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

[phathom]

Originally Posted by 4.8iS Le Mans_NZ

Which brand did you go with? Febi-Bilstein?

Bought this one
Brand New Left Front Outside Door Handle Carrier for BMW x5 E53 51218243615 | eBay

I pulled the part# from RealOEM and searched it. I found the cheapest one from a US seller. Works great and fits like a glove, all except that one stupid screw, but OEM screw works perfect.

[TiAgX5]

I'm amazed at the condition of the underside (13yrs, 200k miles, no snow/ice/slush/mud). Finding paint marker dates all over the underside (7&8 2003).

The last chassis wash was over 1 yr ago.

[Joshdub]

that is crazy clean

[bcredliner]

Looks Great!

[squidzilla]

Did a gravity bleed on my 4.6is brakes earlier. One nice thing about these 20's and off road tires is I can use my creeper and roll underneath it and open up the bleed screw without taking the wheels off.No jack stands or anything. I am going to change the rear diff fluid just by rolling underneath. Space is a bit tight, but very manageable.

[X53Jay4.8is]

Originally Posted by TiAgX5

I'm amazed at the condition of the underside (13yrs, 200k miles, no snow/ice/slush/mud). Finding paint marker dates all over the underside (7&8 2003).

The last chassis wash was over 1 yr ago.

Is that a new driveshaft on the X5? it looks pretty clean for an underneath item.

[TiAgX5]

Originally Posted by X53Jay4.8is

Is that a new driveshaft on the X5? it looks pretty clean for an underneath item.

That driveshaft is the original.

Edit; The thought arose that the shaft may have been replaced without it being in service history pre-ownership by me, found the manufacture date and took pic, 26.06.03 (6-26-03). Around 6 weeks prior to truck build date.

[jopecasa]

Originally Posted by squidzilla

Did a gravity bleed on my 4.6is brakes earlier. One nice thing about these 20's and off road tires is I can use my creeper and roll underneath it and open up the bleed screw without taking the wheels off.No jack stands or anything. I am going to change the rear diff fluid just by rolling underneath. Space is a bit tight, but very manageable.

And you get a few more inches if you raise the Air suspension too before creeping down there.

[puddinboo]

soon I will be doing the power steering pump, slight play in the shaft, starting to make a rattle noise only at idol, goes away as soon as you press on the gas, had my steho scope to check it out.

[jjmead1]

Performed an oil change and tightened all the bolts around the reinforcement plate in hopes of solving the steering knock.