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

[andrewwynn]

Bearings are not a wear item there's no reason to preemptively replace (ie both bearings). Figure out which and fix that one.

If you have 255 tires put the spare 235 on one side then to the other side. It's been a 100% success to confirm a bag bearing. If you have 235s already borrow from a friend: an e70 wheel will work if you use a centering ring.


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[Salty B.]

Originally Posted by andrewwynn

Continental is a very good OEM part manufacturer

I'm a little leery of the multiple ebay vendors selling what claim to be made-in-Germany Conti parts. If it was one guy, maybe, but there's quite a few and they all seem to be based in New Jersey for some reason. Looks sketchy.

Turns out I had a $330 gift card balance I'd forgotten about so went ahead and ordered the OE BMW part. I do have some steel zip ties bought some time ago per your advice, so I will apply that fix to the new part.

[80stech]

It's 10 times more important to make sure it's lubed well.

[Salty B.]

Originally Posted by 80stech

It's 10 times more important to make sure it's lubed well.

X5Chemist's bearings or my DHC?

[80stech]

Sorry, your DHC!

[Salty B.]

Originally Posted by 80stech

Sorry, your DHC!

Noted! Thx.

[Henn28]

Originally Posted by Salty B.

I'm a little leery of the multiple ebay vendors selling what claim to be made-in-Germany Conti parts. If it was one guy, maybe, but there's quite a few and they all seem to be based in New Jersey for some reason. Looks sketchy.

Turns out I had a $330 gift card balance I'd forgotten about so went ahead and ordered the OE BMW part. I do have some steel zip ties bought some time ago per your advice, so I will apply that fix to the new part.

I’m with you…sets my spidey-sense off. Doesn’t seem quite right.

[andrewwynn]

Look for "genuine mont blanc pens". Hundreds of very realistic fakes but $90 for a crazy real fake of a $500 pen that uses real mont Blanc roller ball cartridges. I'm ok with it.

Avoid air pods like the plague!

I needed a Valvetronic motor for n55 and it was very difficult to discern fake from real and the quantity of similar "made in Germany" is a very big red flag.


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[EODguy]

Seat bottoms installed.

Immobilizer replaced (only 2 of 5 keys reprogrammed)

Steering rack seals replaced (4 years use)

Remote jump terminal installed in amp/radio bay (not tidied up yet)

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[Themoog]

I've just managed to bag a pair of sport seats in really good condition apart from a small tear in the leather on one. I have repair kit so I'll fix that then swap them out for my comfort seats - mainly as an experiment to see which I prefer.
Even if I like the firmness of the sports seat I can guarantee that my wife will prefer the comfort ones..