Why do I want mud tires on my X5?
 

Someone help. :genius:
I'm eyeing a set of 275/45R20 Atturo Trail Blade mud tires to mount on my spare 20x10 style 214 wheels.
And mount on my 2006 X5...

What's wrong with me?

You guys are too late (thanks a lot ��). Just ordered them.
Stay tuned...

You guys are quite the boring peanut gallery :yawn:

Picked them up today from FedEx
And of course couldn't wait to put them on. I still need some lug nuts for my 15mm spacers. The ones I had were maybe M12? I guess the X5 takes an M14. I plan to install them only in the rear, but they look quite good as-is if I may say so. They look the right size for the X5, only a tad oversize, not noticeable to the naked eye.

I'll post some better pics when I wash it.

So just a recap:
I was running squared style 214 rears (20x11) with 295/40R20 Michelin Latitudes. Wore those down and got an itch to put some mud tires on my spare front style 214s (20x10).
And here we are.
275/45R20 Atturo Trail Blade XT (sort of a hybrid mud tire) on the squared set of front 214s.

They hum a little as expected. But ride really good actually, only got to 65mph but so far all good. I used 2 oz of balancing beads in each. Good to have some tires with tread.

That's a good look for the E53 and they should work well in situations where there is a less than optimal road surface! :thumbup:

Most of us prefer speed over "run over everything" driving.

Thanks! First day of driving on them was good. It's only a subtle difference visually. A few more teaser pics of the beast. She makes a good cat warmer when not eating up asphalt.

More rain tomorrow but maybe a good wash and better pics after that.

This X5 is no speed demon, barely gets out of its own way. I wish it would go fast. But I love it!

I didn't even know what mud tyres look like :D

Looks pretty badass, have to say. Here we have virtually no dirt roads to speak off so offroading is very much a niche activity

Thanks!
Truthfully I don't need mud tires either, only could have used them a handful of times in the last couple years. They'll be asphalt eaters like my Michelin tires were. These were only $600 shipped with tax and are supposed to get 45k miles. I'll be pushing 240k miles by then. We'll see.

Here are a few better pics after I washed some of the grime off from all this rain we've been getting.

There are no spacers installed yet. I have 12mm, 15mm, and just ordered some 20mm with M14x1.5 extended lug bolts. So I'll see what looks best when I get a chance. As-is they sit way better than I expected.

very clean... needs some mud :D

Thought of this thread when I saw this blog post from ECSTuning.

https://blog.ecstuning.com/best-of-b...r-overlanding/