Proud new owner of a 4.8

[pnoyako85]

Enjoy your Black Beauty man. at 26 of age your doing good!

let the mods begin

[Joshdub]

Welcome! Nice score

[X53Jay4.8is]

Originally Posted by blackbeast

Thank you!

90K miles, all locally owned and driven

Bought it from a dealer, but the previous owner was most certainly an enthusiast. He/she installed the black grills, AC Schnitzer pedals, hidden and wired Passport radar detector and a high quality (hidden) after market sound system.

Only thing I've done is install the new BMW cross racks on the roof and changed out the plugs with NGK's.

Car was definitely maintained, it runs and drives like new. The steering and suspension is unbelievably tight.

Only issue so far is hard starts when the car is hot. No codes. I'm leaning (no pun) to it being the fuel filter which i'm going to swap out today.

Good call on the use of the NGK plugs

[mam4.6]

Welcome!! Real good-lookin' X...

[4.8isX5]

Looks great, would hate having such a steep driveway though,

It also looks lowered, or did you take the pics with car in access mode?

Since you have front flares, do 25mm front and 30mm rear spacers... You'll never go back to seeing the car without and gives it the beefy look it should have, without them it looks too much like a box on stilts even though the wheels are wide IMO.

[electricalserv x5]

nice enjoy looks like my cars brother

[StephenVA]

Nice find. "Goat like trail" drive way. Good news, it keeps the garage dry!

[blackbeast]

Thanks guys, glad to be part of this amazing group

Originally Posted by 4.8isX5

Looks great, would hate having such a steep driveway though,

It also looks lowered, or did you take the pics with car in access mode?

Since you have front flares, do 25mm front and 30mm rear spacers... You'll never go back to seeing the car without and gives it the beefy look it should have, without them it looks too much like a box on stilts even though the wheels are wide IMO.

I'm not the biggest fan of the driveway either, sometimes it's a huge PITA like taking the kid out of car becomes a circus act sometimes and even makes the task of washing the car a hazard because with that incline I've had a few close calls if I step on the slippery hose haha, but oh well, 1st world problems haha.

You got me excited for the spacers! I had them on almost all of my modded E36's so I know first hand how much of a difference they make for the overall look, they seem to tie everything together.

The car was indeed in access mode for the pics

[jmitro]

great looking X5; love the running boards

[525iT_Feen]

Second person I saw score a 4.8 with front flares in the last month. That and RB's make this an even nicer pick up. Congrats on the purchase.