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

[Zook_b]

Finally got around to a headlight restoration. My wife hit our mailbox in my car the day after I bought it so there was paint on the passenger side headlight. Looks much better now! NINJA EDIT: You can kinda see where she hit on the passenger side, the orange filter has a hole where it broke. T_T

Now I need to wash it again.

(w00t! First post!)

[wolaila]

New blacked out grill, cold air intake, cleaned up.

[SF2000x5]

Oil change with German castrol 0w-30 after a year and about 15k miles.

Also, fixed the rear left door carrier.

To do: r/r rear left window regulator. It's on order for $31 shipped.

[dhyrk3]

Replaced broken front left door handle carrier.

But I had removed the connector for the airbag.
Now I have my SRS light on all the time.

[DTMdan]

Finally put the 132s on. Removed the 25mm rear spacers too so if anyone's interested in those you know how to get ahold of me.

[rfdude]

DTMdan, they look good!

I wasnt as fortunate as Zook_B as mine were damaged on the inner lens too. Found a set in very good condition for $200 for both so replaced mine today.

The job was very simple after watching this youtube video:

BMW X5 4.4i 2002 replacing the signal lights - YouTube

I also replaced the daytime running bulbs with cool white ones I bought new on ebay for $10 for both. Look much better than the yellow look.

Overall I would rate this a 6 out of 10 for level of difficulty. Took about 1.5hrs total, it was first thing in the morning so enjoyed the time waking up puttering around. Pictures of result attached.

[nebilex]

Originally Posted by Zook_b

Finally got around to a headlight restoration. My wife hit our mailbox in my car the day after I bought it so there was paint on the passenger side headlight. Looks much better now! NINJA EDIT: You can kinda see where she hit on the passenger side, the orange filter has a hole where it broke. T_T

Now I need to wash it again.

(w00t! First post!)

Congrats on ur first post.... How did u clean it that well

[TwinTurboGTR]

Replaced the rod lickages for the self level suspension on both sides and replaced the PDC control sensor on the RT front Corner. Now when I back up, I don't get an error message for PDC. Broke another tab taking the bumper off, (What else is new) and now I have a SES light. Pulled the codes and cyl 6 is out of range. Awesome. But my PDC works! lol

[SlickGT1]

Put on 1 snow wheel. Went to my friends shop to test my tire gauges. 3 gauges are toast. The most expensive on was exponentially of. If I inflated my tires to 32, as per gauge, it was actually 49. Wtf. If gauge is at 25, actual was 33. Only gauge that stayed consistent was my shitty .99c pen gauge. Those dial gauges need to all hit the trash can.

[jgold47]

new front wiper blades, installed a belly pan shield - got it from ebay (chineese aftermarket part), had to modify it a little to get it to fit, but will be nice to have no more drips...(got to tackle that damn P/S hose leak). Installed a new rear 'grip' so now I have working license plate lights.

Just need my MID to show back up (not happy at how long this took - had the work done by German Audio Tech), and since its so nice out, I'm gonna go tackle my NCS coding. I think I am just going to pay the dealer to flash my DME and EGS, I am too chicken to do it myself, not having a very good power supply....