Went out for a drive!

[dpgx5]

Ive always loved your pictures the 3rd picture belongs in the brochure for the e53 x5. what spacers did u go with F/R?

[SLX5]

Great Pics and awesome looking ride. What camera was she using?

[J.Belknap]

Originally Posted by motordavid

TizPics, JBelknap!
Damn, she is good; I really like the higher contrast effect.
Does she use PS or Lightroom or, both?

Excellent in motion, pan shots!
GL, mD

David, she uses Corel PaintShop Pro. Glad you like the effect. I tried to verbalize to her the type of photo I was after, and she did her thing in post processing. She says learning the software is largely just tinkering around with the program, and that she learns something new with it every time.

Originally Posted by chilliwilli

I think we should def' start our own "unofficial 4.6iS thread"...Awesome pics. Although you're S'charged...Sad to see the end of a great run with X5 performance N/A engines but looking forward to new TT tech

Gotta love the new stuff coming out! I'm not going to lie, it's going to be a sad day for this X if it ever lines up with an M. (Unless I find a smaller pulley laying around somewhere. )

Good idea on a 4.6iS thread!

Originally Posted by dpgx5

Ive always loved your pictures the 3rd picture belongs in the brochure for the e53 x5. what spacers did u go with F/R?

Thanks, that is my fiancee's favorite as well.

Previously, I had Front 9.5" with 10mm spacer (no flares) and Rear 10.5" with 25mm spacer.

As pictured, the Front is 10.5" with no spacer (with flares), and Rear 10.5" with 25mm spacer. There is only *slight* rubbing on the front part of the fenderliners at full lock. Heck, I wouldn't even say it rubs, rather, that the fenderliners are clean in that area. haha

Originally Posted by SLX5

Great Pics and awesome looking ride. What camera was she using?

Thanks! A Canon Digital Rebel XT (circa 2005).

[DONONE69]

Someone said on here that prefacelift x5's don't turn heads anymore...There's not exactly a major difference between prefacelift and facelift so dont know what that was comment was about...

All i can say is this car looks the business..just perfect IMO, nothing over the top just all oem looking, iv got to get the wider ones for the fronts now, a big thumbs up for this mod

15mm spacers with the 87s look very nice from what iv seen...

[jst2878]

second to last picture is the shiznit. running 10.5's in the front?

[mrbmwx5]

Originally Posted by DONONE69

Someone said on here that prefacelift x5's don't turn heads anymore:

I think the E70 don't turn heads at all.(Pacifica look alike.) E53 is the best looking SAV on the road.

[motordavid]

JB,
The photo lady is your fiancee, correct?
How did you two do in that contest we
all voted for?

[J.Belknap]

David, she is, and thank you all for voting, and we received a consolatory $25 gift card. Again, I appreciate the time taken to support us in the running.

I'm trying to convince her that we should get married in a parking lot of the Virginia Beach city park, have all our car friends there, bar-b-que it up, and as we depart in our 3000GT Twin Turbo cars (how we met) we'll leave matching tire marks on the asphalt. She said "she'll think about it". haha I think she wants a classic girly wedding.... and that's cool.

Originally Posted by jst2878

running 10.5's in the front?

yes.

[Weasel]

I think I'm gonna hold off on getting new tires for the 20's and keep riding the 18's till I get another pair of 10.5's for the front and go this route... then I'd finally have that pesky understeer problem licked!

[RichiRich]

Those photos loooook HAAAWT!!


Beautiful! X!!


Rich