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      12-09-2012, 01:04 PM   #45
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Beautiful Car and nice wheels!

How much did you lower your car? Did you lower the front and back?


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Beautiful Car and nice wheels!

How much did you lower your car? Did you lower the front and back?
Thanks. These are ACS springs. They lower the car by 1 inch.
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      01-04-2013, 01:45 PM   #47
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Gotta love the wheels!! Have you installed 3d design lip? If not, what d u think about the VRS front lip?
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Gotta love the wheels!! Have you installed 3d design lip? If not, what d u think about the VRS front lip?
Not yet! Probably next month. Never heard about VRS front lip. Do you have a picture?
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Pure class all the way, nicely done!
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      01-16-2013, 10:50 AM   #50
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Pure class all the way, nicely done!
Thanks
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      07-20-2015, 01:49 PM   #51
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Here's my new set up (iPhone quality). I ordered 15' spacers for the rear wheels and still can't decide if I should go with 10 or 12.5 for the front wheels. What do you guys think, 10 or 12.5?
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      07-20-2015, 04:06 PM   #52
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Looks pretty damn sweet!
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      07-21-2015, 11:36 AM   #53
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Looks pretty damn sweet!
Thanks
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If u get a better shot of the front fender and wheel it would give us a better visual for what spacer to run. Close-up shot if u can!
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If u get a better shot of the front fender and wheel it would give us a better visual for what spacer to run. Close-up shot if u can!
I'm planning to install the spacers today or tomorrow. I'll update the post with new pics.
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Here's my new set up (iPhone quality). I ordered 15' spacers for the rear wheels and still can't decide if I should go with 10 or 12.5 for the front wheels. What do you guys think, 10 or 12.5?
These are BMW wheel style 373, F 8,5x20 ET 33 R 9x20 ET 44.
You can go 10-12 front and 20-25 rear.
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      07-26-2015, 12:37 PM   #57
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These are BMW wheel style 373, F 8,5x20 ET 33 R 9x20 ET 44.
You can go 10-12 front and 20-25 rear.
Thanks for the info! I decided to go with 12 front. I was looking for pictures with the same wheels and 20' rear spacers but no luck. I'll install 15' rear next week and see if I like it but I guess I should've gone with 20'.
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      07-26-2015, 03:51 PM   #58
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Спасибо за инфу! I decided to go with 12 front. I was looking for pictures with the same wheels and 20' rear spacers but no luck. I'll install 15' rear next week and see if I like it but I guess I should've gone with 20'.
Crowdsourcing is in progress )

Yours 373M F 8,5x20 ET 33 R 9x20 ET 44 are the stock wheels for the F12:
http://realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showpart...diagId=36_1656

The 351M F 8,5x19 ET 33 R 9x19 ET 44 are the stock wheels for the F10, see catalogue for both '12 550ix and '13 535i:
http://realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showpart...diagId=36_1527
http://realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showpart...diagId=36_1527

You see 373 and 351 have same specs except diameter 19" to 20" but this is not important for offset. So we can consider the 373 and 351 equal in terms of spacers for the F10.

So here is the example of the '13 535i with the 351M and 12mm front and 15mm rear BMS spacers:
http://www.n54tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19604

I would say, you will have the same look with 15mm rears, though consider 20mm are better, as we discussed. You'll have R 9x20 ET 24. It would be equivalent to a 36 offset with 10 inch wide wheels. I am running R 10x20 ET28 and believe that offset is perfect. Here are my pics: http://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1063954

Hope it helps)
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good looking car. looks tastey!

can you give some insight on the acs springs? who is acs btw? only acs I know is autoclub speedway lol.

I don't do spring only configurations bit for my wife's car if it isn't bouncy and the springs match the oem damping well it may be a cheaper alternative for me. could you please let me know? thanks.

we just picked up a 535d for her, moving from 135i with exhaust lol.
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Looks great man, I like your taste

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Is that tint wrap on the headlights?
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Those tints r pretty dark at least until the lights r turned on.
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Quick picture (iPhone quality) of the OEM 373 wheels with 12.5mm front and 20mm rear spacers . Thanks to ValBmw for helping me change my mind
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good looking car. looks tastey!

can you give some insight on the acs springs? who is acs btw? only acs I know is autoclub speedway lol.

I don't do spring only configurations bit for my wife's car if it isn't bouncy and the springs match the oem damping well it may be a cheaper alternative for me. could you please let me know? thanks.

we just picked up a 535d for her, moving from 135i with exhaust lol.
ACS - AC Schnitzer. I prefer these springs because of the 1 inch drop. They are the most popular choice on this forum. If you need to go lower, I recommend looking at H&R or KW coilover shocks.
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ACS - AC Schnitzer. I prefer these springs because of the 1 inch drop. They are the most popular choice on this forum. If you need to go lower, I recommend looking at H&R or KW coilover shocks.
didn't want to go all out on my wife's car because my car is already a money pit because of the amount of track it sees but yes, you are right, there is no way around it. I'll prob have to coilover it.
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Quick picture of the 373 wheels with 12.5mm front and 20mm rear spacers. Thanks to ValBmw for helping me change my mind
That came out really good with those spacers!
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Sick, OEMPLUS! Looking great. I'm running 464m wheels on mine with 10mm spacers up front and 18mm in the rear. After looking at your pic I think I would've benefited from another 2mm. Have you thought about wrapping the roof in gloss black? Although done by many on this forum, I think that's the best advantage of a white F10.
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