Misfit: M220 on a BMW E60 N52 530i

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Hi all! BMW E60 has a little burden... To be the best looking (business) sedan and probably the best by feelings. That is why it deserve to be treated well and that is why I've spent 6 months of occasional monitoring for 166M - the best wheels for this car no doubt,

There are simply no 166M "alive",

Next choices were 128 style and "Spiders",

128, in my opinion, is vulgar, especially on photos, Spiders are great but they are not 166M... This little thing was frustrating me as I'm bmw like car-car guy,

And then I open marketplace (two times a week I was searching for them) and I see an unusual post: 220M, I did not like them at first but as soon as I found out they are forged... I immediately thought "it can be a great consolation and a great present for my birthday)
As there is no much pictures on the E60 and M220 rims (offset looks, how do they fit and look and weight) I decided to enrich this segment of the internet, in real life those wheels looks 9/10 on the car, 7/10 as pictures, and they are nowhere near 166M


I admit I did not expect any sportiness from my E60 which is fairly fresh but yet has no sport suspension but God how those wheels transformed my car.... It is unbelievable how much of a difference was switching from a regular
135M style with Michelin Pilot Sport 4 20 year all round 45mm profile
to
220M style with Pirelli pz4 40mm 145 front 35mm 275 rear,

Ride quality did not suffer in comparison to HANDLING GAINS except I have to be conscience about road ahead (not to catch any dent), also, car is willing to gain speed more, compared to previous tires, which was not comfortable ride at all, I'll stick to pirellis, better to change a tyre more frequently than suffer on pliots.

Anyway, please see the looks, offsets - no spacers were used, everything is perfect except front wheel arch is getting rub on turns, I did performed a lil "scratch" of those arches using tools at hand and I no longer hear rubbing noise. they sit perfect although if you have a decent roads I defo recommend 35mm profile front as well (what is written near the doors info card)

Weight of the front wheel is 21.3KG, and believe me, most of it is a tyre weight, when I first took bare 220M I surprised SO MUCH, it caught me OFF GUARD, God bless Ukraine, America and Forged Wheels, they weight as much as BREAKING DISK.













Also Upgraded Front Breaking disks as old were bumping my steering wheel when breaking at 100km+ and it was very annoying and not a good exp for my steering rack. I tried LOW end brembos this time because all my breaking disks are deteriorate super fast, decided to try something above previous ranges.

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I forgot to include rubbing place and gosh look at those huge calipers, I think this is lambo territory they has presence..