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

[Eric Giles]

I thought it might be a good idea to start a new thread now that I have officially purchased it, so here it is. It's an '02 X5 4.4i, 73k miles, sport package, premium package, navigation, rear climate package, retractable load floor, PDC and xenon's. Very, very clean overall-although white is not my favorite color by far, and I actually don't care for gray interior either, the cleanliness of this X5 really won me over. The previous owners obviously took very nice care of it, which is a lot more than I can say for some other X5's I looked at.

As mentioned in my first thread, both outer CV joint boots were torn. As soon as I got back from the dealership with the parts Friday evening after doing the paperwork, I put it on jackstands and replaced them. I had a few hangups on the driver's side that caused it to take about 4 hours to complete, but after that I did the right side in less than 2 hours start to finish. Not a bad job, but terribly messy! I followed the DIY on the home page here and it was very helpful. I will say that if you have access to an air compressor, it makes this job much easier. Instead of using a 3 jaw puller to push out the stub axle from the spindle, I did what the techs at my dealership do-use an air hammer. As long as the axle is not stubborn, it will come out in about 5 seconds using this method.

Now about the wheels-personally, I hate them. I just don't like chrome wheels at all. I knew that would be the first thing to go, and last night I ordered a wheel/tire package with staggered 20" Style 87's. They cannot get here soon enough! The current chromed Style 168's with tires will be going up forsale, so if anyone is interested let me know.

So without further adieu, here are a few pictures.





When the new wheels and tires come in, I will update the post with new pics.