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

[andrewwynn]

Originally Posted by Fifty150hs;

Just have to get a wheel alignment now.

Don't delay: we did and cost a pair of tires. Fortunately really crappy "came with the car" tires but still. Right though the steel belts

[Fifty150hs]

Originally Posted by andrewwynn

Don't delay: we did and cost a pair of tires. Fortunately really crappy "came with the car" tires but still. Right though the steel belts

Absolutely. Hope to have it done in the next few days, Saturday for sure.

[twinspool]

Originally Posted by Dblock2151

Thank you! I'm excited myself, the factory 3.0i brakes were great, but with the big wheels I have the braking distance suffered as well as substantial heat radiating off and sometimes even smoking during the summer.

And yes they came with adapters, in retrospect the kit is no different than any other stoptech BBK, what we (customers) are paying for is the design and research of the adapters for each application.

These were half off on the Stoptech website, just under $1500 shipped. Great great deal!

My shop will be installing, I'll ask them to take some pictures

nice pick up and for that price, good find!

what shop do you use? I am in the market for a reputable shop that is close by, wont overcharge and treat my truck as if it was their own.. PM me the shop info if you dont mind.

[twinspool]

well, I recently had the delight to have my truck not start during our lower temps here in the NY region.. Didnt have the tools nor the patience to tackle the job, although I was lucky enough to have a few ppl be a sound board and throw around ideas.. so I had her towed to my nearest dealer with hopes to get a "family friend" discount

All in all turned out to be a bad fuel pump, which, as you all now, will run me quite a bit of coin.. and all before the holidays.. lol

[scourtaud23]

Is it that expensive at a dealer considering it takes all of 20 minutes to replace a fuel pump?

[Overboost]

Originally Posted by scourtaud23

Is it that expensive at a dealer considering it takes all of 20 minutes to replace a fuel pump?

I think the stealership gets north of $400 just for the pump assembly...

[twinspool]

Originally Posted by scourtaud23

Is it that expensive at a dealer considering it takes all of 20 minutes to replace a fuel pump?

For starters they don’t just sell the pump, it’s the entire component which is the holder, sending unit/pump and leveling sensor which unfortunately comes out north of $400 and if I’m not mistaken, by law, they can charge you the book time, which seems to be 3 hrs, even though it would take only 20mins to change it out.

If it didn’t have a full tank of gas, it would be done by me however due to not having all the right variables, the dealer gets me on this one. Lol

[twinspool]

Originally Posted by Overboost

I think the stealership gets north of $400 just for the pump assembly...

Facto!!! Ding ding ding!

[andrewwynn]

@ twin: I think there is a drain plug to empty some gas. It's a 3/10 difficulty job I did the first time in an unheated garage in winter and wasn't terrible. If you do have the dealer do it post the damages so others can weigh the pro/con


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[Overboost]

Originally Posted by twinspool

Facto!!! Ding ding ding!

I will be replacing the entire assembly when mine finally lets go. On the E46, it is cheap enough to simply perform as a preventative maintenance procedure. $150.

I just crossed the 150K mark in the X and I am indeed getting nervous...