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Homage to the e53 Style 87 Wheels
Since I swapped the staggered 20” Nitto Motivo tires that were on my e53 X5 over to my f15 X5 (couldn’t stand the Pirelli run flats that were mounted)...I needed something for winter. Couldn’t find any 19” wheels within my budget knowing that I’d also need to buy new tires, too...so I got out the calculator to see if I could somehow work the style 87s to work on the f15. The biggest hindrance (obviously) is the wheel hub/center bore. The e53 has a 72.56mm hub...but the e70 and f15 X5s have the larger 74.1mm wheel hub/center bore. So to even begin to mount the wheels...I would either have to bore the wheels out or use hub-centric wheel spacers. Couldn’t find anyone locally to bore out the wheels...so went online to find 10mm, 12mm, or 15mm hub centric spacers. Finally found some 15mm spacers and 42mm extended bolts. Got all that stuff back in September and was just waiting for the fall temps to fall to where its consistently below 45° F...which is usually around Thanksgiving. Well, Mother Nature is being compliant and snow & cold temps are in the forecast for next week...so thought I’d take advantage of the holiday to get the wheels mounted. Success...they fit...and personally I don’t think they look that bad for being wheels that are two generations older than the vehicle. . I can also tell the difference in stopping and handling in today’s upper 30° F weather with the performance winter Yoko BluEarth tires vs the all season UHP Nitto Motivos. I can put a check in the “pro” column for the Yokos performing well in cold/dry conditions...hopefully they do just as well in cold/rain, cold/snow, cold/slush, cold/ice, and cold/any combo of the aforementioned.
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Look great!
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Danke. Merci. Grazie.
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Very Nice! Love the color on your car as well.
I have a set of 87s that I used for a couple of months on the E70. They are classic look that would work on any car. Unfortunately BMW went the way of over-designing their cars and the wheels went the same way.
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S e do bheatha.
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