Did just purhase the cheapest X5 ever?

[Koody]

Nice project dude!
Have lots of fun repairing her and making her beautifull again!
You saved another X from the scrapper :thumbs up:

[theblue]

climate module taken all apart, contacts cleaned, pins rebent. Just put it back in and now all buttons work. one down.....

[Big "J"]

Originally Posted by theblue

climate module taken all apart, contacts cleaned, pins rebent. Just put it back in and now all buttons work. one down.....

Nice!
I had to put a new ac cover in my 4.8 and it was a PITA working with the copper springs and buttons.

[TiAgX5]

An '02 X in fair condition with that mileage has a KBB private seller value of $5800. That's $3800 to put towards the list of repairs, which seems to be on the low side of what it will cost to bring it up from it's poor condition to fair.

[mrbmwx5]

Originally Posted by TiAgX5

An '02 X in fair condition with that mileage has a KBB private seller value of $5800. That's $3800 to put towards the list of repairs, which seems to be on the low side of what it will cost to bring it up from it's poor condition to fair.

I just sold my 01 3.0 with 200k miles on her for $10k.

[Dark5yde]

regardless guys, he has plenty of vehicles to pound the shit out of and DD. This was bought as a project. Based on his posts/threads on the other msg board we are both in he is not incompetent when it comes to BMW or auto's in general. He bought it as a project/beater knowing he had alot of work to do. I agree with the guys who are saying he saved another X from the scrap. We all know how crappy these vehicles can and will be. The least we can do is not criticize but maybe offer some insight into his issues.

[mrbmwx5]

Originally Posted by theblue

So I just picked up a 2002 X5 for $2000.

It's 4.4 v8, black + tan, nav, bunch of other options.

Here she is in my first family portrait:



Problems / Projects:
- needs hood
- needs front bumper fixed
- drivers door handle doesn't really work
- one rear door handle doesn't work from outside
- sunroof leak
- one rear window doesn't work
- drivers window doesn't travel in it's track correctly
- 19 wheels need refinishing / replacing
- most of the climate buttons are a mess and need fixing but will work with effort
- self leveling rear suspension was converted to manual, would like to fix
- steering wheel movement non-functioning
- keyless entry doesn't work
- rear seat recline buttons in the roof don't work (buttons at tailgate work)
- a shudder under braking
- clunk when accelerating from a coast
- needs a mas sensor (already ordered)
- needs a ball joint (new one came with it)

wish me luck, I'm sure there is more that I can't remember.

more pics:

Let me check my storage what i have for for you....

[Bayerische E53]

This is gunna be a cool project car!

If that car was in fair-good shape, you'd get around $10,000 (as someone in this thread recently did). You can get this car up to a normal (i.e. non-enthusiast) "fair-good" standard (i.e. the $10,000 private party value point) with far less than the $8,000 you saved in the purchase. In fact, I'm willing to bet you could probably do this with less than $4,000 if you're creative. In other words, you're in a position to flip and make great money (although I'm sure that's not what you're interested in doing); I'm merely saying this to point out that this car doesn't have to be a money pit to set it right.

Start your parts search at car-part.com and eurodepotusa.com; you'll be surprised at the sweet deals you can find.

Buy a new (used) hood, bumper, and rear lower hatch from your local LKQ or similar junk yard. I picked up a replacement front bumper for my pre-facelift E53 from a local junkyard for something like $150; and that was 3 years ago (I'm willing to bet you could find something at a lower price than that)!

Good luck and congrats!

[nigwhyrito]

I could be wrong Im a have to search the archives but i could have sworn I seen that X5 before. Maybe i seen it on in VA or maybe in Northern VA MD area. did you get it from someone in the military?

[theblue]

no, it's lived it's whole life in rochester, ny. The previous owner got is as a CPO at like 33k.

thanks for the encouragement page three peeps.

any help with parts is always welcome. Particularly a line on a black hood!

I just put maybe 4-5 hours into cleaning the interior. It's coming along great.