Staggered Wheels - Necessary on the X5?
 

I am thinking of selling my 19" Style 132's and moving on to some 20's.

Do I need a staggered set-up? I doubt I need a staggered set-up for handing as I don't drive over 80 mph. The staggered look is awesome, but can I get the same look with using spacers?

So the 132's dimensions of the front wheels are 9" x 19" and 10" x 19" for the rear wheels.

The 20's would be : 10 x 20 275/40 R 20.
If I would staggered the 20's; the rears would be: 11 x 20 315/35 R 20

Sure could use all of your advise as I don't want to make a bad decision.

go with Staggered set up.
and the 19''x10 with spacer still look skinny to me compare to 10.5 with 315 rear.

Agree with above...do it!

Agree with mrbmwx5.

mine is staggered, exactly what you mentioned and i just love it!

Bimmer360 do your wheels look alot bigger than your old 19's or just abit?

Yes, they look bigger and better.

GO WITH THE STAGGERED !!!

:iagree: Check my post : http://www.xoutpost.com/x5-e53-forum/...hlight=finally

Hmm, I have 132's that are staggered - BUT !
 

I guess my writing isn't that great.
My current set-up is 19" 132's that are staggered. 19 x 9 and 19 x 10.
The 20's I want to purchase are 20 x 10 and 20 x 11.
So I do understand the what you all are saying about the looks. Staggered looks awesome. Is that all the benefits for keeping staggered in my situation? I don't need the handling, so other than the looks I am guessing it isn't necessary?

If I don't run staggered on the 20's, then my set-up would be 20 x 10's all around.

I do need some help.

Thanks!

if you dont want to do the Stagg.you can do 20x10 around thats even better, you can rotation when you need it to give the tires more life .Many one onboard here had done that way too.

:wavey: Bruinman...

I think it's personal preference. The staggered look more aggressive and the handling is better on the twisties. If you're not interested in the handling aspect :confused: and you like the look of non staggered, you answered your own question.

:)

Not really answering my own question as I am no expert in the field.
All I know is that BMW put on a staggered set-up on my X5. Must be for a reason other than looks?
I am looking for advise from a great community that knows more than me.
That's all.

Better handling and summer performance with staggard setup.

Has anyone done testing with a staggered vs. non-staggered? On almost all other BMWs a nonstaggered setup will help balance out the inherent understeer of the car and has the added benefit of rotation. Now I too love the look of staggered setups, 3 of my bimmers run this way, including my X, but if you look at the setups of the FAST guys at auto X, usually they either run same sizes all round, or try to minimize the size differential.

Go with the staggered 20s. If it makes the handling better, great, but I did it strictly for the looks. I don't regret it one bit.!! looks great IMO

Very interesting stuff you wrote; but isn't staggered giving more understeer?

Safety wise I just want to make sure I am not going against what the X5 sport package is set-up to do. I seen some SUV's roll over in the news.

Attachment 25085 I sure like these rims, V Spoke M 227. 11 x 20 in the rear - shish not so sure.

Thanks to all that posted. Even to Creamy. :)

Correct, a staggered setup contributes to more understeer.

Guys auto X'ing the Z3 usually try to run the same size all around, and the hot setup for the E39 M5 to dial out understeer is to run 4 rear wheels with 275 rubber. The old E30 M3 runs all the same size on all 4 corners, and the matching tires on the 95' E36 M3 were changed to a stagger setup in 96' to dial in more understeer when a few customers crashed and complained handling was too "lively".

I run 10.5 all the way around and love the look and the handling. I can also rotate my tires. Go with the 20 x 10's you will dig it!!

The 9.5's up front were too narrow for me.

The 10.5's or 10's will throw some additional dirt on the sides of the X due to sticking out a wee bit.....

Yup...rear-drive V8 with plenty of torque. Staggered wheel setup helps reduce snap oversteer when cornering...particularly when applying power when exiting the corners.

Islands is right, there has been much debate about staggered/non staggered on E36 M3's because it came both ways from the factory. I have owned several of both, and I can say that when putting on very expensive 20 inch tires the ability to rotate them will pay off huge in day to day livability. Cupped out non-rotated tires are the worst...