Yay! This morning was the pick up for the E53! The Transmission was rebuilt by
Eriksson Industries in CT. I ran this through the shop, but I was quoted $3500 for the full rebuild plus shipping. Shipping is high of course. The shop did the transmission, freight, install and the other stuff below for rt at $6k.
The good news is that I sold my previous StopTech 4 wheel kit to another customer for $2500. So the net for today is a little less painful.
I did a couple things- some unorthodox- like the aluminum/silver color sport grills in place of stock black. I always liked the look from my 3.0 SPP, so this was a chance to replace the black. Not everyone will like this, but it's not everyone's E53.
Another thing was that I added 25mm spacers to the rear. I bought them from someone here. Thanks for that! I did not expect to like the look but I *really* do!
Finally, since it was 100k miles, I replaced plugs and coils with Bavarian Autosports coils. I also bought THOSE from a member. Tough to say that this is anything meaningful. The stock ones were fine. It was just a deal to buy them so I took the chance to install them.
Anyway, here's a quick shot of the 'new face'. I'm running up to the Euro clear headlights. The combination will look really good I think.
03-06-2017, 02:38 PM
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