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Originally Posted by rh71 (Post 998297)

Got new wheels (thanks for the referral 95wildtt)... you know what's funny is the dying TPMS sensors led me to discovering the Toyo Proxes STII tires had hairline cracks in the rubber due to them being 6 years old now, so I had to swap out tires and decided this would be the perfect time to swap wheels too. I liked the 214s except they were reps and had an unsolvable vibration above 60mph. I just couldn't deal anymore.

These 433 reps are perfect as far as a smooth ride goes. I put them on staggered Conti DWS (same sizes as the old set) as I wanted a change from 2 sets of Toyos too - and it feels like a considerably lighter car in terms of acceleration and turns at slow speed. The M5 wheels were my first choice but they don't come in a staggered size that fits the X5. Parting words for the Toyo Proxes STIIs - I put nearly 40k miles on them and they still had 8/32 tread life left - great tire. Time will tell how these compare.

Aesthetics - I'm still not 100% sure about the dark shade of these against a white X5. I got some aluminum plastidip on the way and will see how that goes. More pics after that project is done. The old rims were 11" wide in the rear and these are 10.5". You can tell the difference as the rubber tucks in on the rim more than I'd like. Also I need to widen them out from the arches even more which means 25 or 30mm spacers instead of 20mm. What do you guys think of the shade?

Looks hot man!

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Looks GREAT!
But I'm a bit partial

I agree, looks great and I like the darker grey shade; I'd leave it personally.

I think a 25mm spacer would be fine; I'm running the same 10.5 rear as you on the 214 rep and I have a 20mm spacer. I think I had a pretty good offset to begin with though.

My X5 E70 M Sport 3.0d

X5 E70 M Sport 3.0d
Pan Roof,
Auto,
Nappa Leather,
Sat Nav,
DAB Radio,
Reversing Camera,
Heated Seats,
Xenons,
Privacy Glass,
De Badged.

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Originally Posted by rh71 (Post 998297)

Aesthetics - I'm still not 100% sure about the dark shade of these against a white X5. I got some aluminum plastidip on the way and will see how that goes. More pics after that project is done. The old rims were 11" wide in the rear and these are 10.5". You can tell the difference as the rubber tucks in on the rim more than I'd like. Also I need to widen them out from the arches even more which means 25 or 30mm spacers instead of 20mm. What do you guys think of the shade?

You know your car looks way to bad ass for a 3.0. Time to do a motor swap :nanana:

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Originally Posted by blue dragon (Post 999432)

You know your car looks way to bad ass for a 3.0. Time to do a motor swap :nanana:

Would be nice for the occasional drive without my kids in it. Most times I'm just chauffeuring them around.

Just installed new MRR 20" GroundForce gf06 wheels on the 2009 xDrive48i along with the black sport grilles and painted the front mesh. Took a picture today since it was nice out, Let me know what you guys think!

p.s- I have the extended fender flares in the garage, waiting to see if I should throw them on also.

black wheels on dark car...boring

cant even tell what the wheels look like