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Old 07-25-2017, 11:26 AM
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adjustable toe and camber arms DIYs?

I just received my Hardrace adjustable toe and camber arms for my e53 4.8is. Are there any good installation videos to help me install them?
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Old 07-25-2017, 02:34 PM
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I just received my Hardrace adjustable toe and camber arms for my e53 4.8is. Are there any good installation videos to help me install them?
Sorry I'm not much help, but did have a question. What made you decide these for camber and toe adjustability over the Thayer Motorsport arms?

To be honest I didn't even know these existed, hope to hear back from you and I'll do some research in the meantime.
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There's a couple of channels on YouTube that are specifically for DIY fixes on BMW's and X5's. Nathans garage is one that I can think of off the top of my head that has a lot of DIY "do it in the dirt" videos. Some of the videos are produced well, and others not so much...

Just type in "BMW E53 X5 rear upper control arm replacement and see what happens. It wont hurt to watch a few videos and take notes. I've never done this swap myself so I don't know the difficaulty of it. But I would say it wont be too hard.

Just make sure that you take your X to an alignment shop and tell them that you want the camber taken out or what ever you want.

Nathans Garage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSW_sst_irw

Autodoc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rZiU80PWuo
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I just received my Hardrace adjustable toe and camber arms for my e53 4.8is. Are there any good installation videos to help me install them?
Did you end up getting them installed?

I received and installed my Hardrace adjustable camber arms, just to find out that I need the adjustable toe arms as well, since when I try to straighten up the camber, the stock toe pushes inward, so I've just ordered the adjustable toe arms and hopefully that should allow me to get the stance I want!
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