Damn. That’s really surprising…springs or air suspension?
Factory6, that headliner look really, really nice!
I spent my morning yesterday helping my neighbor change the tire on her husband’s 2024 GMC monster Tahoe, or something like that. He is out of town and the sidewall blew out, likely from too many curb hits paralel parking in this town. Comedy of errors turned a 45 min job into a 4.5 hour saga.
- Floor jack wouldn’t fit under the OE lowered vehicle with 20” wheels so I had to use the Toyota tundra bottle jack I keep in the back of my X5. Why? Because there was no OE jack in the car.
- couldn’t find the key to unlock the cover to the “port” that allows the tool access to lower the spare. Turns out it was in the key fob. Should have known this, or figured it out from the owners manual…but that wasn’t in the car, or their house. Eventually we figured it out.
- the best part was finding out that the 17” spare didn’t fit on his hub with the 20” wheel and brembo brake package he has on the car. The x5 saved the day with a trip to Firestone where they put a new tire on her rim while we waited.
Good times.
Later that afternoon I went by the upholstery shop where my “new to me” seats are finally get re-covered. It’s taken way too long due to Covid, heart surgery for the owner, etc., etc. but they are in very close to being done finally. My wife won’t generally ride in the e53 currently because the 22 year old front seats are so bad.
New leather with vintage BMW “uberkaro “ center sections. The leather came in a bit too dark, and although I really like the shade, I’m going to have the new leather dyed to match the rest of the car, which is slightly lighter. I had the rear seats and door leather cleaned and dyed this past year and it all came out beautifully. The headrest on the below pic is closer to the oe and re-dyed shade in my x5 now. This pic was after the initial fitting and he is going to mark them up and then tighten seams as necessary to get the folds and creases out. New bottom foam and he added extra padding to the fabric centers.
Thanks to members BimmerBreaker for the fabric and 5s0ng for the donor seats.
I also dropped off an eBay drivers side door card, which is in fantastic shape compared to my OE panel. Particularly on the inside. All the clips and plastic bits are secure, and the pleather areas are in good shape. He’s going to dye that to match and I’ll swap it in.