Anyone purchase X3 aftermarket wheels yet?

Palantirion · 09-01-2011, 06:26 PM

Today I swapped the OEM RFTs for my Z4's RG-Rs and had new PZeros mounted on them. The car rides MUCH better, and doesn't pull to the right any more I guess the RFT's excessive tramlining makes it pull with the road crown much more than the PZeros (which hardly tramline at all)? Anyway, the car feels transformed, etc. etc. This is not news to anyone who has gone from RFTs to "good" tires. The RG-Rs are 18x8.5 and 18x10. Their offsets are stock E86 Z4M. I may add 15mm spacers to the fronts to bring them back to the X3's stock offset. Right now they are a bit more tucked into the fenders.

And I can't stress this point enough...switching from the BMW 19s and RFTs to RG-Rs and PZeros dropped 90.6lbs of rotational unsprung mass from the car!

Broch · 09-03-2011, 04:14 PM

I don't know if these would 'work', but i know they are a bugger to clean

http://thealpinaregister.com/forums/...&highlight=f25

fedinand · 09-03-2011, 08:48 PM

They are only 18s but I love em

09-01-2011, 06:26 PM	#23
Palantirion First Lieutenant 16 Rep 385 Posts Drives: Z4 MC, M5, 540iT Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0)	Today I swapped the OEM RFTs for my Z4's RG-Rs and had new PZeros mounted on them. The car rides MUCH better, and doesn't pull to the right any more I guess the RFT's excessive tramlining makes it pull with the road crown much more than the PZeros (which hardly tramline at all)? Anyway, the car feels transformed, etc. etc. This is not news to anyone who has gone from RFTs to "good" tires. The RG-Rs are 18x8.5 and 18x10. Their offsets are stock E86 Z4M. I may add 15mm spacers to the fronts to bring them back to the X3's stock offset. Right now they are a bit more tucked into the fenders. And I can't stress this point enough...switching from the BMW 19s and RFTs to RG-Rs and PZeros dropped 90.6lbs of rotational unsprung mass from the car! __________________
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Broch Enlisted Member 0 Rep 46 Posts Drives: BMW X3 35d M-Sport Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Aberdeenshire iTrader: (0)	I don't know if these would 'work', but i know they are a bugger to clean http://thealpinaregister.com/forums/...&highlight=f25
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09-03-2011, 08:48 PM	#25
fedinand Major 74 Rep 1,271 Posts Drives: '11 X3, '11 GTI Join Date: May 2007 Location: MN iTrader: (6)	They are only 18s but I love em __________________ The X3 The GTI The Birds The Dogs
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