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Old 12-23-2014, 07:48 AM
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What did you do to / for your E53 today??

Installed my freshly resprayed 4.6is rear bumper.

Mother of god that was a hard job to do solo.

Original bumper had arch extensions but no lower spoiler. Had to move all the PDC and arch flares and reinforcement bar over to the new bumper, all was going well until I realised the previous owner had obviously been rear ended (and poorly repaired which is why I was getting the new bar painted in the first place). Reo was bent as was the bumper shock mount - which of course was part of the tow bar kit, which meant it was not available as a single item. And of course the bolts were welded on for some unknown reason so had to cut those off, go and find replacement bolts - take the entire interior out of the rear because the bolts passed through to the inside of the body......then had to put it all back together and try line up the bumper, by myself, with out scratching it or the car,

It took me 6 hours, and it was honestly a Christmas miracle that I didn't scratch anything, but it's on!

Now for the front lip....
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2005 3.0d Sport - Sapphire Black
Engine : Bluefin Superchip Tune,
Wheels & Sus: Style 168s (10.5s all round), H&R RDA Spacers, Bilstein B12, Eibach 40mm drop, Whiteline RSB
Exterior: Le Mans flares, 4.6is kit F&R
Interior: Dynavin N6, Blackvue DR650 dash cams

My Build Thread: http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...run-sheet.html

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