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

[ants_oz]

Sunroof perimeter seal replaced. I removed the rear section of the pano, removed the old seal, cleaned up the surface, installed the new seal.

I was congratulating myself on a job well done as I installed the rear pano section. And dislodged a small section of the new perimeter seal.

BUGGER!

Anyway, it's still a decent finish, just if you happen to take a close look at that section of the seal you can see it sits a little lower than the rest.

Serves me right for thinking how easy the job was before I was finished....

[mikem5]

Received the wonderful self-leveling suspension inactive warning today :roll eyes:

It's time for me to consider the KWs, but the Turner link is a bit misleading:
E53 X5 KW Coilover Kit - Variant 3 (V3) - Turner Motorsport

^ it reads not for cars with self-leveling, but clearly states that it fits the 4.8is. Anyone have definitive information on whether P/N 35220053 fits?

[Joshdub]

I think it isn't for the self-leveling only because you will get a self-leveling error code. I believe it will physically bolt up. You will just need to code out the leveling system.


Today I finally got plates for the X5, after two months of waiting. Yay for slow dealers from out of state....

[upallnight]

Originally Posted by mikem5

Received the wonderful self-leveling suspension inactive warning today :roll eyes:

It's time for me to consider the KWs, but the Turner link is a bit misleading:
E53 X5 KW Coilover Kit - Variant 3 (V3) - Turner Motorsport

^ it reads not for cars with self-leveling, but clearly states that it fits the 4.8is. Anyone have definitive information on whether P/N 35220053 fits?

I wouldn't trust the people at Turner. I ordered a wheel sensor from them because I wanted a Genuine BMW part. They sent me a wheel sensor, but it was for an E70. I knew something was up when I compare the old one and the new one and they didn't match. Email them and they informed me that the sensor that they sent was for my X. Tried putting it on, but the ABS was kicking in the minute I drove the car and locked the wheel. I looked up the part number and it was for an E70. Informed them about their screw up, they said to sent it back to them. Return the sensor and they refunded my money less the shipping from them to me and less my shipping cost to return their sensor. Total waste of time and money.

[crystalworks]

Got my car back from the detail shop the other day. Got around to uploading photos today, will also post in an intro thread now that I have good shots.

They did paint correction, paint grilles (hood & kidneys) gloss black to match sport trim, vinyl wrap interior door pulls graphite because they were scratched, re-tint the whole SAV due to scratches from failed regulators in the past, opti coat, deleted a sirius antennae (fix scratches left by said antennae), PDR 3 dents, paint wiper arms, and a light headlight resto. Wasn't cheap, but saved me about a month of detailing to get anywhere near their abilities.

[Joshdub]

Muy bien. It looks so fresh!

[four.8is]

Crystal, great work! Looks really clean

[mam4.6]

Very nice!

[Ricky Bobby]

Looks awesome man!

[StephenVA]

Super clean! Great service work.