So as I said I'm trying to avoid this becoming a money pit and I found these wheels on Ebay only down the road in Essex and ended up winning them for not too much of a bad price..
My wheels currently
7.5J ET38 Running 225 50 17
So the new wheels..
X5 Wheels
9J ET 48 Fronts running 255 45 19
10J ET45 Rears running 285 45 19
The plan is to run a slight amount of stretch and reduce the tyre profile a touch. Looking at 245 40 19 for the rears not 100% on the fronts.
Done a quick test fit on the rears last night with the original X5 tyres on and the rears went straight on, didn't seem to rub on suspension and there was no poke which I am over the moon about as I was a bit optimistic. So with the smaller tyres on they should be fine.
They do need a refurb but I am selling my current wheels and running these as they are through the winter and will have them refurbished at a friends garage before shows next year.
Quite happy with the fact that theres not much info on these in the UK and it seems people have been struggling with 9.5J rears...
Will update soon.