Winterize your X5

[DoubleA]

I'm confuse by the avatar, as I figured it was a " she " but after reading some more I think I should have said He mistype. 355/55/18 for winter tire will really make the truck very hard to drive on snow, 255 would be ideal.

[DoubleA]

On a side note, I just came back from Dominican republic and made some German friend down there, very nice people, my daughter also kind of met a nice boy and she want us to send her in Germany for the summer vacation.

[X5 Meister]

Where do you get 355?

Originally Posted by DoubleA

I'm confuse by the avatar, as I figured it was a " she " but after reading some more I think I should have said He mistype. 355/55/18 for winter tire will really make the truck very hard to drive on snow, 255 would be ideal.

[X5 Meister]

The listing is fixed to show 265/55R18 which is still a bit of a strange choice for someone who bought them right from the dealer.?!

[TerminatorX5]

Picture on the avatar is of my wife... Once I put it on, I can't remove it now, since she liked the idea of being my avatar... well, I don't have a problem with that, that's why I married her after all, to be together everywhere...

I just asked the seller if he could take a close up picture of the sidewall where the tire size is listed, just to be sure. His original, before revision, listing did say 266/66/18, which I was not sure about but thought i'd rather ask folks that know more than I do about those things...

Well, see what happens...

[gianvito16]

Originally Posted by X5 Meister

Consider changing rotors as well, depending on how close they are to minimum spec. Heated seats would be a great idea. Heated steering wheel would be nice too, check out the EXCELLENT write up on the main page showing exactly how to do it. New tires and alignment. Get the 1st aid kit that mounts under the passenger seat. You've got a lot of mileage so look over a bunch of stuff that you wouldn't want to crap out in cold Russia... coolant hoses, CV boots, power steering hoses (if they are not leaking yet then you're lucky), coolant flush, oil change, microfilter change, air filter change, spark plugs (if not done at 100,000 miles), oxygen sensors (if also not done at 100,000 miles). I'd say do a complete Inspection 2 if you can.

hey does anyone know where can i get the 1st aid kit that mounts underneath the passanger seat??

[cavx5]

lots of luck with the x in sub zero weather.. our beloved vehicles are not cold weather friendly....oil separator/pixels/water pump/thermostat/hoses..yadda yadda yadda...just talk to some of our canadian friends...rob

[TerminatorX5]

I have replaced the water pump, from plastic impeller to a metal one. thermostat got replaced too. the hoses looked ok, so i did not touch them. pixels are acting funny on the 16:9 as it is - some day i have a bunch of "dead" spots, and the next day they are gone... just to reappear again the following day... can not correlate to weather...

I got the first aid kit from Crevier, it is a direct bolt on to under pass or driver seat. The problem is, that i can't figure out on how to bolt it on - no threads in the predrilled holes in the seat body, and don't know how to remove the top portion of the seat to get to the back side of the frame... sooner or later I will figure this out...

[DoubleA]

Thanks for the explanation, I was a little confuse at first and would not want to be disrespectful. Do you finally know if you will be leaving for Russia or VT ?

[TerminatorX5]

that is Russia, no doubt about that - we have no office in VT where I could work... And while in Moscow, I'll be traveling to Saint Pete, Ekaterinburg, Vladivostok and Sakhalin... Well, Sakhalin might be questionable, our satellite office there is very small, so I might be spared from traveling there... And the Vladivostok is very funny too - we have an office in Seoul, S. Korea, that is only 2 hours flight from Vlad, but "they" want it served from Moscow, 8 or 9 hours flight... go figure...