Did just purhase the cheapest X5 ever?

[PersonaNonGrata]

If you can do most of it yourself you won't come out too badly. The door handles and windows sound like stuff you can do yourself with help found here. There are certain things like the steering wheel adjustment and roof mounted recline buttons that are certainly not necessary fixes if you can live with them. I'd just get all new wheels. Those look like crap and judging by the degraded finish, they are crap. Some nice OEM reps would be relatively inexpensive or you can find some others for sale here. The pic from the rear looks like the driver's side exhaust is pushed in. Is that right?

The body work and whatever is causing the clunk could be expensive though. I think I'd be scouring the junkyards for replacement panels and the HVAC controls.

I think the first fix you should implement is removing the douche bag "Tapout" sticker. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that (a) you didn't put it on and (b) it is already gone.

[admranger]

Originally Posted by PersonaNonGrata

I think the first fix you should implement is removing the douche bag "Tapout" sticker. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that (a) you didn't put it on and (b) it is already gone.

I was thinking the exact same thing when I read the original post.



OP: looks like you are making good progress. Keep at it! You've come to the right place for help.