Sarek, awesome build! I always thought the e53 would be an awesome platform to start building a capable off-roading machine.

While you may not be doing the Rubicon Trail (even stock wranglers have issues with it) you could probably tackle a lot of trails out there! I will be following this pretty close. I want to "beef" up the X5 in some ways, it won't be the rock crawling rig as thats the job of my Jeep. And yes they are easy to build up. But I something that is going to tackle some gnarly dirt roads.

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Jeff
Current:
'07 Jeep Wrangler
'06 BMW X5 3.0i

Former:
'12 WRX; '08 WRX; '06 BMW X5 4.8is Dinan S1; '02 BMW 530i Dinan S2