What did you do to / for your E53 today??

[andrewwynn]

Roll your windows down with the key fob at a distance the interior temp will drop 39-40f in 20 seconds while walking to the car.

[Salty B.]

Mine won't do that. Is it a setting in the head unit?

My new (as of last June) fob has never worked more than maybe 25ft from the car.

The fob for my F30 does it, but I had to code it to do the opposite: close everything by holding the roundel button.

As for what I did to it today, nothing. I'm driving a 16' box van full of my junk to Louisville KY on Monday and have been a crazyman for a week packing stuff up. Fly back Weds, pack up the X, and hope nothing blows up like last time (f'ing Chinesium water pump).

[andrewwynn]

E53 should be factory coded to roll down the windows but not up. No bmw in USA will come factory coded to roll up it's lame.

You can use the key in the key hole to roll down and up factory settings but has to be coded with computer

[Factory6speed]

I picked up a set of the style 87s and will be headed out on a long trip hopefully Saturday to go retrieve them. We'll see if I make it there and back. It will be the first official test. I renewed my AAA membership and have a little bag of tools and some spare parts such as coils and injectors in the trunk.

It's been pretty good I've been daily driving it for 3 weeks now, I'm even starting to beat on it. I did smoke the clutch in reverse, have to be careful with the reverse. But nothing is leaking and the flywheel bolts haven't backed out yet.

The 9-year-old Michelin x-ice tires 235/17 are making all kinds of noise in these temperatures. This thing handles remarkably well and these tires are just not up for it, they're squealing all the time. Driving at about three tenths they start to squeal. Hopefully I can save them for the winter a little bit at least.

I'll probably end up going with the 20" michelin pilot sports but am really liking these hankook ventus that came on the E36. They may be slightly less sticky than the pilot sports but are nice and quiet, soft, I think they're great summer tires for a daily driver. If anyone has any good summer tire specs they like for the staggered 87s please advise.

Here is the OEM sunshade with hot upper black interior. The guy did a really nice job on the headliner. If I had put the water stained light gray back up I would be mad at myself.

[EODguy]

I stood on the binders today and went 90kph to zero in the length of a 4-way intersection (important note) when you're slamming so hard with new tires and brakes it's possible compress the springs enough to make contact with the inner fender liner and pull loose the plastic rivets!!

By the way, that liner will rub your tire starting at 80kph....

FML!!

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[Henn28]

Damn. That’s really surprising…springs or air suspension?

Factory6, that headliner look really, really nice!

I spent my morning yesterday helping my neighbor change the tire on her husband’s 2024 GMC monster Tahoe, or something like that. He is out of town and the sidewall blew out, likely from too many curb hits paralel parking in this town. Comedy of errors turned a 45 min job into a 4.5 hour saga.

- Floor jack wouldn’t fit under the OE lowered vehicle with 20” wheels so I had to use the Toyota tundra bottle jack I keep in the back of my X5. Why? Because there was no OE jack in the car.
- couldn’t find the key to unlock the cover to the “port” that allows the tool access to lower the spare. Turns out it was in the key fob. Should have known this, or figured it out from the owners manual…but that wasn’t in the car, or their house. Eventually we figured it out.
- the best part was finding out that the 17” spare didn’t fit on his hub with the 20” wheel and brembo brake package he has on the car. The x5 saved the day with a trip to Firestone where they put a new tire on her rim while we waited.

Good times.

Later that afternoon I went by the upholstery shop where my “new to me” seats are finally get re-covered. It’s taken way too long due to Covid, heart surgery for the owner, etc., etc. but they are in very close to being done finally. My wife won’t generally ride in the e53 currently because the 22 year old front seats are so bad.

New leather with vintage BMW “uberkaro “ center sections. The leather came in a bit too dark, and although I really like the shade, I’m going to have the new leather dyed to match the rest of the car, which is slightly lighter. I had the rear seats and door leather cleaned and dyed this past year and it all came out beautifully. The headrest on the below pic is closer to the oe and re-dyed shade in my x5 now. This pic was after the initial fitting and he is going to mark them up and then tighten seams as necessary to get the folds and creases out. New bottom foam and he added extra padding to the fabric centers.

Thanks to members BimmerBreaker for the fabric and 5s0ng for the donor seats.



I also dropped off an eBay drivers side door card, which is in fantastic shape compared to my OE panel. Particularly on the inside. All the clips and plastic bits are secure, and the pleather areas are in good shape. He’s going to dye that to match and I’ll swap it in.

[EODguy]

I converted over to springs all way around, I really think it was because I went over a painted crosswalk letting me really lock up then hit plain asphalt where the Witch stuck the landing like a North Korean gymnast at gunpoint. My son thought it was AWESOME but it made me shit a brick with the front plunge!! I will get on this tomorrow and also make sure I don't have any broken bolts, springs, etc on my coils.

So thrilled!!!

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[SamW]

The X5 is having an inspection next week so it was time for the annual hand brake adjustment today. Also installed a new trunk lid handle grip some time ago to fix the non working license plate lights and occasional switch problems and swapped the aftermarket LED tail lights from the 4.6is since the originals in the 3.0i were starting to have their typical issues and looked very faded.

Should be good to go now, apart from the oil leak most likely coming from the oil filter housing but let's see if it will be noticed inspection. I have the new gasket already and will be replacing the alternator as well so I will fix that soon anyway.

[drunkentrader]

Installed e63 M6 seats in my 4.6is today.

Direct plug n play 20-30 min swap just as the e46 m3 seats are. Note: both the e46 and m6 seat belt anchors attach to B the pillar -vs- the e53 which attaches to the seat frame. You could potentially swap top seat rail, but the e53 seat belt anchor fits perfectly to the rear bolt hole where the seat and rail fasten to the chassis. Also note: unplug the battery to avoid airbag warning light. Never liked the e46 m3 seats when I had one(e92 m3 seats are nicer in every way) and these m6 seats and also have adjustable lumber and side bolsters and so far they fit my frame(6’2 205 pounds) perfectly!

If anyone in SoCal wants a pair of original 02 sport seats let me know. $250 for the pair(driver side heat element imperative.)







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[EODguy]

Originally Posted by EODguy

I converted over to springs all way around, I really think it was because I went over a painted crosswalk letting me really lock up then hit plain asphalt where the Witch stuck the landing like a North Korean gymnast at gunpoint. My son thought it was AWESOME but it made me shit a brick with the front plunge!! I will get on this tomorrow and also make sure I don't have any broken bolts, springs, etc on my coils.

So thrilled!!!

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So I had a strut not quite fail but it's weak as hell. All fixed now, but I still have to fix my leaking windshield washer tank at the pump to hose connection.

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