Bagged a unicorn

[jsoto]

Garrett -

It's not only straightforward but not tedious....
The only *time* it takes is just making sure when you button her back up, to get the bumper gap realigned nice and even - but that's more of a OCD issue..

[garrett.fell]

Awesome. I can't wait! I got a note from them - they've shipped it and I should have it Tuesday!


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[Clockwork]

garrett, I did the install (along with install of rear mud guards) on my X last summer and as tedious as it is, it is rather simple.
lots of write-ups on the job. I used two different write-ups combined.

as a side note and for maintenance, I'd recommend when you take all the parts out of the boxes, inspect them, clean them and even spray paint them with black rust-proof paint to make sure they do not rust up or corrode against the metal body of the X5.
I was SUPER GLAD I black spray painted mine (literally every part) as I see many around my city with rusted up tongue receivers and it makes the X look unloved.
And I love my X5 so the extra shiny layer of rust-proof spray paint was just a nice helping hand to a long life.

[garrett.fell]

Thanks for the tip. What do those mudguards look like? Does it keep the rock-throwing down?

A buddy of mine towed his '64 beetle to the track and back over the summer and found the front-end got all chipped-up from thrown rocks. His tow vehicle was a VW Toureg.

Paint-wise I've had pretty good luck with auto parts store (duplicolor?) "ceramic" engine paint. It's pretty tough stuff!


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Edit.

Google - Duh. They (mudflaps) actually look okay!

[garrett.fell]

Yeah baby - my unicorn arrived today! I must go home soon and pet-it!!! I'll post pics tonight!


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[garrett.fell]

OMG - This kit is massive!!!!!


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[Clockwork]

Originally Posted by garrett.fell

Thanks for the tip. What do those mudguards look like? Does it keep the rock-throwing down

here are a few pics of the mudflaps installed AND you can see the LUND (brand) step plate I installed in my hitch so its a useful hitch even when its not hauling something.

[SMOKEY53]

Originally Posted by jsoto

Garrett -

It's not only straightforward but not tedious....
The only *time* it takes is just making sure when you button her back up, to get the bumper gap realigned nice and even - but that's more of a OCD issue..

It's also not recommended to do this solo - I did it by myself and it literally took me 4-5 hours to remove and refit. Much easier with two people so that you can get both sides of the rear bumper slotted in to the locating tab at the same time.

Also recommend putting some low-tack painters tape on your rear 1/4 panels above where the plastic bumper joins so that if you accidentally slip and push the bumper up into those panels on an angle, you won't scratch your paint work.

Wowwee....this was one of those jobs I'm happy to block from memory.

[garrett.fell]

That bad eh? Still looking forward to it!!!


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[LVP]

Originally Posted by garrett.fell

OMG - This kit is massive!!!!!

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Awesome! For some reason, I'll bet no one else is as excited about the big box (other than the cat I guess ). If you have a wife, I'm sure she thinks you're nuts. Mine thought I was plum crazy to spend that kind of money and be excited about it. Then she walked in on me with the back end of her X5 completely decomposed. Ya, she was impressed all right.