[440i]

Originally Posted by Voodoo18

255/40/18 all the way around. Not sure which tire yet. Ill sort that out later.

I don't mind the slight extra poke. I actually really like that look and prefer it over the extra gap from the 245s. And I don't want to go with 19s, this is my dd and I live in the NE.

Are you on stock suspension or lowered?

[Voodoo18]

Originally Posted by 440i

Are you on stock suspension or lowered?

lol, good question.

I was actually taking a very close look at this this morning. Its a 19 that I bought used in 2023 w/22k miles that came off of a lease, so I (maybe wrongly) assumed that someone wouldn't spend a lot in modifications to a lease. But when I went to switch to my winter tire set up last year, I noticed that someone before me put jack pads in place at the jack points, so this car obviously had aftermarket wheels on it in the past.

Which brings me to this morning...I've never thought that my cars wheel gap was that bad. It's never been obvious to me that the car looked 'high' and the gap doesn't seem as big as I've seen on other XD GC's. And Im pretty attuned to the way that cars sit because my wife has an SL55 w/adjustable suspension that when it's at the highest setting looks awful, like an SUV. Im pretty sure that I could crawl in there and take a nap, it's so huge.

Im really starting to think that the car has also been lowered a bit too. I really need investigate more and it's why Im searching the forums today. I am due for an oil change soon, so Im thinking that I may just take it to my local BMW dealer and have them look at it while it's there.

I thinking that I may have lucked out here.

Wheels should be delivered this week, hopefully. And I've got a lot of tire and wheel swapping to do....Im going to end up having a set of 400 wheels and 50% used run flats for sale soon...but I'll post up pics when everything is done.

[Voodoo18]

Originally Posted by 440i

Are you on stock suspension or lowered?

Current set up taken this morning, to me that fender gap isn't that great. Am I crazy?

[keithyo88]

not crazy. you like lower look and that's fine. i am happy with non-cool look that let's me enter/leave driveway without fender scrape

[Voodoo18]

Originally Posted by keithyo88

not crazy. you like lower look and that's fine. i am happy with non-cool look that let's me enter/leave driveway without fender scrape

Yeah, but I haven't done anything to it but don't know if the previous owner did. Im assuming that it's stock, but now Im not so sure.

[keithyo88]

just a thought, but a low mileage car like yours that never carried much load could just sit that high.

[440i]

alohasurftoad here are some pics of just the wheels on my car and I’m worried this is more than normal poke for 18x9 et30? Is it looking like more poke because the car is lifted and tilted to one side? I’m kinda stressing out any help would be appreciated!

[alohasurftoad]

Originally Posted by 440i

Is it looking like more poke because the car is lifted and tilted to one side?

Get another jack and lift the hub from underneath it, until the whole car starts lifting up. That is a more accurate rim position when car is on the ground