New E53 X5 3.0 owner introduction

[dkl]

Originally Posted by EH6TunerDaniel

His car has 18s, and they are the correct sport wheels for a pre-lci 3.0 with sport package.

Agreed. The largest wheel any E53 3.0i ever came with was 18s. Even the 19s for the 4.4i sports package was optional.

[GunnyGlow]

My 05 3.0 with Sport package has 255/55r18.

[PropellerHead]

Originally Posted by EH6TunerDaniel

His car has 18s, and they are the correct sport wheels for a pre-lci 3.0 with sport package.

Originally Posted by dkl

Agreed. The largest wheel any E53 3.0i ever came with was 18s. Even the 19s for the 4.4i sports package was optional.

+1

And my mother in law's '01 3.0 SPP has the same wheel in the trunk as is on the ground. They did not change until after the face lift. My '04 3.0 SPP had the different spare.

My '04 4.8is (obviously SPP) had the smaller, temporary 'donut' spare. I swapped the entire mechanism, including the lift straps and spare cover from the 3.0 into the 4.8is before I sold the 3.0.

This is a 3.0 SPP with 18" wheels window sticker I found from another thread:



I also found an '06 4.4SPP with the added 19" for $950.

[kblackwe]

I ran my VIN using the BMW VIN decoder to confirm that I indeed have the sport package as well. Here's the link for anyone interested in checking out options on their X as it came from the factory: BMW Baureihenarchiv · BMW Vehicle Identification Number Decoder · bmwarchiv.de