***Snow Pix of the X5 on a recent winter trip***

[C's Bimmer]

I took the family up to our house in Vermont recently and realized the 20's (214's) wouldn't cut it up there and had to be stored for the winter. I ended up going with Style 210's for my witner set-up, had them powdercoated high gloss black and slapped some Blizzak LM-25 RFT's on there. The truck is absolutely bullet proof with this set-up. Wherever I point the wheel, the car goes. It plows through everything and is very reliable. I'm very happy thus far, but I must admit that the 20's make this car. I guess I'll just have to wait until Spring.

Our house is right near the Canadian border, so my wife, daughter and I decided to make a trip up to Canada one day. The pictures of the road ahead are on our way back through a blizzard. The car handled like a dream. I'm really glad I "unlowered" it or I would have had issues in the deep stuff.

Enjoy!

[stltri]

Awesome looking setup!! What size tires do you have on those rims? Did you have to add spacers in the rear?

[FSETH]

Great pics! I like what you did with the wheels. By the way, your house looks like a winter dreamland.

[C's Bimmer]

Originally Posted by stltri

Awesome looking setup!! What size tires do you have on those rims? Did you have to add spacers in the rear?

255/55R-18 Bridgestone Blizzak LM-25 4X4 RFT Runflat.

I'm running the 20" 214's for Summer and I have 10mm spacers in the front and 20mm in the rear. This pushes the wheels perfectly flush with the extended wheel arches.

For the winter, I kept them on there. Due to the offsets being higher on the 210's, they don't stick out as far, even with the spacers, especially the rears, but it makes sense. It's also not an 11" width rear on the 18" 210's. It's still better than no spacers though. The wheels would be completely tucked in if I wasn't using them.

Anyway, thanks for the compliment. Hope this helps.

[NotEntirelyJack]

I've got the same tires on mine and was in a snowstorm about a month ago and no problems. I was skiing and when I came back to the car there had been about 5" of new snow. The cayenne with snow tires parked near me was stuck but I just drove off! Great pics!

[GuyOh]

i love seeing pics of X5s in the snow!

[C's Bimmer]

Originally Posted by NotEntirelyJack

I've got the same tires on mine and was in a snowstorm about a month ago and no problems. I was skiing and when I came back to the car there had been about 5" of new snow. The cayenne with snow tires parked near me was stuck but I just drove off! Great pics!

Ha! That's great. I should tell that to my buddy who just got a Cayenne.

[rh71]

looks like fun out there... I'm surprised you didn't get detained for taking snapshots at the border.

[poleposition]

Looks like fun. Where was my invite?

[C's Bimmer]

Originally Posted by poleposition

Looks like fun. Where was my invite?

I invited you to the other house, which is actually a lot more fun than this one. Going 2nd week of March. You guys in?