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Old 12-16-2009, 12:46 PM
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Completed my facelift project recently. Got the idea to do that from xoutpost. So here some before and after photos. Thanks to BostonbluX5 for advice and Zulu for headlight wiring diagram. Hope you do not mind winter setup. In spring the car gets gunmetal 168's.
Nice work there,,Really well done.Enjoy it
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Thanks guys. Think it looks a bit more fresh. Have owned the truck for more than 4 years now and going to use it one more year. I have never had one car for more than 3 years. Like my X. Before this one I had E53 4,4 for 2 years. Liked it a lot. So 6 years with E53-s now. Next one will most probably be X6.
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Sorry, X5-E53 3.0d Exhaust system is completely different from 5,7 series.
X5 has after the turbo,kat and then only dual pipes going to the rear mufflers with the exit pipes coming from the back of the mufflers,turning outwards and with tips pointing down.
On the E39 5 series for example,this has after after the turbo,2x kats,going to 2 middle silencers and then one single pipe to only one straight through design rear muffler with a tip pointing out.
Wow, never knew!
BTW: Those are some wide tires...
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That looks like a lot of work...SICK but even the fenders look different...how much did it cost to do the whole transformation?
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Old 12-16-2009, 10:43 PM
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Look good..
You spend that much of $$$ and didn't want to go with 4.8is looks?
exactamundo. once I saw the painted front I thought the same thing
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I wonder how much those european headlights run nowdays...
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Wow, never knew!
BTW: Those are some wide tires...
The tyres are just the oem spec 315/35/20 Toyo Proxes
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The tyres are just the oem spec 315/35/20 Toyo Proxes
Ok its just the camera angle!
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Wow, never knew!
BTW: Those are some wide tires...
The tires are strictly for driving in heavy snowstorms only, so no one could see them. Hope the photos do no leak and it well be a secret between us only. Tires have spikes in them btw.
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That looks like a lot of work...SICK but even the fenders look different...how much did it cost to do the whole transformation?
All parts come from 06 X5. Total cost for parts about 2000USD + couple of weekends my own time. Not too much I guess. Get most of it back by selling the old parts that are in perfect shape. The best part is I even did not have to paint the parts since my car and donor car were both black shappire. My car is polished at least once a year and you cannot see the difference even in sunlight.
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