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Originally Posted by 4.8isX5
Nice cars man! Good taste, 25mm wont be too low.. Especially if your used to driving slammed/lowered cars... All the guys im friends and me roll slammed, given they are 4.8is's we always have the option of raising them up whenever.. Lol
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Thanks.
Whoa, I won't be going THAT low
The ride height is one of the reasons I wanted the car. It doesn't look silly sitting high, like normal cars do :p
But a 25mm drop could be allright. The price of the whole kit is less than the price of 1 new original shock, so I might just do it. It's used, but in very good condition.
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Originally Posted by jgold47
Love your collection of 5's!
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Thanks, I do too
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Originally Posted by tmv
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Thank you
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Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby
Good to see a Norwegian on this forum, what a beautiful collection of classic BMW's you have and have had over the years!
Scandinavia is one place I would love to visit in my lifetime, I'm sure it is such a pretty a peaceful area.
Love your 04' 3.0d too! We are so jealous in the states that the E53 came diesel in Europe, if we had the 3.0d here I would for sure have one for myself!
25mm is fine for a height drop, its a sporty drop and you will be a touch below stock height of 4.8is, the cars pnoyako85 references above are probably 2 inches lower than stock height (so 3" lower than where you are now), so go for it!
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Thanks. There is something very special about classic BMW's. I don't ever want to be without one
The X5's are still relatively expensive here, and the usual X5-driver is like 40-50, has a dog, a horse trailer, a ski box and a wife and/or daughter who only cares about riding horses... I guess that's one of the main reasons there isn't a lot of Norwegians on here
And when you can get a E90 or E60 for around the same money as the X5, most people choose one of those. They're more modern. The E53 is like an expensive E46/E39 cross breed, and the E60 and E90 is the newer generation. But I'm not most people, so I don't care
Scandinavia is a gorgeous place when the weather is nice. This summer I'm spending 3 weeks driving around in Norway and Sweden. Visiting small towns and mostly avoiding highways. I think everyone should experience that at least once in their life
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Originally Posted by TerminatorX5
moving from E12, E21, E28 and E34 to an E53 - is a leap into luxury... lol.. the older cars were more fun to drive, they were simple and seriously mean... with the E38, E39, E53 and the like - a new breed of elegance appeared... still mean, even though not as much, but now elegant.. lol..
very nice collection, very impressive... welcome to the forum!!!
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Thank you.
It's a giant leap, it really is. But still, if I were to choose only one car to drive the rest of my life, I would choose the E28. In my opinion, nothing can compare to it. It's the old kind of elegance, it's mean and the driving experience is unfiltered. I love how the lines flow in their own 80's way, and how you can feel that everything is just made to be great. The E28 is the last "pure" BMW, which you actually could drive yourself. In the later models, you feel more and more like a passenger in your own car. There is no doubt that the newer BMW's are great cars, because they really are. But for me, nothing can beat the rawness of a E28, the greatest BMW ever built. (In my opinion
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Originally Posted by TiAgX5
Nice collection. Welcome on board.
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Thanks
It's a good thing I'm addicted to the best, and not Mazda or Benz
