Thanks guys! Its nice for people to appreciate these cars and the work, time, and money they consume. As for mods, absolutely sport clear tails. If anyone has some let me know. They have to be OEM though! I would like to mod the headlights to remove the amber lens and replace with a clear lens. I already bought a hitch, and already installed hella xenon 4500K 100W fog bulbs. I love the style 69 wheels and the Y spokes, keeping an eye out for some of those. I would like to paint the black piece above the license plate and the side door molding white to match. You can see on my E36 I painted the black trim white the whole way around and I love the way it looks. I think painting all the black on the bumpers and wheel wells/running boards would be white-overload on the X5.
Didn't do too much to the E36- replaced shocks, struts, steering rack, entire frontend, waterpump, radiator, oil pan gasket etc., euro clear tails and front signals, euro OEM self-adjusting headlights with HID 5000K conversion, body-matched trim, and have factory 15's with all-seasons, 17" Racing Dynamic 5-spokes, and the 18" M Parallels.
The E30 has all the same maintenance items-everything on the car has been replaced except for the engine/tranny. I also put in a 4:10 viscous coupling LSD, sparco strut brace, euro grilles, HID 5000K conversion, E36 iC antenna swap, facelifted bumper swap, IS front spoiler, shaved 3rd brakelight, 16" borbets, and body-painted hardtop - the rarest part! In the middle of a full leather replacement of the interior.
I bought the X5 3.0 since my wife is expecting and insists a car seat will not work in the convertibles. It had to be Alpineweiss III, my favorite color. I wanted 3.0 since I am familiar with the M20, M50, and M52. Also, my brother had a 740iL and had a lot of problems with his 4.4 which scared me (no hatin' on your V8!!).
it has the cold weather package, HID headlights, airbag package, rear climate package (with those cool built in shades), rain sensing wipers, and is exceptionally clean inside and out. It has 117K, was a Certified used BMW in 06, new catalytic converters and O2 sensors, and I got it for 10K. Not the best deal I have ever seen, but its nice and rides beautiful.
I have an SES light on, but think a full tune-up should fix it. I have the following in the mail- full transmission, differential, transfer case, and engine oil replacement, filters for the above, K&N air filter, fuel filter w/ regulator, plugs, etc. I checked my DISA valve and it looks good. Hopefully the light is not related to the AFM. Also need to check the air intake boots for cracks as those are notorious in my other cars.
As far as the camera lens, i'll have to get back with you on that! My sister shoots weddings and did the pics for me. All I know is it was big and expensive
Thanks again!