Would anyone know of a place to buy these in Aus? plenty of overseas places but will take forever to get them.

do you mean hub rings ?

I got mine from my service place, what city are you in ?

Im in Perth - I have fitted 20" wheels to my X5, have ordered some wheel arches so I need the spacers to extend the wheels out to the edge of the arches.

Turner Motorsport | BMW Wheels - Genuine & Performance US company I know but they make a spacer you could trust, however If I were you I would check your state roads authority to make sure of their legality and also your insurance company. My understanding is they are illegal in all states of Aus, and I'll guarantee your insurance company won't have a bar of them, your call. What width wheels are you running to need spacers?

wheels are 20" with 10.5 on rear and 9.5 front - Im just looking at spacers for a wider stance and looks - have ordered arches from BMW so will wait for them before I decide on spacer width. Not sure if it is illegal but I do know the insurance companies dont like it. Have seen a similar vehicle with the same wheels and arches fitted but without spacers it looks a bit odd. Have checked out a few of the spacer suppliers on ebay etc and although they are reasonably expensive and also quite a bit of price difference between them its much better than a quote I got from a local suspension business to supply the same thing. Will post some pics when I complete the project.
Cheers

Just interested what your paying for your flares as BMW quoted me $450Aud each for 4.8is flares where you can buy Gen' BMW Special Edition ones for $300Aud for the full set plus freight from OS, also my wheels are only 1/2 inch wider than yours and they look fine but lowering it does make it look wider, the 4.8is has your setup. Just some thoughts .:thumbup:

10.5 have a more aggressive offest than the std 11" wheels to make up for the width.

I would make sure you get the right tyres first and then if its no good get some H+R spacers.

I had them on my previous e46 M3 and they where fine

Flares were $320 for the full set from BMW, delivery is about 3 weeks - Im fairly sure you just rivet them on over the existing ones, they arent the ones that go all the way over and into the side steps

Whaa

Which BMW ?
Auto Classic ??

Or did you get from OS ? any info ....

thanks ( ps , thats a gr8 deal ! )

Auto Classic in Perth - I was surprised to so just paid for them and got outta there.

Part number BM-51710149189 - $316.47 inc gst

sorry to be the bearer of bad news, that is not the arches. Its like an extra mud flap cover for the aero kit. it wont even fit the other x5's

do a search of you part no on here.

I would go get your $$ back :)

Its an upgrade (flared arch) thats fitted as part of theBMW 20" wheel & wider tyre upgrade option - seen them on a few E53's, without them the tyres protrudes from the standard arch - with them I think the tyres sit in to far hence looking for the wheel spacers to enhance the look. Thx for the attachment but like the guy says its hardly of any use. Also need to remove the std rear mudflaps for them to fit but you can also get the new mudflaps to suit, Im leaving them of for now.

its actually just a mud guard for the aero kit. Its not the flared arches. the flared arches are an entirely different part no.

OZ is right in what he is saying. these are the flares I fitted Fender Flare Retrofit Kit - 51710398336 which are off the Special Edition 3.0d we didn't get in Aus. Also the 10.5" rim has only a .5mm different offset to a 11" ( gen BMW rims )

hunter :) we did get the special edition 3.0d

I know, because i was looking at 2 of them. 2006, one was lemans , one was black. Both had the stock 20's with the flare kit ( no body kit )

Got the 25 mm spacers fitted all round, had the wheels done in black metallic, just waiting on flares and all done.

black metallic????? gary glitter