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

[765Cory]

Originally Posted by jljljl

What part are you referring to?
Do you mean the grille? What I did was, I took the grille pieces out and dipped the chrome parts. They come out and go back in early easy

I'm talking about the chrome trim on the rondel/bmw emblem. More noticeable on the rear compared to front

[Joshdub]

Originally Posted by g300d

^why change out the condenser, josh? Why not just the filter/dessicant insert?

The compressor malfunctioned and there was some light debris in the lines. I read that you cant really flush these style condensers thoroughly so I opted to replace it. I went with a Behr unit and it was only $150ish.

[Motorhead]

Sold it. My love for it could no longer balance out of the exorbitant cost of keeping it running.

[Joshdub]

Put about 40k on it in just two years. Of course it couldn't let 190k pass by very long before having something break. Looks like I'm headed to the dealer tomorrow to get a new brake light switch.

[g300d]

Originally Posted by Joshdub

The compressor malfunctioned and there was some light debris in the lines. I read that you cant really flush these style condensers thoroughly so I opted to replace it. I went with a Behr unit and it was only $150ish.

Gotcha Josh.

During my last AC work there was some debris in the valve. Replaced it and flushed the condenser. The drier insert was pretty filthy and lotsa black stuff came out. And while the AC is now more than cold enough, the 4.6 beats it easily.

The way those laminated multiflow lines run from tank to tank, looks to be accurate that a really good flush may not be possible.

Ok, now I'm thinking about replacing the condenser lol!

ETA: No freeloading!

Just replaced my driver's side door handle carrier.

It's sad that the first time took me almost a day and this one took me about an hour because I've done it 3 times already.

[upallnight]

Originally Posted by X53Jay4.8is

Back from some body shop dings and dents. Just did the E70 front wiper blad retrofit, and installed black chrome front grills. Ooooh Ha she (X53) is looking sweet.

[Scott ZHP]

New front pads, rotors and brake lines, new rubber bushings and guide pins in the caliper/carrier. Brake fluid flush and bleed. Beautified the calipers while it was all apart too.

[g300d]

Left side of the instrument cluster multifunction display on the 3.0 got brighter than the rest of the cluster. Google says it's the bulb, even though it's not dead. So I replace the bulb.

Yeah, it was the bulb.

[TiAgX5]

Originally Posted by Motorhead

Sold it. My love for it could no longer balance out of the exorbitant cost of keeping it running.

What kind of mileage was on it?

According to your posts, a module, FSR, cam pos sensor, and some frayed wires were repaired. These would cost under $500 to DIY.

I'm under $20k all in, purchase price (with TTL, in 2010 w/100k miles), plus DIYing ALL repair and wear items (brakes (Cool Carbon/Brakelabs drilled & slotted), tires (Vredestein), bulbs, rad (Behr/Hella), waterpump & T'stat (Genuine BMW) , hoses (Genuine BMW), Belts (Genuine BMW), TC chain, Viton VCGs (Genuine BMW), FSR (Genuine BMW), Powerflex bushings, door handle carrier (Genuine BMW), window regulator (Genuine BMW), alignments) to 200k miles.

Good luck finding anything worth driving with an "all in" cost (purchase price + 100k miles of repair & wear item costs) for under $20k.

[upallnight]

Originally Posted by Motorhead

Sold it. My love for it could no longer balance out of the exorbitant cost of keeping it running.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE