I'm ready for the Nor'easter Snow coming from Alaska!!!

[jpsjr70]

Lmao!! When ever it comes to NJ. Put my Winter Wheels/Tires on today, love the ride with no RFT. Wheels came from Tire Rack cost $149.00 and I had 20" Blizzacks installed on them.

Joe

[jpsjr70]

Front Shot....

Joe

[rlemek]

Looks awesome!

[hyde]

Which tires are they?

[jpsjr70]

Originally Posted by hyde

Which tires are they?

BridgestoneBlizzak DM-V1(Light Truck/SUV Studless Ice & Snow) 275/40/20 x4

Joe

[turbotoy4me]

Originally Posted by jpsjr70

Lmao!! When ever it comes to NJ. Put my Winter Wheels/Tires on today, love the ride with no RFT. Wheels came from Tire Rack cost $149.00 and I had 20" Blizzacks installed on them.

Joe

Wheels and tires look great. Is your X5 Glacier Silver? I have one on order but have not see to many on here that are GS.

[Nkbm82]

It looks Mineral White to me.

[opasha]

Originally Posted by scnick82

It looks Mineral White to me.

Yep, it's definitely Mineral White .

@jpsjr70: Joe, your car looks solid even with those wheels/tires. I hope they handle great for you this coming winter. It reminds me of an old school BMW wheel.

[batm4n]

Which rims are those?

[jpsjr70]

Originally Posted by turbotoy4me

Wheels and tires look great. Is your X5 Glacier Silver? I have one on order but have not see to many on here that are GS.

Thank You! No, it's mineral white.

Joe

[jpsjr70]

Originally Posted by opasha

Yep, it's definitely Mineral White .

@jpsjr70: Joe, your car looks solid even with those wheels/tires. I hope they handle great for you this coming winter. It reminds me of an old school BMW wheel.

Thanks pal! No choice for us North East guys, on top of the snow we get lately and that I make no money if I can't make it to the hospital! I love ObamaCare! Lmao!
Your truck looks sweet as always! When are you wrapping it? What the story with the CF interior?

Joe

[jpsjr70]

Originally Posted by batm4n

Which rims are those?

Avarus AV 11 Wheels, Tire Rack. Ben (R33) got me the sensors, center caps from eBay BMW Dealer.

Joe

[batm4n]

Wheels look great!

I was looking at those in 21" Gunmetal (Figure I can at least look good in a snow storm) with the Pirelli's and Tire rack pre installing their own aftermarket TPMS.
This would save me from having to go through the effort of locally mounting everything.

Any reason you went with the OEM instead of the TireRack TPMS pre installed?

[jpsjr70]

Batm4n thanks! Wasn't to comfortable using Tire Rack's tpms, plus I don't want to have issues with BMW if I bring in to service. I'm sure it's a crazy thought, lol. I'm sure you will enjoy the 21" wheels, but reconsider such a big wheel in the winter months. Good Luck!

Joe

[opasha]

Originally Posted by jpsjr70

Thanks pal! No choice for us North East guys, on top of the snow we get lately and that I make no money if I can't make it to the hospital! I love ObamaCare! Lmao!
Your truck looks sweet as always! When are you wrapping it? What the story with the CF interior?

Joe

You're very welcome! Haha, yeah I hear you on that. That's life right? Just gotta keep on truckin'...in this case, literally, lol.

Thanks, bud. My X5 is currently in the shop being wrapped. I dropped it off yesterday evening; it will take about 4-5 days to complete everything. The CF interior is being done first. The steering wheel is already done. My buddy and I installed that together about 4 days ago. It's one heck of a wheel. Once everything is finished, I'll post a new thread with pics and even a DIY on the steering wheel removal and install for those of you who want to change or attempt to change yours .

[Molar Medic]

Will my winter rims from my retired E53. (2006 X5 ) fit my 2015 35d ?

[hyde]

Would these tires fit on stock BMW 20" tires?
Also I am curious, what happens to TPMS when you remove stock rims and use these, do they transfer them into these rims?

What's $149? Each rim? that's unheard of!

[jpsjr70]

I'm not sure if they would fit, these rims are not staggered. As far as cost, Tire Rack had a sale on them for $149.00 ea. I don't know if they have anymore of them, these are polished face with silver inside. The others listed on Tire Rack are different, I guess the ones I bought are discontinued. Worse case, I can always get them powder coated black if they get chipped up. As far as tpms, once they are on, you reset system and drive after a minute it reads the system and sends message that all is good.

Joe

[r33_RGSport]

Originally Posted by hyde

Would these tires fit on stock BMW 20" tires?
Also I am curious, what happens to TPMS when you remove stock rims and use these, do they transfer them into these rims?

What's $149? Each rim? that's unheard of!

You can use your original TPMS, but it is such a hassle to remove and install to a different set.
Fitment should be no problem with the new wheels, just make sure you ask them if it is TPMS compatible beforehand.
If it is for winter tires, to save some money, I would skip on the TPMS if you don't mind on the Non detected TPMS indicator or you can code it off if you wanted.
Just check the tire pressure manually frequently.

[opasha]

Originally Posted by r33

You can use your original TPMS, but it is such a hassle to remove and install to a different set.
Fitment should be no problem with the new wheels, just make sure you ask them if it is TPMS compatible beforehand.
If it is for winter tires, to save some money, I would skip on the TPMS if you don't mind on the Non detected TPMS indicator or you can code it off if you wanted.
Just check the tire pressure manually frequently.

Agreed. It's not a bad idea. I use this to check my tire pressures and it's amazing: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1. Very convenient and easy. It's about 99% accurate - I just fill 1 psi over and it gets me the accurate psi I need reading about 1-.5 less perfectly on all tires. This is very good considering all the tire pressure gauges out there. Has a nice soft touch grip to it and has an LED. I highly recommend it to everyone. I have two of them.

[GTAbimmerowner]

I'm looking at winter tires. I'm currently driving a 2015 M sport diesel and am concerned that the 255 width rims will look anemic. There are also options from the dealer to order 275 width.

My struggle is this. I know the 275s will look much better but will I actually lose out on much traction in the snow. Will it really make enough of a difference to just go with the 255s?

[hyde]

Originally Posted by jpsjr70

I'm not sure if they would fit, these rims are not staggered. As far as cost, Tire Rack had a sale on them for $149.00 ea. I don't know if they have anymore of them, these are polished face with silver inside. The others listed on Tire Rack are different, I guess the ones I bought are discontinued. Worse case, I can always get them powder coated black if they get chipped up. As far as tpms, once they are on, you reset system and drive after a minute it reads the system and sends message that all is good.

Joe

Thanks for the info, enjoy those nice rims and winter tires.