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

[Gurjit]

changed my battery,
stamped on my old negative terminal was 22nd week of 2004

car runs much smoother
idles way better

no more dropping under 13.6

always up around 13.8-14.1v now

[DaveX]

walking away pic

[tmv]

Swapping the wheels. The iS has the HREs now, and the 3.0i has the style168.
Next: H&R 30mm DRA spacers.

[THE VEIN]

I dont wanna start a new thread but what size exhaust tips to get on my 3.0? I want a dual tip like a 4.4. Would i need 3"? 3.5"? 4"? Pics would help

[Ricky Bobby]

Ractive T815, chrome or Ractive T815B (black chrome). Search is your friend or look up tmv's 3.0 he just had the chrome tips installed (I have the same ones as well)

They get welded on and look the job for 70 bucks a pair.

[tmv]

IMO, they look better than dual-tip 4.4i

[X5SND]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

my X enjoys Sirius 51 BPM all day every day lol!

@ tmv/X5SND, I know I'm going to get my ass chewed out for this but the Dinan badge and Dinan X5 badge to me just screams "try and break into/steal my car", I've always debadged my cars and probably save for an ///M car, I will always do so. I get it, the Dinan badge is earned and not anyone can just buy one, but it doesn't let you fly under the radar say as easily as being debadged completely.

To me the badges on the rear/fenders just take away from the flow of the car, the only Dinan advertisement you need is that exhaust.


However, I do like the Dinan's "X5" font, and actually if I had to keep a badge on the car I would just keep their X5 badge, since its different.

One 'X5' badge on the rear is good enough for me. Without it, the rear looks like something is missing.

I don't know if the dinan badge screams 'steal me' as loud as one may think simply because it so rare....then again with thieves these days you never know.

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by X5SND

One 'X5' badge on the rear is good enough for me. Without it, the rear looks like something is missing.

I don't know if the dinan badge screams 'steal me' as loud as one may think simply because it so rare....then again with thieves these days you never know.

I respect your opinion on the rear badge S, different strokes for different folks! As far as the Dinan goes, a decently smart thief should be able to discern ///M badges, Audi's "S" badge, the AMG logo, Dinan, Brabus, Alpina, etc badges and know they mean more than a run of the mill X/A4/S-class etc, I remember reading years ago that the S4's were stolen 3x as much as normal A4's, I'll have to google search to find that article though!


Regardless, I like the X5 font and Dinan font matching if you have to run the badge!

[X5SND]

^^i think we should hold a poll: CALLING ALL CAR THEIVES!! Lol.

It would be a pretty dull world if everyone was int the same thing!

[bcredliner]

Before and after roof rack delete