W211 E55 with Rennen Forged R5 X-Concave w/step lip
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A tall garage is a requirement for my next house. Even though I love my current house that alone might push me out of it.
The 55 looks ****. Love the wheel choice. Save for the wheels we have matching cars so of course I love it.
Is the X5M modded? You don't seem like the type of guy who would keep it stock.
The 55 looks ****. Love the wheel choice. Save for the wheels we have matching cars so of course I love it.
Is the X5M modded? You don't seem like the type of guy who would keep it stock.
EC tune, AR design catless downpipes. The thing is an absolute beast with the tune and dowpipes. Feels like 100hp plus in gains at least. Also has 2in drop from HR kit.I am going to make my own exhaust a. I'm getting rid of the single huge can. i bought some 304 stainless pipes and will be making a jig and tig welding one up. When I have time.
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Thanks man. Yes the x5m is modded
EC tune, AR design carless downpipes. The thing is an absolute beast with the tune and dowpipes. Feels like 100hp plus in gains at least. Also has 2in drop from HR kit.I am going to make my own exhaust a. I'm getting rid of the single huge can. i bought some 304 stainless pipes and will be making a jig and tig welding one up. When I have time.
EC tune, AR design carless downpipes. The thing is an absolute beast with the tune and dowpipes. Feels like 100hp plus in gains at least. Also has 2in drop from HR kit.I am going to make my own exhaust a. I'm getting rid of the single huge can. i bought some 304 stainless pipes and will be making a jig and tig welding one up. When I have time.
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Yeah that was one thing I tried factoring in when building the offset so it would sit right with the right size tires with matching profiles. I realized after trying the Mich super sport tires that even though the size is the same it will change the stance. Pretty crazy how Much tires can impact a look.
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I will tell you that the x5m drives much much nicer than the 5.0 and the 4.8 x5. We drove both and she didn't like them. The x5m also had run flats!! On 22s lowered...it rides pretty good. Not as bad as others have made it to be.
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The wheel combo on your 55 is just amazing. I have a black car as well and OMG.. those wheels just MAKE the car. Great job. All the sacrifice seems to have paid off.
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Haha! Yeah I don't know I think that can be subjective. If it helps..... My wife drives the x5m... And I haven't slept on the couch yet Lol.
I will tell you that the x5m drives much much nicer than the 5.0 and the 4.8 x5. We drove both and she didn't like them. The x5m also had run flats!! On 22s lowered...it rides pretty good. Not as bad as others have made it to be.
I will tell you that the x5m drives much much nicer than the 5.0 and the 4.8 x5. We drove both and she didn't like them. The x5m also had run flats!! On 22s lowered...it rides pretty good. Not as bad as others have made it to be.
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which were better but still dont like them. They are loud. With the 22's we are running the Pirelli Pzero Scorpians since that is the only tire in existence to support 22's with the size we need matching front and back. Every single SUV i have seen, bmw, merc, porsche, range rover etc running 22s has these tires. They were a pain in the *** to get and find. Pirelli is on back order for an entire year. With that being said, the 22s with the pzeros, rides exactly the same as the stock 20s on the toyos, it was really surprising to me.
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Many thanks! Yeah I looked at the adv1 adv5 spoke but something wasnt catching me. The taper of spokes, the non step lip I couldn't get, and the center. I couldn't pin point what it was but something bothered me about them. i dont want to go through picking wheels again.. My head was gonna explode.
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Yeah bro ditch the run flats at least. Your wife won't make you sleep on the couch Lol. It will make a huge difference.
My buddy's dad was the pioneer who invented the run flat. He was the engineer at Michelin.. Retired early
he said don't buy them unless u plan on driving for 3000 miles in zombieland.
My buddy's dad was the pioneer who invented the run flat. He was the engineer at Michelin.. Retired early
he said don't buy them unless u plan on driving for 3000 miles in zombieland.
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Hey Everyone, I've been a member of this forum for awhile and keep up a lot with everyone else's postings if I have time. Unfortunaely, that isn't much as I spend a lot of time with keeping my company running. Never get a chance to keep myself sane with my love of cars and tuning.
However, I did finally got a chance to install my Eurocharged HE/pump that I bought over 3.5 yrs ago back in June. I also have the rest of the stage 3 upgrades that have been sitting since April and their Long Tubes I also bought 3 yrs ago. So I recently did a huge group buy with my fellow friends and we had a massive Tuning day at my house and tuned about 6 cars. Jake was there helping us all out spent the entire day there. So recently I got to know the EC guys very well and have gone to a few of their events here in Chicago and BS'ed with Jake. Jake and Jerry are great guys, they have always helped out when I needed their help.
Anyway, so I have never been able to purchase a set of wheels let alone custom ones ever since I have been into cars and have had many. Always performance over looks for me and went a few years with a $2000 car since I sold all my toys and sacrificed everything to start my company.
Fast forward to now....So my wife let me finally get a set for our X5M (Wifes Car) and the E55. Here are some of the pics, sorry for the bad location at my house with crap everywhere, was really excited to get them on and just took pics right away
E55:
OEM E63 Conversion w/ Godhand carbon lip
EC HE/Pump, 172mm pulley, Tune, Belt Wrap Kit, ASP Pulley set, Renntech V3 lowering Module.
NOT INSTALLED:
Smaller SC pulley
EC Throttle body upgrade
550cc fuel injectors
Looped Fuel rail (tig welded the fittings myself and made the fuel line- yes its pressure tested lol.
EC LT headers - fixing myself since I got one from the batch of LTs they made that had fitment issues. I am going to tig everything up nice and straight with some new flexpipes and V-Bands and Random Tech HiFlow metallic Cats,
Rennen Forged R5 X-Concave, with Step lip, Ball cut spokes.
Pirelli PZero Silvers (new tire from Pirelli 8/13)
19x8.5 +27 245/35R19 23Ibs w/o tires
19x10.0 +34 285/30R19 24Ibs w/o tires
Rennen Forged R8 X-Concave with Step lip, Ball cut spokes
Pirelli PZero Scorpians
X5M:
EC Tune, AR Design Catless Downpipes, H&R 2in lowering kit
22x10.5 +42.7 295/30R22 32Ibs w/o tires
22x12.0 +30 335/25R22 34Ibs w/o tires
I also ordered the Michelin Pilot Super Sports but they only made 275 rear or 295. The 275 was too stretched for my taste and didn't match the front 245's. The 295 was way to wide and I rubbed but I didn't want to go to wide anyway.
However, I did finally got a chance to install my Eurocharged HE/pump that I bought over 3.5 yrs ago back in June. I also have the rest of the stage 3 upgrades that have been sitting since April and their Long Tubes I also bought 3 yrs ago. So I recently did a huge group buy with my fellow friends and we had a massive Tuning day at my house and tuned about 6 cars. Jake was there helping us all out spent the entire day there. So recently I got to know the EC guys very well and have gone to a few of their events here in Chicago and BS'ed with Jake. Jake and Jerry are great guys, they have always helped out when I needed their help.
Anyway, so I have never been able to purchase a set of wheels let alone custom ones ever since I have been into cars and have had many. Always performance over looks for me and went a few years with a $2000 car since I sold all my toys and sacrificed everything to start my company.
Fast forward to now....So my wife let me finally get a set for our X5M (Wifes Car) and the E55. Here are some of the pics, sorry for the bad location at my house with crap everywhere, was really excited to get them on and just took pics right away
E55:
OEM E63 Conversion w/ Godhand carbon lip
EC HE/Pump, 172mm pulley, Tune, Belt Wrap Kit, ASP Pulley set, Renntech V3 lowering Module.
NOT INSTALLED:
Smaller SC pulley
EC Throttle body upgrade
550cc fuel injectors
Looped Fuel rail (tig welded the fittings myself and made the fuel line- yes its pressure tested lol.
EC LT headers - fixing myself since I got one from the batch of LTs they made that had fitment issues. I am going to tig everything up nice and straight with some new flexpipes and V-Bands and Random Tech HiFlow metallic Cats,
Rennen Forged R5 X-Concave, with Step lip, Ball cut spokes.
Pirelli PZero Silvers (new tire from Pirelli 8/13)
19x8.5 +27 245/35R19 23Ibs w/o tires
19x10.0 +34 285/30R19 24Ibs w/o tires
Rennen Forged R8 X-Concave with Step lip, Ball cut spokes
Pirelli PZero Scorpians
X5M:
EC Tune, AR Design Catless Downpipes, H&R 2in lowering kit
22x10.5 +42.7 295/30R22 32Ibs w/o tires
22x12.0 +30 335/25R22 34Ibs w/o tires
I also ordered the Michelin Pilot Super Sports but they only made 275 rear or 295. The 275 was too stretched for my taste and didn't match the front 245's. The 295 was way to wide and I rubbed but I didn't want to go to wide anyway.
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Wow, what a huuuuugggggeeeee difference a perfectly setup wheel/tire combo makes!
It sounds like you've found a wife worth keeping as well. Best of luck with everything!
It sounds like you've found a wife worth keeping as well. Best of luck with everything!
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Thanks guys,
Meet the new muscle in the house, and its not BigVic anymore haha.
2010 C63 with 9k miles, P1, P2, Multimedia package
EC Tune, Euro spec ROW intake filter box already installed. I next day aired the tune and MyGenius Flasher and tuned it the next day after I got the car lol. I ordered the ROW the day before I bought the car haha.
These were easy mods, so the E55 still needs her parts put in
Doing them this week.
Meet the new muscle in the house, and its not BigVic anymore haha.
2010 C63 with 9k miles, P1, P2, Multimedia package
EC Tune, Euro spec ROW intake filter box already installed. I next day aired the tune and MyGenius Flasher and tuned it the next day after I got the car lol. I ordered the ROW the day before I bought the car haha.
These were easy mods, so the E55 still needs her parts put in
Doing them this week.
