OE Winter Set + Spacers

[Roundown]

Anyone look into this? Or have spacers on their winter set? Or better, have photos of spacers on their winter set?

All this early season snow spooked me into buying another set. Have DWS06 on the OE 20" - which I love thus far - but will look to mount the snows in December.

Having run the OE winters in the past, I'd like to remedy how tucked the rears end up looking on the 285s (even with the ET32 offset).

Seems like 15mm would do it? Any thoughts? r33_RGSport ?

[R0ut3r]

Originally Posted by Roundown

Anyone look into this? Or have spacers on their winter set? Or better, have photos of spacers on their winter set?

All this early season snow spooked me into buying another set. Have DWS06 on the OE 20" - which I love thus far - but will look to mount the snows in December.

Having run the OE winters in the past, I'd like to remedy how tucked the rears end up looking on the 285s (even with the ET32 offset).

Seems like 15mm would do it? Any thoughts? r33_RGSport ?

Hi

I have tried the BMW 20" winter kit for my 2016 f86. It was so ridiculous in the rear that I felt I needed to immediately put 20mm spacers.

The 20mm spacers make it look stock, not more aggressive.

This vehicle makes no sense with a square setup. I wish BMW had sold me a staggered set despite the very very marginal reduction in performance that would entail...

[R0ut3r]

Originally Posted by R0ut3r

Hi

I have tried the BMW 20" winter kit for my 2016 f86. It was so ridiculous in the rear that I felt I needed to immediately put 20mm spacers.

The 20mm spacers make it look stock, not more aggressive.

This vehicle makes no sense with a square setup. I wish BMW had sold me a staggered set despite the very very marginal reduction in performance that would entail...

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[R0ut3r]

Originally Posted by R0ut3r

Hi

I have tried the BMW 20" winter kit for my 2016 f86. It was so ridiculous in the rear that I felt I needed to immediately put 20mm spacers.

The 20mm spacers make it look stock, not more aggressive.

This vehicle makes no sense with a square setup. I wish BMW had sold me a staggered set despite the very very marginal reduction in performance that would entail...

Picture before spacers

[Alan l.]

Here's my stock OE wheel setup with 20mm rear spacers. Looks perfect to me.

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Originally Posted by R0ut3r

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Looks awesome- did you go 20mm front and back? Which brand?

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Originally Posted by Alan l.

Here's my stock OE wheel setup with 20mm rear spacers. Looks perfect to me.

Looks great! Which spacers did you go with?

[R0ut3r]

Originally Posted by Roundown

Looks awesome- did you go 20mm front and back? Which brand?

H&R 20mm rear only.

The front is fine with stock settings imho.

I only wanted to compensate for that square winter setup (1" narrower wheels in the back).

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Is everyone running H&R?

[vince7870]

Not like we're going to be pounding thru snow but I would think the offset would make it a little sketchier to drive in snow?

I'm looking at getting the winter set...but purely for really cold days. I'll never have mine in snow as I'm neurotic about salt on my cars especially the undercarriage!

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Originally Posted by vince7870

Not like we're going to be pounding thru snow but I would think the offset would make it a little sketchier to drive in snow?

I'm looking at getting the winter set...but purely for really cold days. I'll never have mine in snow as I'm neurotic about salt on my cars especially the undercarriage!

Depends on what you're dealing with. In snow, I gather that narrower wheels where the front and rear travel the same track are ideal (subject to conditions, studded/non-studded, etc.)

The OE winter set is 285mm around, much narrower than the rear 325mm (or 315mm, if you're running DWS06s, like me) on the non-winter set up. Checks condition #1.

Shifting the rear 20mm will move the rear track slightly outside of the front, but I don't suspect it will do so in any noticeable way. So... Condition #2 is subject to how material you think 40mm is on 570mm of total contact patch (wrt to rears tracking fronts).

From a mechanical perspective, 20mm spacers on the OE winter set keep everything important (scrub radius, overall offset, etc.) well within OE spec.

For me- this is much more about having the right compound in cold weather and occasional snow than it is about consistent travel through deep snow (where you might want studs, etc.). If BMW offered a staggered winter set up for the X5M, like they do for the F15, I'd have preferred that. I suspect the only reason that they don't offer a staggered set up is that there isn't a wide enough non-RFT tire on offer (the F15 20" runs 275/315 Ice & Snow RFT).