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

[Ryoken]

Took it , in to get the serious electrical fault she has , hopefully repaired

time , will tell I think , I really don't want to scrap it

[upallnight]

Nice wash and nice looking cross rails

[mam4.6]

Originally Posted by upallnight

Nice wash and nice looking cross rails

Thanks... Very impressed with the looks of the rails, as well as how little wind noise I hear from them...

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[StephenVA]

Originally Posted by Fifty150hs

Which manufacturer did you choose to use. Thinking about this myself.

Not my parts but I would always recommend Meyle HD strut bushings and a kit from this vendor:
https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw...-31121096169my

[OrangeFurious]

This weekend's work was replacing the OEM halogen halo bulbs with 20w LEDs and having the car recoded to disable the full-time DRLs and make a few other small changes.

[jljljl]

Originally Posted by OrangeFurious

This weekend's work was replacing the OEM halogen halo bulbs with 20w LEDs and having the car recoded to disable the full-time DRLs and make a few other small changes.

Looks great!
Did you code that the DRLs only light up the rings? How did you do that?

[OrangeFurious]

Originally Posted by jljljl

Looks great!
Did you code that the DRLs only light up the rings? How did you do that?

Ha - we tried, but couldn't find a setting that would do it. Instead just disabled the DRLs from running full-time. From what I've read it's possible to tweak the wiring harness to power the halos instead of the DRLs but that's a bit outside my DIY comfort zone.

[Ryoken]

abs pump module failure ,

[OrangeFurious]

I took some advice from folks in the forum and wrapped my wood trim in 3M's DI-NOC wrap. I'd never done this before and didn't have a heat gun, but overall am pleased with the results. I'd been worried about a plastic/high-gloss look but the 3M product has a comparable texture and matte/gloss effect of real carbon fiber. Not quite the real-deal stitched material in my M3, but definitely a good look.

[jljljl]

Originally Posted by OrangeFurious

I took some advice from folks in the forum and wrapped my wood trim in 3M's DI-NOC wrap. I'd never done this before and didn't have a heat gun, but overall am pleased with the results. I'd been worried about a plastic/high-gloss look but the 3M product has a comparable texture and matte/gloss effect of real carbon fiber. Not quite the real-deal stitched material in my M3, but definitely a good look.

looks nice i was thinking about doing this mod for a while.. never committed though!
were you able to remove the center panel? i think that one is tough to remove?

also the panels on the left and right of your nav screen, how easy was it to remove? i know the door panels are easy as i have done it before to replace my door carrier and window regulator.