I used Rola lateral cross rails to mount my SUP carriers. They have a smaller leading edge and look a little better than the Thule or factory cross bars. They do create some whistling at 25 MPH and then quiet at all other speeds. I do remove them when I don't need them...

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Thanks for the reply guys. Hah it's funny to hear some of your responses with aerodynamics and gas consumption.

Well I didn't delete rails for that purpose. I actually like the sleek look on the X5. I've even deleted the rear windshield wipers just because I like the clean look.

I don't I'm defeating the purpose on these accessories but I really just toy around with the X5 and I don't do much of transport or really really long drives in bad weather conditions. The onky thing I really haul around with this truck is a trailer for my motorcycle.

Here's how she looks. She's a bit different now. Different rims and some chrome delete.http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g5...69322670_o.jpg

I'm rocking the same wheels. :thumbup::thumbup:

I love them. Unfortunately construction workers left a man hole cover aside where they were doing work at and didn't seal it back up with no orange cone or any type of warning. I ran over it at 25mph and the manhole took a bite out of the rims. I was soo furious.

That is some straight up bullshit. I feel you. There's a construction zone near me that put a screw in my tire every time I went near it. Patching isn't as bad as rim work though. Ouch.

I want a set of those 214's for the E53! Can't find them anymore. :dunno:

eBay. You can get replicas for under $1k, or mix and match sellers for OEM without too much hassle but a lot more money.

I have looked but all I can find are the E70 version that do not fit properly. I remember there were after market that had the correct hub bore. Do you have a link?

214's
 

you can use the e70 214 wheels. you just need some hub centric rings

I purchased mine on 4/27/2015

Discount Performance.com
74.1 - 72.56 mm
$15.00

Absolutely right. My tire shop did the hub centric rings free when they mounted the tires on the new wheels.

Speaking of: SET OF FOUR 4 20" x9.5" 10.5" for BMW X5 X6 35I 48I 50I WHEELS RIMS NEW Y BLACK