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

[Maruzo]

Originally Posted by bcredliner

Happy to help out. Here's something you can hang out the sun roof.

https://carbannerflags.com/products/bmw-m-flag

That's nice but the only place I can see it being useful is if it's designed as the trunk cargo cover.

That would look awesome!

[Maruzo]

Originally Posted by StephenVA

Finished up the replacement of the rear brake lines that rusted through under the door sill cladding/panels. Replaced all the rear brake parts and rubber lines, suspension arms, and clayed the wheels and cleaned the wheel liners.

I am now at 60K!

That is a very clean looking rear brake. How does your disc look so new and rust free?

My rear wheels are stuck on the disc so tight I can't even remove it by hand.

The wheel is so big and heavy I can't even budge it with a rubber mallet.

[FRod1981]

Originally Posted by Maruzo

That is super sweet! Can you provide a link to the modified firmware? Mine only gives me the M logo but the accept screen is still present!

Well mines still there too. But it goes away after 5 seconds so you don’t really notice it.

https://e39source.com/archives/797

[snik]

Originally Posted by Ryoken

got a x pipe fitted,

will post pics and a video later
sounds nice, not too noisy, a lot of rumble and not too much droning , on certain times its near silent

That's what I want. I read it gets a little raspy with the x pipe tho


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[fishhouse4]

Originally Posted by FRod1981

follow this.

https://e39source.com/archives/797

If you need the MKIV disc I already made one I can send it to you.

Great find! Went ahead and burned a disk with the "modified" software (thanks for the offer though!). Probably the first time I'm burned a CD in a decade.

Anyways, install when flawless. Also ordered the new 2015 map DVDs from eBay. This should hold me over till I can afford an android unit to replace it with.

Originally Posted by Maruzo

That is super sweet! Can you provide a link to the modified firmware? Mine only gives me the M logo but the accept screen is still present!

Will show the M logo and then "accept" screen BUT it will automatically go away after a few seconds - without requiring you to click the button manually like before.

It threw me off the first few times as well since I was expecting not to see that message screen at all.

[fishhouse4]

Originally Posted by Ryoken

got a x pipe fitted,

will post pics and a video later
sounds nice, not too noisy, a lot of rumble and not too much droning , on certain times its near silent

Where did you buy x-pipe from? How much was install?

Still deciding between h-pipe and x-pipe. Leaning towards H or even just replacing the stock resonator with shorter/louder ones (as recommended here: https://xoutpost.com/articles/x5/exh...-x5-4-6is.html).

[bcredliner]

I don't think the HP/TQ improvements from full length low restriction exhaust systems are a value. Very costly based on what they deliver. If there is gain from H or X pipes info I have read says it will be greater with the X pipe. Unless it is brand name full length system I would go with what delivers the sound you like. H and X pipes sound quite different. Might want to make the changes one at a time. I would also try dropping the muffler section to see what you get before doing any welding. I think the muffler is more restrictive than the resonator. There is a long thread about member results from X and H pipes that you can pull up in Search. Another options are electric cutouts. I have them installed just after the front cats. Can be stock to open exhaust or anything in between at a touch of a button.

[fishhouse4]

From what I've read it seems that the conscious is that the loss of low end on the 4.8is is less with the H-pipe. I already feel like the V8 takes too much throttle encouragement to get up and going...so the last thing I want to do is make it worse.

Don't think I'm terribly picky as far as tone on either...just want slighter louder (but not obnoxious).

Hoping to not do anything too drastic, permanent or costly. Thinking about swapping resonators first as a conservative first step. If it doesn't yield the results I have in mind then maybe try X-pipe (only because they are readily available prefabbed). Followed by H or muffler delete if still not happy.

[bcredliner]

https://www.carid.com/articles/are-x...t-systems.html

[CleanIsFast]

I was planning on adding magnaflow 2.25 x-pipe soon