First pics of the new addition-UPDATED with Style 87's

[danno1769]

nice x5 man, that is a nice clean white leather interior, and I love the 3 spoke wheel.

congrats

[X5 in AK]

Nice ride, congrats! Clean X5s are out there, but you are right, they are hard to find. Took me a month to find mine.

I had to change CV boots last month on my '01 with 80k miles - good idea on using the air hammer to push the axles out. Don't know why I didn't think of that! I used a big brass drift and a 3 pound carburetor adjustment tool (aka: hammer) and beat them out with the help of some choice four letter words.

[bjo]

nice job on the CV joint boots. When you used the air hammer what tip did you use?

[Eric Giles]

Originally Posted by bjo

nice job on the CV joint boots. When you used the air hammer what tip did you use?

The punch bit that has a slightly pointed end. Judicious use of PB Blaster in the splines can greatly help in the axle removal! Now I will admit I did not clean out all of the grease in the joints-I just wiped away some of the top layer and refilled with new. It is very, very hard to keep everything clean when you are doing this job so I just did the best I could, and will hope for the best that it is good enough!

[Eric Giles]

My 20" Style 87 replica's with Toyo S/T tires arrived today-quite a difference from the chromed Style 168's don't you think? And yes, I need to stop messing with the X5 and mow the yard!

[JohnD]

Eric,

Your X looks much nicer with the 87's - not a big fan of chrome myself

[OldGuy]

I dont know why you guys hate the chrome wheels. I am NOT a bling guy
I dont have anything but stock wheels on my GT3 and the 18's on my wifes
335i. BUt on THIS truck and my black sapphire 4.8is I LOVE the look.
I have never had chrome wheels on any car in my 230 years on this planet.
But on this it works. I would agree with you on the white but I still think it looks OK but on black its classic.

[Eric Giles]

Originally Posted by X5 in AK

Nice ride, congrats! Clean X5s are out there, but you are right, they are hard to find. Took me a month to find mine.

I had to change CV boots last month on my '01 with 80k miles - good idea on using the air hammer to push the axles out. Don't know why I didn't think of that! I used a big brass drift and a 3 pound carburetor adjustment tool (aka: hammer) and beat them out with the help of some choice four letter words.

Although the DIY write-up here is excellent, I did not want to damage the dust shield by using the 3 jaw puller-that could possibly lead to later damage to the bearings in the hub. Luckily I asked the tech at the dealership what he uses and he mentioned the air hammer-he says he does these all the time, and can do them in about 30 minutes!

My driver's side axle was stuck hard and it took a lot of hammering with a 3lb. hammer before it would ever budge. After I got it to finally move, the air hammer drove it right out. I have a few other things to take care of next-the valley pan gasket being the big one, but I am going to monitor how long it takes before I have to add coolant to determine the severity of the leak. The other things are very minor-one broken rear sunshade clip, one AC button to replace, PDC is out (hopefully just a disconnected sensor)-nothing big at all. The stealer replaced the alternator right before I bought it, and all the brakes and rotors were replaced very recently-like within the past two months. So there are a few big ticket items I won't have to worry about!

[we350z]

I don't like 3 spoke wheel, but I do wish I had the newer seats the extend

Originally Posted by danno1769

nice x5 man, that is a nice clean white leather interior, and I love the 3 spoke wheel.

congrats