Space saver for 2011 X5.
 

I regrettably didn't order a space saving tire when I was ordering the car and now I have no spare and no tools. I don't want to pay $300 for the set from the dealer when the factory option is only about $100. I think I will pay a visit to my local junk yards and will try to find an OE set. The question is will all year models X5 spare sets fit a 2011 X5 (ie E53, E70 -- all years)?

Thanks!

Not sure if all model years will fit, but I took the spare from my 2007 before I traded it in for my 2011 and it fits just fine.

Based on the change in the center/hub hole in the wheels, I'm guessing that an E53 wheel would not fit, nor would a wheel from an X6.

Space Save Tire for 2011 X5
 

I didn't think about ordering it until my CA said I really should because 1) it's pretty cheap to do so when ordering and 2) if we ever move away RFT's we will be all set and not stranded.

I guess he knew what he was talking about and actually helped me. :thumbup:

Car is now awaiting transport so I am hoping I can take delivery before next Tuesday before I go on my winter golf trip.

Just don't know how long trucking & dealer readiness takes. :dunno: It doesn't help my case that car dealers are closed in Colo on Sundays.

When ordered with the car, MSRP on Space Saver Spare (option code 200) is $150 and invoice is $135. I know these can be ordered from Tischer and others; $300 may or may not be in the ball park. (Remember, you need a scissors jack, wheel chocks and lug wrench too; the wheel won't do you much good if you have no way to pull the flat tire off the car).

But why would you want to risk a used tire from a junkyard, even if you could save $100 or so? If you got a flat late at night in a bad part of town, would you really want to learn "the hard way" that the spare Shady Lefty's Auto Salvage sold you didn't work?

My 2 cents: spend the extra $$$ for new, hope yo never need it, then sell it on eBay or Craigs list when you switch cars.

Can't answer definitively for all years and models, but the wheels from my 2002 X5 would not fit my 2011 X5. The spare tire in my 2002 X5 was full-size (albeit 17-inch) and I can't see how it would fit in the 2011's space-saver spare tire well. Based on that, I would not recommend looking at used E53 spare tires/wheels.

The wheels from the E53 (2000-2006) do not fit the E70 (2007-current). They have different hub bore sizes. All E70 wheels have the same hub bore size.

Definitively.

I regret not getting the spare as well as it was only $150

I just did that. It cost about $380 for all the parts and $120 for the dealer to install them. It is DIY, but I didn't have the time prior to a road trip and switching to non-RFT winter tires. You will have to get the tire mounted to the rim.

The $380 includes the wheel, an un-mounted tire, a tray, the HW to secure it to the tray, a jack, and a lug wrench. The local parts guru ordered it all but the guy behind the counter when I picked it up had no clue about it, or where the other guy had put it. I said isn't that tire, and large box over in the corner, the kit?
It still took him 10 minutes to ring it up....

OP if you think you're going to move away from rfts, then I personally would just spend the $$ and get a new one..

Hell, the time saved not searching ads and junk yards has got to be worth a couple hundred right?!