That trim restorer looks great. I’ll pick some up next time I’m at the parts store.

I recently pulled my roof rails to replace the middle and front seals which were in terrible shape. BMW only parts, and they took quite a while to arrive from Germany (I presume), but I feel better that water has less of a chance of getting into my x5. I hit the rails with some flat black while they were off to cover up 23 years of dings and roof rack marks.

Also in the cosmetic department, I had the door cards and rear seats cleaned and redyed recently. Wholly crap what a difference. The rear leather is in very good shape, but was very dirty. The center console and arm rests were very beaten up. The guy I used did an amazing job. It looks almost brand new. So good that I took my 2015 grand Cherokee to him too, before it gets sold to my daughter. The front seats in the X5 are unsalvageable, but I’ve got reupholstered ones in work…hopefully. It’s taking for ever, but the guy who owns the shop had to have heart surgery.

Just when I was feeling good about the X, I put the left rear window down so my dogs could enjoy a ride yesterday and heard the flap-flap-flap of the regulator unspooling. Good times. New URO regulator and clip on the way from FCP. I’ll look in my log to see when this one was replaced, but I thinks it’s been many years at least. I opted for the URO since the BMW part is twice as much, and this one will have the FCP warranty.

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Current
Original owner 2002 E53 X5 4.4i to 4.6i swap
2026 G80 M3 6 spd
2025 G06 X5 50e
Former
1972 Audi Fox
1986 Saab 900S
1996 BMW Z3
1998 BMW E36 M3 Sedan
2004 BMW E46 M3
2006 Audi A3 Quatro
1993 Mopar 318 Jeep Grand Cherokee
2015 V6 Jeep Grand Cherokee