This weekend I rolled over 214,000 miles in the 4.6. That means I've put on about 1000 miles in the first three weeks of driving the X5, and I haven't really done anything other than normal commuting. So far, so good.
My new heater control valve arrived the other day, along with a new Bremi ignition coil to replace the troublesome #8 coil (currently borrowing a good coil from my other car). I'll likely wait until the weekend to install the heater valve, since it involves messing with the cooling system and I don't want to do that after my work commute with the coolant super hot.
Over the weekend I also vacuumed the interior and cleaned the seats thoroughly. Visually it doesn't look any different, but the leather feels a lot nicer and smells great. I used Ammo Lather and Ammo Mousse, both worked really nicely. The back seats really needed the conditioning, they were quite dry from never being used.
It's finally not raining anymore so I'll finally be able to wash the X5 over the weekend. The rain here in Phoenix makes vehicles look super dirty because of how hard the water is. I snapped these pictures during my lunch break and it's crazy how dirty the X5 looks after being rained on.
My ECS Tuning matte black kidney grilles should arrive later this week as well, so that'll be a nice little cosmetic upgrade for the front. I also plan to restore the headlights this weekend, so the X5 will look a little nicer afterwards.