Danny's X5 4.6 Thread

[Javigo1971]

Nice ride dude
I just have mine removed as well
Question for you I also live in phoenix and I'm looking for a place not too expensive to take it for a alignment do you know any good place ? _thanks a lot. ..

[dannyzabolotny]

Originally Posted by Overboost

Yeah, I put more money in my BMW's than they are worth. Just put $5K in each of them this year alone. That being said, I do not have a car payment and love driving both of them. I can't afford to sell them now...

Nice cars! I dig that E46. Have you noticed that the E46 and X5 seats are pretty much the same thing? It's interesting how the X5 is a mishmash of E39 and E46 parts, I can easily spot which pieces come from which car.

[sharkk001]

Hey Javigo1971, network auto does free alignment check and also cheap work

[crystalworks]

Nice ZHP! I would love to pick up a 6spd in imola red...

I also agree on not being afraid of higher mileage cars. It usually means they were cared for well enough to avoid being scrapped and have more replaced parts on them than their younger counter parts.

[V8 00USH]

Just doing a bit of Youtube video watching....and then....I spy with my little eye right at the beginning of the video....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebDS4vC277g

Danny I presume??

[dannyzabolotny]

Originally Posted by V8 00USH

Just doing a bit of Youtube video watching....and then....I spy with my little eye right at the beginning of the video....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebDS4vC277g

Danny I presume??

Haha, yep! Freddy is a good friend of mine and we shot that Mustang build in my garage. I'm in some of the videos too, lol.

I also have my own YouTube channel (shameless self-promotion): http://youtube.com/dannysgarage

[V8 00USH]

Originally Posted by dannyzabolotny

I also have my own YouTube channel (shameless self-promotion): http://youtube.com/dannysgarage

I know......I'm waiting to find out what's wrong with the Porker

[crystalworks]

Subscribed.

[dannyzabolotny]

I finally got around to fixing the window regulator... It broke in the down position so getting it out was a pain, to say the least. I ended up hacking the old regulator to pieces to free up the glass. Then I was able to break off the old clips and remove the glass. After that it was pretty much a standard window regulator replacement job. I'm glad I had a friend help me, it's a lot easier with 2 people, especially when it comes to re-installing the big heavy piece of glass. The window motor was fine so I transferred it to the new regulator where it's working happily. I bought new clips as well, but one of them decided to break while we were testing the regulator. The next day I got a new set of clips from the local dealership. Thankfully they were only $4.33 for 2 clips after tax, not too bad. I ended up needing to adjust the window regulator a bit to get the glass going up and down smoothly. That's probably why one of the clips broke, because the regulator was slightly misaligned. Yesterday I reassembled everything and all is right with the world again.

I drove the X5 to work today, it was nice. The AC in it works a lot better than the AC in my 540it, so I'm enjoying that.

[OptimusPriM5]

Thanks for this thread Danny I enjoyed tracking your progress. How are the valve covers holding up? Do you recall the color of the finish and where you had the work done? Im preparing to do mine soon and Im having a hard time finding anyone locally that follows all the steps you mentioned.