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

[crystalworks]

I drove it today. That's a rarity since getting the wife's x35d.

Caveat to being driven... I loaded it with 5 30"x80" doors, 5 52" ceiling fans, 4 2x4x8s, 4 light kits, 4 blade kits, new miter saw, bag of sand, 4 door knob sets, and a few other odds and ends from Lowes. Wish I would have taken a picture. But she handled it just fine. The top half of the clam shell had to be tied down of course, but the doors really only stuck out about 3 or 4 inches.

Should have seen all the pickup guys walking past while I loaded "Big Red." Were probably thinking I would never get it all in... My BMW's do work! No free lunches here, don't care how nice a vehicle you are. Have to earn all that high-dollar maintenance and repair you get.

[scourtaud23]

I've done a similar thing buying wood for some big standalone shelving, people were note used to seing materials get into a BMW

[amancuso]

Originally Posted by crystalworks

I drove it today. That's a rarity since getting the wife's x35d.

Caveat to being driven... I loaded it with 5 30"x80" doors, 5 52" ceiling fans, 4 2x4x8s, 4 light kits, 4 blade kits, new miter saw, bag of sand, 4 door knob sets, and a few other odds and ends from Lowes. Wish I would have taken a picture. But she handled it just fine. The top half of the clam shell had to be tied down of course, but the doors really only stuck out about 3 or 4 inches.

Should have seen all the pickup guys walking past while I loaded "Big Red." Were probably thinking I would never get it all in... My BMW's do work! No free lunches here, don't care how nice a vehicle you are. Have to earn all that high-dollar maintenance and repair you get.

A pic would have been awesome!

[andrewwynn]

Oops I'm about 140# over the recommended max.

My maximum is a little higher after I upgraded my tires to the runonflat. They have a carrying capacity of 500# a tire more than the stock tires. Not saying i have 2000# more capacity but with the air shocks to adjust to a little extra weight, I'm sure I'm good for 500# over the stock tires. It did hit my mpg though. I dropped from 20-21 to 18-19'

[semcoinc]

Installed Clear side marker lenses with intense white LEDs





Purchased here:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/301477558164


Mike

[Fifty150hs]

Originally Posted by semcoinc

Installed Clear side marker lenses with intense white LEDs





Purchased here:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/301477558164


Mike

Where did you get the white LED's? The ones you liked come with amber.

[semcoinc]

The white LEDs came from here



https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10pc...311.0.0.VTSD2p

They say NLA but maybe they can be sourced with the description elsewhere

This might be the same or similar

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10pc...ceBeautifyAB=0

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10X-...ceBeautifyAB=0

Mike

[Fifty150hs]

Originally Posted by semcoinc

The white LEDs came from here



https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10pc...311.0.0.VTSD2p

They say NLA but maybe they can be sourced with the description elsewhere

This might be the same or similar

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10pc...ceBeautifyAB=0

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10X-...ceBeautifyAB=0

Mike

Thanks. Those side markers look cool.

[semcoinc]

IMHO, they give much better recognition even in daylight.

Mike

[estorilx53]

Broken axle passenger side 🤬 and she wouldn’t d move on drive or reverse.. i hope 🤞🏽 its only the axle 🤦🏽*♂️


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