Obviously not any version you could just walk down to the dealership and buy

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I just want to tool around the trails a little (once upgrade the tires). Just bought my X5. It's parked up on a berm now, 4x4 or AWD parking only and it seems to like it :)

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Here are some pictures of the front bumper mock up

For what you do, what should you be able to hit without damage?

"Without damage"..lol.. More like try to "minimize damage". Also dont want to add too much weight. It is still in mock up phase. It is getting some skid plates below the winch area.

Sarek - it's positively beastly! Can you review what you did suspension wise? I was only half-heartedly thinking of contacting FMU about their spacers as a cheap lift but who knows. It's only an inch or so, shouldn't create too much driveline havoc for mild trail driving. Any boost in clearance would help.

Also found an old pic thread by someone who mounted up 285-60-18s on an otherwise stock vehicle. My wife sort of put the kibosh when I was looking at tires though "those are $250 each?" ;)

Thats freekin amazing, i wish i had the time and money to do that! So far just oversized tires, savin up for FMUs body spacers. The X5 does pretty well off road with the nittos. Sarek im jealous as hell!

First--It looks great!

I assumed you don't want it any heavier than need be.

Reason I asked about how much impact is my initial reaction per the photo was I wondered how much the loop would take without X bracing across the loop or from the top of the loop elsewhere. I am not questioning your expertise, I am only interested to learn from your reasoning.

^beamertruck- gotta price for the FMU spacers? I'd love to go this route with 265/70/17 tires on the stock wheels for a winter set up... Also, aren't the FMU spacers a 2" lift? Subscribed to Sarek's awesome build!

FMU just replied to my inquiry, "We estimate the cost to be somewhere around the $500 + shipping mark." No notes on what may be included in the kit but encouraging so far.

Barring any lift or clearancing a 70 series tire might be too tall? GL and please report back if you try!