[ghaffari46]

Does anyone has a experience with spacers on ix?
It makes it looks much better but I’m wondering effects on the range.

[LVBMW]

I think the M60 cruiser guy recently did something with spacers. Maybe he can chime in.

[Windshieldfarmer]

Spacers are generally not a great idea though not unsafe provided they are periodically checked and retorqued.. By moving wheels out from the original geometry, additional stresses are placed on suspension parts. I’ve used them with success on a Jeep…though premature ball joint failure resulted.

On something like the IX with a refined suspension I would personally avoid spacers. I might add that installation of spacers would likely void your warranty on anything related to the suspension or steering. If leasing your lease agreement will prohibit such modifications.

[Paladin1]

Scotty says not:

[M60Cruiser]

The above video is about spacing out your stock wheels.
My application is different.
I used adapters to put 5 x 127 10 x 20 Jeep SRT wheels with a 50+ offset and 265/50/20 tires in place of the 5 x 112 9 x 21 37 offset BMW wheels.
The 1" wider Jeep wheel goes in 1/2 inch 13mm more (50 vs 37mm) and is spaced out 25.4 mm with the front adapters and 19 mm on the back.

Here is the back BMW



And the Back Jeep 1" wider wheel



Front BMW



Front and rear Jeep



So far the BMW rides very nice with the Jeep wheels and if I should have problems I can just put the BMW wheels back on and take it to the dealer.
I mostly drive my Tesla Model S Plaid with 1020 hp and can afford to take chances with the BMW I paid cash for. The 1 " wider Jeep light weight forged aluminum wheels are pretty well centered on the hubs so they won't put much if any extra load on the suspension.

[yvnrg1981]

I'm running a set of 15mm spacers and see or feel any difference. Absolutely zero hit on range so far.

[ghaffari46]

Originally Posted by yvnrg1981

I'm running a set of 15mm spacers and see or feel any difference. Absolutely zero hit on range so far.

How did it change from “look” standpoint?
Any rubbing on 15 mm?

[Windshieldfarmer]

Originally Posted by yvnrg1981

I'm running a set of 15mm spacers and see or feel any difference. Absolutely zero hit on range so far.

You won’t feel any difference and range is more a function of tires unless the spacers cause tires to stick out from the fender flares…but there are indeed stresses that were not there before the spacers. I doubt you’ll find very many BMW suspension specialists who would be supportive of spacers. That said, forums are a great place to share ideas and opinions… your money, your choice!

[yvnrg1981]

Originally Posted by ghaffari46

How did it change from “look” standpoint?
Any rubbing on 15 mm?

Too add to the setup I also am running adjustable lowering links and no rubbing at all. I looks amazing!!!

[M60Cruiser]

Originally Posted by Windshieldfarmer

You won’t feel any difference and range is more a function of tires unless the spacers cause tires to stick out from the fender flares…but there are indeed stresses that were not there before the spacers. I doubt you’ll find very many BMW suspension specialists who would be supportive of spacers. That said, forums are a great place to share ideas and opinions… your money, your choice!

Suspensions are engineered with a degree of safety and overload in mind.
Just like wheels and tires are designed and rated to handle 8500 lb on a 6000 lb vehicle.