New Mod Pics (Lowered & AFE CAI)

[Mahmud5]

Nice! Looks very nice
do AFE give louder/better sound?

[ljnlaw]

RichiRich yes my 87s are staggered and while the fronts are fine the rears don't even hit the fender let alone the flares. The rear spacers will correct this. The AFE I bought used from another member who I believe was either from the midwest or northern Cali. BTW when you install the supersprint please post vids, that's going to be an awesome mod!

Mahmud it's hard to tell if the AFE gives my X a louder sound because my exhaust is very loud...I can tell you that in sport mode off the line and rolling accelleration seem to have improved, I definitely have nticed a difference since the temps in the Philly area have been in the 60s.

[RichiRich]

Originally Posted by ljnlaw

RichiRich yes my 87s are staggered and while the fronts are fine the rears don't even hit the fender let alone the flares. The rear spacers will correct this. The AFE I bought used from another member who I believe was either from the midwest or northern Cali. BTW when you install the supersprint please post vids, that's going to be an awesome mod!

Mahmud it's hard to tell if the AFE gives my X a louder sound because my exhaust is very loud...I can tell you that in sport mode off the line and rolling accelleration seem to have improved, I definitely have nticed a difference since the temps in the Philly area have been in the 60s.

I did the Supersprint along with the AFE CAI and 2.25" Xpipe!!

[nra0707]

Very nice. Lowering mine is a project for next spring. Do you need to replace struts to lower it? Or can the OEM front struts be used with H&R springs?

Regarding spacers...are your 87s a smaller diameter than 20"? Is that why you're putting spacers in?

[RichiRich]

Originally Posted by nra0707

Very nice. Lowering mine is a project for next spring. Do you need to replace struts to lower it? Or can the OEM front struts be used with H&R springs?

Regarding spacers...are your 87s a smaller diameter than 20"? Is that why you're putting spacers in?

..same question?? the rear 87's should be meaty...utilizing a 315-35-20 tire?? I know that some of the rep 87's were 9.5's all the way around!??

RR

[ljnlaw]

Very nice. Lowering mine is a project for next spring. Do you need to replace struts to lower it? Or can the OEM front struts be used with H&R springs?

Regarding spacers...are your 87s a smaller diameter than 20"? Is that why you're putting spacers in?

NRA although you don't need new struts when installing the lowering springs, it does make sense that if you are taking everything apart you might as well replace them...and if you are going to replace them I chose the Bilstein HDs over the OEM struts. In a perfect world I would have gone with Bilstein sport struts but they don't make them for my X5 or the 4.4 with rear air ride suspension. The Bilstein HDs were the next best thing they provide better dampening than the OEM struts from what I was told.

Regarding the 87s mine are OEM 20s, not reps. All I can tell you is that the eyes don't lie, when my X was dropped the appearance of the gap between the tire and the fender became more pronounced and thus I am probably going with either the 15mm or 20mm wheel spacers, the guys at VAC Motorsports are going to install each to see which ones fit the best, I may only need the 15mm spacers.

[RichiRich]

Originally Posted by ljnlaw

NRA although you don't need new struts when installing the lowering springs, it does make sense that if you are taking everything apart you might as well replace them...and if you are going to replace them I chose the Bilstein HDs over the OEM struts. In a perfect world I would have gone with Bilstein sport struts but they don't make them for my X5 or the 4.4 with rear air ride suspension. The Bilstein HDs were the next best thing they provide better dampening than the OEM struts from what I was told.

Regarding the 87s mine are OEM 20s, not reps. All I can tell you is that the eyes don't lie, when my X was dropped the appearance of the gap between the tire and the fender became more pronounced and thus I am probably going with either the 15mm or 20mm wheel spacers, the guys at VAC Motorsports are going to install each to see which ones fit the best, I may only need the 15mm spacers.

Got it!! very interesting?? either way it is going to look great once you get that done!

RR

[mrkbbd]

can you post a vid / sound clip of your X?

[Mahmud5]

Yes That would be great !

[dr.jay]

Nice!!!