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Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby
The old story was to replace the CDV with a modified valve with no restrictor. That was in the days of "warranty" with these cars, apparently some were worried BMW would deny a warranty claim if they deleted a CDV so they installed modified valves so that BMW wouldn't know it was missing.
You can unbolt the CDV and remove from the slave, and install the hard line directly to the cylinder. Bleed the clutch real quick and problem solved.
I bought staggered 168 replicas/Toyo Proxes STII 20" package on ebay the first year I bought my X (stock Mickey MXM4 tires were shot and I wanted the 20" look), and 3 years later its prob one of the best investments I made, no regrets even with replicas (at the end of the day they are new wheels).
Between some lighting mods, wheels, and perhaps a change in the exhaust tips (I hate the stock "natural curve" tips), she will be a totally different truck.
I'm glad to hear you are a believer, the MT totally changes the E53 even with just the "puny" I6. I have no reason to drive anything else for the time to come.
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For the exhaust tips, do I need to buy the whole muffler assembly from a 4.8is or can I just buy some tips and replace the existing ones?
Even though this is a 10k old car I will treat it like it is worth more. It is to me especially since I will not have the option to get a new one with a manual. My hell, I wanted to replace my e60 with a newer f10 550i and you can not even get that with a manual anymore. That and it does not ride like the bmw I have known since my first m3 back in 1997. I fear bmw has left the sporting crowd behind on their new models (f platforms). But that is for another thread I suppose.