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Old 02-25-2013, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by X5SND View Post
XCUSM5: Those corners look like they turned out nicely!
Would you have any other pics of those carbon grilles though?? Where'd you get them?



IMO, the proper way to seal the housing back up with butyl is to wrap a bead in its entirety around the black portion of the housing; pop it in the oven for a couple mins to get it good and soft (uniformly warm) then push the clear lens into the bead....that way you get a seal with complete coverage. I don't think XCUSM5 could seal it that way though as it looks like he cut the lens to open the housing (rather than the bit of the black lip we spoke about previously).

XCUSM5, Just be careful come summer because while butyl will hold decently at room temperature, its a different story at elevated temps...
so, it might not hold up somewhere in Bahrain? or Moscow?... I would think twice in my personal situation, before doing it... besides, if I go with the white corners, i will not be able to bring the car back to the US... darn, i like clear corners!!!
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E53 X5 4.8iS built 2005-10-17
66200 mi - June 2012
96000 mi - June 2013
112000 mi - June 2014
OEM fire extinguisher
OE first aid kit
OE tow hitch
OE TV module
OE aspheric mirror
K&N air filter
black/white badges
rear camera
4-channel video recorder

Here is the list of things I have done to the X
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