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Old 11-04-2017, 07:53 PM
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Man those illuminated door handles are not cheap are they?
Nope, something like $60/ea. They are fairly easily repaired though if you are so inclined. I bought one originally and then repaired the one I removed. I keep this one as a spare. The little light pipes break at the slightest breath when you remove the door panels.
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Old 11-05-2017, 12:39 PM
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I paid more than that from FCP Euro, about $90, but lifetime warranty so hey...
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Needs to be lowered a tad.
Agreed, but all the threads showing these cars lowered has dead pictures now. I am open to suggestions on a decent lowering setup
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I paid more than that from FCP Euro, about $90, but lifetime warranty so hey...


Agreed, but all the threads showing these cars lowered has dead pictures now. I am open to suggestions on a decent lowering setup
Dont go crazy with the vehicle lowering thing. You are going to do some towing with this X5. I elected to go with the H&R spring kit and lowering links on the rear of my X5 4.6is. Love the stance and love even more that it retains its capability prowess.
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Old 11-05-2017, 07:09 PM
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Dont go crazy with the vehicle lowering thing. You are going to do some towing with this X5. I elected to go with the H&R spring kit and lowering links on the rear of my X5 4.6is. Love the stance and love even more that it retains its capability prowess.
I have a Tahoe for towing, I was merely joking earlier about my unreliable cars The X5 won't do any towing besides moving the trailer around my yard. Regardless, the H&R kit seems the way to go. I have ~30mm spacers already from an old car, reading online I think some 20mm up front will pair nicely with the lowering setup? Did you space yours out at all or just lower it?

Managed to wash it yesterday with Danny's help and installed facelift tail lights... what an improvement



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Old 11-05-2017, 08:33 PM
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I paid more than that from FCP Euro, about $90, but lifetime warranty so hey...


Agreed, but all the threads showing these cars lowered has dead pictures now. I am open to suggestions on a decent lowering setup
Check my album. Lowered with H&R lowering springs 'kit' several years ago. Also added 18mm Velocity spacers that helped fill the wheel well. Drops it about 1 3/4 inches.
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Old 11-06-2017, 06:12 PM
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I have a Tahoe for towing, I was merely joking earlier about my unreliable cars The X5 won't do any towing besides moving the trailer around my yard. Regardless, the H&R kit seems the way to go. I have ~30mm spacers already from an old car, reading online I think some 20mm up front will pair nicely with the lowering setup? Did you space yours out at all or just lower it?

Managed to wash it yesterday with Danny's help and installed facelift tail lights... what an improvement



Wow, big difference. I never noticed that.
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Check my album. Lowered with H&R lowering springs 'kit' several years ago. Also added 18mm Velocity spacers that helped fill the wheel well. Drops it about 1 3/4 inches.
That looks the right amount of low to add. Some of those pictures almost look like the rear wheels poke a bit though, is it like that in person too? It might just look like that in pictures because there is still a lot of wheel gap there, even when lowered with spacers.
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Glad to see this beast live on!
I could never let a 4.6is get parted. I mean, maybe if Danny promised to turn his wagon into a faithful Alpina B10 V8 clone... but I don't think he would have done that... he would have just put on a few bolt-ons to make 1more whp than a stock M5 then get an LOLM5 license plate. Probably.
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Wow, big difference. I never noticed that.
It is even more substantial in person. The inner and outer lights changed, same visual difference as pre-facelift E39 vs. facelift E39 tail lights (only without the LED bars). My girlfriend said she didn't notice any difference other than one was more clear... I said that's kinda the point!

Amber facelift tails will be here today... will snap some pictures once those are installed
Door handle, seat memory module and driver's door wood trim are on their way. It's pretty weird I couldn't find a single driver's door trim without cracks... plenty of dash and even passenger trims without cracks. Settled for one with a single crack, compared to the spider web of cracks on the current piece.
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Hm, maybe the wood trim is prone to stress-cracking from the impact of opening and closing the door? That would explain why it's always the driver's side door. One could do some research and see if X5's in the UK have the issues on their driver's side.
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Hm, maybe the wood trim is prone to stress-cracking from the impact of opening and closing the door? That would explain why it's always the driver's side door. One could do some research and see if X5's in the UK have the issues on their driver's side.


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