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      05-28-2011, 09:26 AM   #1
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Wheel Spacers

Has anyone installed these? Thoughts?
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      05-29-2011, 02:37 AM   #2
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I'm going to be installing them onto my car next week. 13mm in front 5mm or a 10mm in rear.

I've run them on all my previous cars when I wanted a better stance than what the wheels could provide.

On my E320 and E55 I had no issues as I had 25mm rear and 8mm front on a previous setup.

The great thing is we have lug bolts not lug nuts so there really is no downside in my opinion.
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      05-30-2011, 12:22 AM   #3
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Interesting.

Why the (inverse) stagerred setup? Thx.
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      06-04-2011, 05:27 AM   #4
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I'm going to install too,
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      06-04-2011, 04:34 PM   #5
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Interesting.

Why the (inverse) stagerred setup? Thx.
You mean why bigger spacer in the front? I assume it's because the front wheels sits in more than the rear wheels.
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I had my spacers installed on Thursday and am quite satisfied with the fitment of my wheels now.

BBS LMR 20x8.5 +32 offset (front) and 20x9.5 +35 offset (rear)

Spacers 13mm front and 5mm rear

So the net value of my setup is +19 front and +30 rear

I will take some photos of it next week to share with you guys. But at the moment I have the wheels flush to the body with no rubbing at all. I can take all turns, uturns, sweeping freeway dips at freeway speeds with no issues.

Even with these spacers now i can easily go another 5mm in the front but that wouldnt be flush anymore and be poking >
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      06-12-2011, 12:39 PM   #7
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Any ideas on sizes for a 550xi MSport?

I was thinking 5mm front 10-12mm rear. Input would be appreciated. Thx
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      06-12-2011, 12:42 PM   #8
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I should add I have the non xi wheels:

8.5x19 ET33 front
9 x 19 ET44 rear
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On my car my offsets are 20x8.5 ET19 and 20.9.5 ET30

Using the http://www.1010tires.com/wheeloffsetcalculator.asp calculator it says your wheels compared to my setup is the following

14mm retracted (sunken in) on the front
20mm retracted (sunken in) on the rear

If you lower your car as I have your wheels should be flush to the body with no rubbing at all. Otherwise on a stock body and not lowered your wheels will probably look like they are poking out a bit.

I went out friday during lunch with 4 people in the car including myself and had no rubbing at all.
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