Purchasing a new X5,wanted to say hi! need opinions

[skokos]

Originally Posted by chris24

If you're going to upgrade the wheels aftermarket anyway, I'd stick with the factory 18's or 19's (depending on whether or not you're getting the sport package) for your winter wheels. The 20's aren't going to be any better in the snow than the 22's or whatever you put on. Or, you can upgrade to the 20's for the extra $950 and turn around and sell them for a couple grand and buy some 18's with snows from TireRack or wherever.

my whole purpose in changing out the aftermarket rims to the stock is to keep the chrome in good shape. i bet the stock 20's with snow tires handle pretty well!

[chris24]

Don't count on it. Snows will obviously help, but you're still talking about a very wide tire with small sidewalls. 18's with snow tires will be a big improvement over the 20's. I had to do that with my FX and the 20's on that are not as wide as the 20's on the X5. Made a huge difference in NY, can't imagine you would be ok with 20's in Utah.

[DipnX5]

Originally Posted by chris24

Don't count on it. Snows will obviously help, but you're still talking about a very wide tire with small sidewalls. 18's with snow tires will be a big improvement over the 20's. I had to do that with my FX and the 20's on that are not as wide as the 20's on the X5. Made a huge difference in NY, can't imagine you would be ok with 20's in Utah.

When we had the snow storms in Seattle, I was in a traffic jam bc people cant drive in the snow here, and started talking to a X5 4.4 owner. He either had 19 or 20 oem wheels. He was like how are you not slipping.

I was like look at your tires and look at mine. Even though I had toyo proxies (not the best snow tire), it was very apparent my car was handling better than his. Also I am probably a better snow driver then him but back to the Chris24 comment, yes not only the type of tire but also the size of the tire makes a difference.

[skokos]

Ok that makes sense fellas! i might just have to consider doing a smaller wheel for the snow!
as far as the other rims you guys were talking about,does anyone have any pictures or suggestions with a picture of other options that you might think will look good on the X5??