Went Skiing This Weekend In My X5M...

[X5 Meister]

I thought we were talking about the X5 M. Can you post up your VIR?

[TwinsPoppa]

Originally Posted by X5 Meister

I thought we were talking about the X5 M. Can you post up your VIR?

He was. He is. He's just saying you need to know the right people because that's ALSO how he got the M3.

[X5 Meister]

Yeah I know; I was referring to my original posts to him # 13 and # 15. That's why I'd like to see his VIR.

[JCAPX5]

Hey man great X5! LOVE the OEM aero kit and custom AE's! A mix of aftermarket and factory done well. Personally I like 5 spoke wheels but to each his own and most importantly your X5 looks insane. Well done man!

[clubba]

Originally Posted by X5 Meister

Yeah I know; I was referring to my original posts to him # 13 and # 15. That's why I'd like to see his VIR.

Always wanted to use one of those emots.

[NastyBlackx5]

this is much better the our new DUB Magazine edition LOL, i dont know about the badges, but other than that it looks good, howd you do the taillights like that?

[Michelle]

For the love of God, please lose the ///M badges and roundels. They look ridiculous.

Yeah...and the dueling plates are a bit much.

Sorry...just my opinion...since you asked.

[Ldiggs910]

First of all I’d like to thank you all for all your compliments, criticisms, and suggestions. I’d address each of you individually but that’d make this already long post even longer.

I chose my X for purchase and put it together that it would be representative of myself. I’m a young urban guy, living in the armpit of NYC. And I’m the type of guy that values, quality and exclusivity. I enjoy the fact that the car wash and parking lot attendants marvel over the rarity of my manual X (I’m sure other manual X driver’s can attest to this as well).

I don’t really care that some of you don’t like my aero kit. I see the 4.6/4.8 aero kit on at least every 4th X I see here in NYC. I’ve seen my Aero kit on an X less than 6x’s since I bought my X a year ago. I like the fact that the kit gives the X “shoulders”. My “getto” deep-dish chrome with the Brembo cross-drilled rotors flesh out the wheel wells nicely. They’re not 24’s but then they’re not 17’s either.

When I 1st got the X, I had temp tags for 45 days. I got my Euro Plates only days after I got my X. So I had authentic German plates front and back with a barely visible temp tag in the window. This truck was made to have euro plates on it and my X looked great with them. When I see Essam and others with the wide plates, it looks correct. So I get that two plates seems weird, but I think US plates look weird on the X. So I kept both.

All the elements of modification you see before you combine to suggest at the very least, a limited edition model imported from Europe and unavailable in the US. Richie Rich that was the look I was going for and thanks for the compliment. The rebadge is because I don’t want my X to be a model that exists. Or at least not one that is available here in the US. That way no one can say they have one. A big engine poseur maybe, but the truth is I haven’t finished modding and I’ve been researching forced induction solutions. One of which offers 100+hp extra for less than $7000. So maybe it will soon live up to its big engine look.

The point is screw the cookie cutter look. The point of personalization is to have your car NOT look like anyone else’s. Case in point Rasta’s dearly departed X, Shanequa. I passed Rasta on a busy 6 lane street and saw his X for all of 3 seconds. I’d never seen him before in person but I sure knew that X from these posts and I told the person I was riding with his exact screenname. And I knew who he was upon 1st sight because his X was exclusive. I hit Rasta up on the pm and he said he’d seen me as well but I hadn’t posted pics at the time so he didn’t know who I was. And Chilli says he thinks he’s seen me before as well.

So I encourage you to be individuals. And don’t be afraid of what others will say even if you DO look ridiculous with an E53 X5 pickup truck with 26” chrome spinners, flip-up doors and headlights from an X6. But screw all the common wheel choices. And all the common ground effects. And the common looks. If there’s a good chance that you will see an X5 that looks identical to yours at least physically, you, my friend, need to get to modding. Here’s my Avatar (taken 2 weeks after I got my X) and below that is the real inspiration behind my X's transformation.

[Ldiggs910]

To reply to some comments directly, Twins, I’m actually considering changing the front and rear roundels back to stock and JST2878, they are carbon fiber. But sorry guys, the 20” chrome is a nice frame for the Brembo cross-drilled rotors so they’re staying. For all you purists, the wheels are Beyern Multi’s, a brand of wheel offered in wheel bolt patterns and offsets specifically and only for BMWs. The exhaust tips are from 3a racing on a stock exhaust. The X-pipe mod will be done this summer and possibly a magnaflow exhaust to follow if the X-pipe isn’t menacing enough.

Panzer, thanks for the rating of 10 because it is a manual with black leather interior (with authentic BMW brushed aluminum trim soon to come as long as I can get it for less than the standard $700 price). Check out my stereo mod as well: http://www.xoutpost.com/navigation-system/56489-navigation-factory-aftermarket-questions-3.html

NastyBlack, the “tinted” led tails actually came smoked already from Zomkspeed and cause no blown bulb warnings (at least not on my X). XFoomph, I prefer no tint. There is a tint, but it’s on the rear window only. It was like that when I got it and I haven’t been moved to change it. But I might do a light tint all the way around when summer comes.

Michelle, for the record, God loves us all even if my X could be the finished product on pimp my ride. CTBMW1, Mr. Meister wants to see your VIR! We all do!

Chilli, I was carving up Cliffhanger, the only double-diamond trail at Camelback Mountain. And with a name like “Skiboats”, I’d have guessed that he’d know that skis for each individual must be proportionate to that person’s height and weight. Seeing as how he has no idea the size of either person riding the skis, I’d have to guess he just wanted to be included in the post. And yes Rmak, you are correct in that quite a stir was caused upon arrival and departure to Camelback with many approving looks, mouths agape, and thumbs ups on the way thru the parking lot.

And that's why I do what I do how I do. So just do it! And in the words of X Foomph, Go hard or go home!

[ZsX5o3]

Originally Posted by panzercommander

you need to tint da glass too.

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