Looking to achieve the perfect wheel and tire fitment on your E60 BMW 5 Series? Our E60 5 Series Fitment Guide is your ideal resource for finding the best wheel and tire specs for your application. Our Flow Formed Wheels, the ARC-8, the SM-10, and the EC-7 offer Apex styling and fitment options at an affordable price. Our Forged Wheels, the ARC-8RT, the SM-10RS, the EC-7RS, and the VS-5RS provide improved strength and durability at lighter weights. This fitment guide is exclusive to the E60 BMW 5 Series. If you’re looking for E60 BMW M5 wheels, check out our E60 BMW M5 Wheel and Tire Fitment Guide.
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Bolt Pattern
5x120mm
Centerbore
72.56mm
Lug Seat
60° Conical
Lug Thread Pitch
M12x1.5mm
Wider fitments for enhanced performance
RWD
Rear-wheel drive E60s have lower offsets than their AWD counterparts which makes these cars more suited to staggered wheel fitments and concave wheel profiles. All of these fitments will require spacers to reduce effective wheel offset for optimal fitment.
Staggered Setups
Maintains stock-like handling characteristics, tires can only be rotated left to right. Maximizes both front and rear tire width. Staggered setups are recommended for highly tuned cars that need extra rear tire width in order to control their increased power output.
Wheels
Tires
Square Setups
Allows proper front-to-rear tire rotation to extend tire life & improve handling balance.
Wheels
Tires
AWD
AWD (xi) E60s have much higher offset requirements than their RWD counterparts. Square setups are the standard here with less aggressive wheel profiles and no spacers required with APEX wheels.
Square Setups
Allows proper front-to-rear tire rotation to extend tire life & improve handling balance.
Wheels
Tires
Aggressive fitments focused on appearance
RWD
Rear-wheel drive E60s have lower offsets than their AWD counterparts which makes these cars more suited to staggered wheel fitments and concave wheel profiles. All of these fitments will require spacers to reduce effective wheel offset for optimal fitment.
Wheels
Tires
Square Setups
Allows proper front-to-rear tire rotation to extend tire life & improve handling balance.
Wheels
Tires
AWD
AWD (xi) E60s have much higher offset requirements than their RWD counterparts. Square setups are the standard here with less aggressive wheel profiles and no spacers required with APEX wheels.
Wheels
Tires
Each of our wheel designs is available in two or three different levels of concavity, which we call Profiles. The Profile is dictated by the width and offset, meaning wide lower-offset wheels will have more concavity, while narrow higher-offset wheels will have less concavity.
If you’re using coilovers, see the image below to identify which type of coilover spring you have, as it may effect your wheel fitment.
Aftermarket E6X 5 Series Suspensions Known To Reduce Inner Clearance (includes but not limited to):
We have tested many brake kits with the wheels listed in this guide. Please email us with any questions related to brake clearance, we’ll be happy to help.
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