[SCZ4]

Hi all,

I had spacers on my E61 550i which really improved the look. I'm thinking of doing the same again on my wagon\touring. I have the 19" optional rims, 245 wide tyres. What spacers sizes are you guys running? All my searches return results for the saloon.

I'm thinking 12mm front and 15mm rear. I don't want any rubbing, rolling arches, fender work etc. I will potentially lower slightly on ACS springs at some point.

Thanks in advance.

G

[MELLOWYELLOW06]

you will be fine

[SCZ4]

Thanks.

Do you have any pics?

I'm not concerned about the rears, 15mm will fill the arches nicely, in fact I could maybe get away with 20mm. But I'm not so sure about 12mm on the front, the other option is 10mm.

G

[rsyed]

hi,

here you go: with 10mm per side (front and rear) on 8,5xET 35... am pretty happy with teh outcome.

tüv tested the combination with 300kg in the book with the wheels up on a wedge.. very closed to rubbing...

[SCZ4]

^ wow, stunning!

Thanks. I'll need to work out the difference in offsets.

What wheels are those? How is the ride?

Also, is that an additional front lip?

G

[rsyed]

Originally Posted by SCZ4

^ wow, stunning!

Thanks. I'll need to work out the difference in offsets.

What wheels are those? How is the ride?

Also, is that an additional front lip?

G

they are breyton wheels.

if you have the optional OEM 19" wheels, then you have ET 33 front and rear. With 10mm on each side, you should be fine. It would stick out a further 2 mm compared to my setup - that should work.

I would not go for more than 10mm -> safety comes first and i saw it with TÜV putting 300kg in my car and putting diagonal wheels on wedges - effectively this is the extreme and simulating high speed cornering with weight. After seeing how close it gets, I am not sure how people go for more..

[SCZ4]

20" I assume?

I measured the gap from the tyre to the outer arch. My front is only 5mm but the rear is 20mm. If I fit 10mm the front wheel will stick out past the wing which I don't want. I'm thinking 15mm rear only now.

I've ran hub centric spacers on my M3 track car so it's not a concern. In fact some manufacturers won't make hub centric 10mm for safety reasons, eibach being one of them.

[rsyed]

Originally Posted by SCZ4

20" I assume?

I measured the gap from the tyre to the outer arch. My front is only 5mm but the rear is 20mm. If I fit 10mm the front wheel will stick out past the wing which I don't want. I'm thinking 15mm rear only now.

I've ran hub centric spacers on my M3 track car so it's not a concern. In fact some manufacturers won't make hub centric 10mm for safety reasons, eibach being one of them.

yes 20"..

if you have OEM wheels, i am sure you have more than 5 mm for teh front. See my previous posting.

[remmib]

If you're not dropped the fronts are pretty flush, but the fronts will camber in when you lowered, so you need a lower offset/spacers on the front when lowered.

[EmArAsOnS]

Originally Posted by rsyed

hi,

here you go: with 10mm per side (front and rear) on 8,5xET 35... am pretty happy with teh outcome.

tüv tested the combination with 300kg in the book with the wheels up on a wedge.. very closed to rubbing...

looks pretty good

[SCZ4]

Great timing to bring this thread alive again, just away to buy spacers

I've decided 10mm front and 12mm rear.

What 10mm spacers are you guys using? H&R? Or the expensive Macht Schnell spacers?

[EmArAsOnS]

Originally Posted by SCZ4

Great timing to bring this thread alive again, just away to buy spacers

I've decided 10mm front and 12mm rear.

What 10mm spacers are you guys using? H&R? Or the expensive Macht Schnell spacers?

Would like to find out as well.
(I'm in phase one....trying to decide if 10mm (front and rear) would be good enough on my f11 with m351 or not )

[SCZ4]

My winter wheels are 7mm more aggressive in offset and I tried 3mm spacer on the front and it was perfect. Bought some cheap ones off ebay for £3 just for testing on my driveway.

Did the same on the rear and 12mm would be safer, but 15mm is definitely possible to be as flush as the front.

[EmArAsOnS]

Originally Posted by SCZ4

Great timing to bring this thread alive again, just away to buy spacers

I've decided 10mm front and 12mm rear.

What 10mm spacers are you guys using? H&R? Or the expensive Macht Schnell spacers?

Looks like BMS is the one to look for

[BigDeep1]

Check out this thread to see before and after pics with the spacers:

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=663170

[Itanium]

Hey rsyed,

Wow, thats a very great touring you 've got!

I'm just wondering about the ET at the rear.
Is yours an xdrive?

RWD comes with ET 33 at front and ET 44 at rear. xdrive should have 44 allround.
If so, ET 35 + 10mm spacers make more than the 2% of the original track width.
I wonder how TÜV accepted this.

I want to put the Breyton Race LS 10x20 ET35 at rear (without spacers).
Could this work?

Regards,
Itanium

[remmib]

Originally Posted by Itanium

Hey rsyed,

Wow, thats a very great touring you 've got!

I'm just wondering about the ET at the rear.
Is yours an xdrive?

RWD comes with ET 33 at front and ET 44 at rear. xdrive should have 44 allround.
If so, ET 35 + 10mm spacers make more than the 2% of the original track width.
I wonder how TÜV accepted this.

I want to put the Breyton Race LS 10x20 ET35 at rear (without spacers).
Could this work?

Regards,
Itanium

All F11s comes with ET33, both RWD and xDrive. Only F10s gets the wider rears with ET44.

[Itanium]

Originally Posted by remmib

All F11s comes with ET33, both RWD and xDrive. Only F10s gets the wider rears with ET44.

OK thanks remmib, that's good to know.

I always thought it was the other way round. A friend of mine has got an F11 LCI xdrive that came with ET43 OEM wheels. But there should be enough space to put some 10-20mm spacers.

Itanium

[remmib]

Originally Posted by Itanium

OK thanks remmib, that's good to know.

I always thought it was the other way round. A friend of mine has got an F11 LCI xdrive that came with ET43 OEM wheels. But there should be enough space to put some 10-20mm spacers.

Itanium

Are you sure they're ET43, pretty sure the LCI is the same as pre-LCI offset wise so should be ET33.

[Itanium]

Originally Posted by remmib

Are you sure they're ET43, pretty sure the LCI is the same as pre-LCI offset wise so should be ET33.

No, you are right. In fact it's not an F11 but an E61 LCI xdrive with Styling 135 M wheels.

Itanium