Good day all!!

Well, I got the water pump out and have the new one ready... I forgot to get the O-rings for the tubes that go to the rear of the motor... UGH!! Oh well...

So, I am also making the kidneys black instead of the chrome and silver like in the pictures above... So, to match everything I am not sure what way to go with this... Do I match the trim around the windows and make them glossy black, or make them like the cowl intakes and make them flat black...

What do you have if not stock?? I'll get some new pictures posted up soon... I've been crazy busy trying to get everything back to operational condition...

Oh, I almost forgot!! I got extremely lucky yesterday... I pulled up the local pull-it-yard and found they had a couple new X5's enter the yard... One had the OEM factory running boards like the ones on my better half's 2004... I figured they would have been gone by the time I got there (5 days later), but to my surprise they were still there... I got the right side axle, hub, and both lower control arms in one complete assembly... The hardest part of getting it out was moving the strut to the side to remove the axle shaft from the diff/oil pan... I also got the sway bar end link (which I think is what was causing my clunking)... I also got the water cooled alternator, two CD players (dash), lug wrench (I had the 17mm version for some reason), water pump with fan clutch (4 bolt version), air intake that sits flat right under the front of the hood (mine was broken), rear trailer hitch cover, older version kidneys (black centers), original CD holder thing for the center console, two front PDC sensors, headlight mounts for the E39 (mine are in pieces), and an original jack (older version)... All for the grand total of $229.57...

Cheers for now!!

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2001 E53 X5 4.4i (03-07-2001 build date) White exterior / hellbeige interior (6MT swap vehicle - Manny)
2002 E53 X5 4.6is (12-20-2001 build date) Imola Red exterior / M-texture interior (Red)
2003 E53 X5 4.4i (06-26-2003 build date) Silver exterior / Black interior (Silvester II)
2008 Mini Cooper S ragtop (04-17-2008 build date) Dark Silver exterior / Gray interior ( Topless)
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