Will going with 22"s ruin my ride?

[Michelle]

Originally Posted by LeMansX5

Pics of 22" iForged wheels

[X-cellent]

My buddy has 22" staggared Hartge Classic II's. He also dropped the truck with a set of Hartge links and springs, and the ride is very rough and he's already "squared" one wheel on our roads down here, which are pretty good as we have no frost heaves or the like to deal with. He's running Continentals - non-runflat...

I'm running stock 20"s (214) on Dumslop RFT's and my ride, even in sport mode, is much better. Most of this can be attributed to the lowering springs, but without lowering it there is a lot of room in those wheel wells.

[Tangfish]

X-cellent, that's a tight ride. Is it your friend's or yours? I'm thinking that if guys are getting away with putting 22s on *and* lowering their rides, I should be able to do 22s w/ 5 extra on the sidewalls and not have too much of a rubbing problem. Of course, I'll find out once I try it. I still wonder about the speedometer though.

[X-cellent]

It's my business partners, mine is white. Like all have said, you have to watch the rolling diameter of the wheel otherwise you can throw off speedo as well as have clearance issues and who knows what else.

He did the Conti's at 295/30/22 and 325/25/22 i think..he's not in the office so I can't cheat and look.

My buddy loves the way it looks, hates the ride sometimes as it's very harsh with the rear links. Best part is his Hartge exhaust...sounds wicked!

I was the one who found the Hartge gear, but he moved faster....my X is stock, lease is almost up, then on to an X5M..either white over sakhir or maybe individualized with blue full leather...hopefully US can order them that way for 2011.

Best of luck...take pictures!

[XXX555]

Nice post and pics.

After I read the above, I found this (October 2009):

Hartge Tunes BMW X5 xDrive35d to 328hp

[Tangfish]

Alright, here I am at the wheel/tire shop and they're test fitting the 285/40/22 Yokohamas. For backup, if they don't fit *fingers crossed* we have the full set of 35 series tires. Will let you all know shortly!

[Tangfish]

Dang. The 40s didn't fit. They couldn't even mount the wheel, b/c the tire ran into the joint arch that juts out just above the wheel/tire.

Okay, 285/35/22s clear just barely, and they turned the wheels L/R and it fits without rubbing, also just barely. Well, I guess I figured out what the max size wheel/tire is that will fit on an X5!

[Tangfish]

Okie doke, here are the photos I promised:













Rides just fine. I did hear a rub *once* when cranking it and backing down the slope of the driveway, but I tried to reproduce it and I couldn't.

Thanks for all the advice fellas.

[Tangfish]

Alright, after a day or two of driving I found out what that noise was. Apparently the driver's side front wheel well has less room than the passenger side (which is the side they did the test fit on). I've been hearing a loud cracking sound every once in awhile, while backing up to the left. I found out that what this sound is are these plastic slats (sort of like window shades) cracking off from my tire rubbing on them. There is a large plate of plastic slats to the front of that left-side wheel well. About 5 of them have cracked off so far.

Does anyone know what these slats are for? They don't seem super protective since there's about an inch of space between each one of them, but since they're angled maybe they keep rocks from flying forward to hit the stuff behind the plastic slats. Anyway, I hope that having 5 or 6 of the slats missing isn't a big deal. It looks like the tire makes (or made) contact in a very specific spot, and that now that these slats are gone it won't continue to smack them.

Any thoughts?

[EdmBimmer]

Bump.

To the OP, did you consider 275's?